Radeon RX 6500 XT vs GeForce RTX 4070 for Gaming

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The Radeon RX 6500 XT is at least 2x slower gaming GPU than the GeForce RTX 4070, however, it's a better value for money, as it's $533.93 cheaper!

Advantages of the Radeon RX 6500 XT

Up to 76% cheaper – $164.99 vs $698.92
A better value for money for gaming
Consumes up to 46% less energy – 107 vs 200 Watts

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 4070

At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
Up to 200% more VRAM memory – 12 vs 4 GB

Radeon RX 6500 XT vs GeForce RTX 4070 for Gaming

The GPU's performance in selected game and settings

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Jan 19th, 2022

Average FPS

49%

Min 1% FPS

41%

Price, $

$164.99

100%

Value, $/FPS

$2.22/FPS

100%

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

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)

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

Yeston Radeon Gaming RX 6500 XT 4GB D6 GDDR6 6nm Video Cards Desktop Computer PC Video Graphics Cards Support PCI-Express 4.0 1*DP+1*HDMI Gaming GPU (Double Fans)

GeForce RTX 4070

Apr 12th, 2023

Average FPS

152

100%

Min 1% FPS

100%

Price, $

$698.92

23%

Value, $/FPS

$4.59/FPS

48%

ASUS The SFF-Ready Prime GeForce RTX™ 4070 OC Edition 12GB GDDR6X Graphics Card (PCIe® 4.0, 12GB GDDR6X, DLSS 3, HDMI 2.1a, DisplayPort™ 1.4a)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 WINDFORCE OC 12G Graphics Card, 3X WINDFORCE Fans, 12GB 192-bit GDDR6X, GV-N4070WF3OC-12GD Video Card

MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 Ventus 3X E1 12G OC Graphics Card (Ada Lovelace Architecture, Extreme Clock: 2520 MHz, Memory Speed: 20 Gbps, 12GB GDDR6, 192-bit, DP/HDMI)

ASUS TUF Gaming Laptop, GeForce RTX 4070, Intel i7-13620H CPU, with Office 2024 Lifetime License, 15.6" 144Hz FHD IPS Display, 64 GB DDR5, 2 TB SSD, Backlit Keyboard, Windows 11 Pro, w/Accessories

Radeon RX 6500 XT vs GeForce RTX 4070 in My Games

The FPS you'll get in saved games, click on a game to change it

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Jan 19th, 2022

GeForce RTX 4070

Apr 12th, 2023

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The Radeon RX 6500 XT vs GeForce RTX 4070 in synthetic GPU benchmarks

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Jan 19th, 2022

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

4953

28%

GeForce RTX 4070

Apr 12th, 2023

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

17833

100%

Performance Specifications

The Radeon RX 6500 XT vs GeForce RTX 4070 in core GPU performance specifications

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Jan 19th, 2022

Memory

4 GB

33%

Memory Bandwidth

143.9 GB/s

29%

Pixel Fillrate

90.08 GPixel/s

57%

Texture Fillrate

180.2 GTexel/s

40%

FP32

5.765 TFLOPS

20%

GeForce RTX 4070

Apr 12th, 2023

Memory

12 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

504.2 GB/s

100%

Pixel Fillrate

158.4 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

455.4 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

29.15 TFLOPS

100%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

Radeon RX 6500 XT	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	GeForce RTX 4070
General
Jan 19th, 2022	Release Date	Apr 12th, 2023
$199.00	MSRP	$599.00
Navi II	Generation	GeForce 40
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
107 W	Power Consumption	200 W
Memory
4 GB	Memory Size	12 GB
GDDR6	Memory Type	GDDR6X
64-bit	Memory Bus	192-bit
143.9 GB/s	Bandwidth	504.2 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
90.08 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	158.4 GPixel/s
180.2 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	455.4 GTexel/s
5.765 TFLOPS	FP32	29.15 TFLOPS