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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Radeon RX 6500 XT outperforms the more expensive Radeon RX 480 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Radeon RX 6500 XT is 2030 days newer than the more expensive Radeon RX 480.
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
- Performs up to 7% better in Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales than Radeon RX 480 - 60 vs 56 FPS
- Up to 15% cheaper than Radeon RX 480 - $255.0 vs $299.0
- Up to 20% better value when playing Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales than Radeon RX 480 - $4.25 vs $5.34 per FPS
- Consumes up to 29% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 480 - 107 vs 150 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 480
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT - 8 vs 4 GB
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
FPS
60
100%
Value, $/FPS
$4.25/FPS
100%
Price, $
$255
100%
FPS and Value Winner
MSI Gaming AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 64-bit 4GB GDDR6 DP/HDMI PCIe 4 Torx Twin Fans FreeSync DirectX 12 VR Ready OC Graphics Card (RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
Radeon RX 480
Desktop • Jun 29th, 2016
Theoretical Performance
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
Pixel Fillrate
90.08 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
180.2 GTexel/s
98%
Radeon RX 480
Desktop • Jun 29th, 2016
Pixel Fillrate
40.51 GPixel/s
44%
Texel Fillrate
182.3 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT | vs | AMD Radeon RX 480 |
|---|---|---|
Jan 19th, 2022 | Release Date | Jun 29th, 2016 |
| Navi II | Generation | Arctic Islands |
$199 | MSRP | $229 |
| 1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a | Outputs | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| 1x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 GB | Memory | 8 GB |
| GDDR6 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 64-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
| 143.9 GB/s | Bandwidth | 256 GB/s |
2310 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1120 MHz |
2815 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1266 MHz |
2248 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2000 MHz |
Builds Using Radeon RX 6500 XT or Radeon RX 480
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, 1920 x 1080, Very High
24 FPS
$54.04/FPS
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