Radeon RX 6500 XT vs GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

Prices and Stock
MSRP $199

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)

PowerColor AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX Gaming Graphics Card with 4GB GDDR6 Memory

ME2 MichaelElectronics2 ASRock Phantom Gaming AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 4GB GDDR6 Graphic Card, 1 x DisplayPort, 1 x HDMI, 4GB GDDR6, AMD FidelityFX Technology, RDNA 2 Architecture, RX6500XT PGD 4GO

Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Graphics Card GDDR6 1080 FHD 4GB PCIE HDMI Video Card

Prices and Stock
MSRP $1999

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition

MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 24GB GDRR6X 384-Bit HDMI/DP Nvlink Tri-Frozr Ampere Architecture OC Graphics Card (RTX 3090 Ti Gaming X Trio 24G)

MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ti SUPRIM X 24G Gaming Graphics Card - NVIDIA RTX 3090 Ti, 24 GB Memory

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3090 Ti outperforms Radeon RX 6500 XT on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Radeon RX 6500 XT is a better bang for your buck. The better performing GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is 8 days newer than Radeon RX 6500 XT.

Advantages of Radeon RX 6500 XT

Up to 56% better value when playing Metro Exodus than GeForce RTX 3090 Ti - $8.00 vs $18.02 per FPS
Consumes up to 76% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti - 107 vs 450 Watts

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

Performs up to 296% better in Metro Exodus than Radeon RX 6500 XT - 111 vs 28 FPS
Up to 500% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT - 24 vs 4 GB

This is a free version of Metro Exodus.

Metro Exodus

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Extreme

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022

FPS

25%

Value, $/FPS

$8/FPS

100%

Price, $

$224

100%

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)

Buy for $224 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 83 minutes ago

GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

Desktop • Jan 27th, 2022

FPS

111

100%

Value, $/FPS

$18.02/FPS

44%

Price, $

$1999.99

11%

FPS Winner

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition

Buy for $1,999.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 83 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Extreme

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022

GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

Desktop • Jan 27th, 2022

1920 x 1080

Ultra

159

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Very High

401

FPS

388

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Very High

513

FPS

382

FPS

Counter-Strike 2

1920 x 1080

High

909

FPS

624

FPS

Valorant

1920 x 1080

Maximum

230

FPS

161

FPS

World of Warcraft

Theoretical Performance

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022

Pixel Fillrate

90.08 GPixel/s

43%

Texel Fillrate

180.2 GTexel/s

29%

GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

Desktop • Jan 27th, 2022

Pixel Fillrate

208.3 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

625 GTexel/s

100%

Radeon RX 6500 XT	vs	GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
Jan 19th, 2022	Release Date	Jan 27th, 2022
Navi II	Generation	GeForce 30
$199	MSRP	$1999
1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 6-pin	Power Connectors	1x 16-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
4 GB	Memory	24 GB
GDDR6	Type	GDDR6X
64-bit	Bus	384-bit
143.9 GB/s	Bandwidth	1008 GB/s
2310 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1560 MHz
2815 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	1860 MHz
2248 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	1313 MHz