Radeon RX 6500 XT vs GeForce RTX 5080

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

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)

Prices and Stock
MSRP $999

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX ™ 5080 16GB GDDR7 OC Edition Gaming Graphics Card (PCIe® 5.0, HDMI®/DP 2.1, 3.6-Slot, Military-Grade Components, Protective PCB Coating, axial-tech Fans, Vapor Chamber)

ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX™ 5080 OC Edition Gaming Graphics Card (PCIe® 5.0, 16GB GDDR7, HDMI®/DP 2.1, 3.8-Slot, 4-Fan Design, Axial-tech Fans, Patented Vapor Chamber, Phase-Change GPU Thermal pad)

ASUS The SFF-Ready Prime GeForce RTX™ 5080 16GB GDDR7 Graphics Card (PCIe® 5.0, HDMI®/DP 2.1, 2.5-Slot, Axial-tech Fans, Vapor Chamber, Dual BIOS)

ASUS The SFF-Ready Prime GeForce RTX™ 5080 OC Edition 16GB GDDR7 Graphics Card (PCIe® 5.0, 16GB GDDR7, HDMI®/DP 2.1, 2.5-Slot, Axial-tech Fans, Vapor Chamber, Dual BIOS)

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 5080 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 5080 is 1107 days newer than Radeon RX 6500 XT.

Advantages of Radeon RX 6500 XT

Up to 83% better value when playing Valorant than GeForce RTX 5080 - $0.37 vs $2.21 per FPS
Consumes up to 70% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 - 107 vs 360 Watts

Advantages of GeForce RTX 5080

Performs up to 61% better in Valorant than Radeon RX 6500 XT - 974 vs 606 FPS
Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT - 16 vs 4 GB

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Valorant

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022

FPS

606

62%

Value, $/FPS

$0.37/FPS

100%

Price, $

$224

959%

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 256 minutes ago

GeForce RTX 5080

Desktop • Jan 30th, 2025

FPS

974

100%

Value, $/FPS

$2.21/FPS

17%

Price, $

$2149

100%

FPS Winner

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX ™ 5080 16GB GDDR7 OC Edition Gaming Graphics Card (PCIe® 5.0, HDMI®/DP 2.1, 3.6-Slot, Military-Grade Components, Protective PCB Coating, axial-tech Fans, Vapor Chamber)

Buy for $2,149 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 255 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022

GeForce RTX 5080

Desktop • Jan 30th, 2025

1920 x 1080

Very High

388

FPS

342

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Very High

348

FPS

Counter-Strike 2

1920 x 1080

Ultra

197

FPS

113

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Best Looking

271

FPS

171

FPS

Dota 2

1920 x 1080

Ultra

739

FPS

362

FPS

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

Theoretical Performance

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022

Pixel Fillrate

90.08 GPixel/s

27%

Texel Fillrate

180.2 GTexel/s

20%

GeForce RTX 5080

Desktop • Jan 30th, 2025

Pixel Fillrate

335 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

879.3 GTexel/s

100%

Radeon RX 6500 XT	vs	GeForce RTX 5080
Jan 19th, 2022	Release Date	Jan 30th, 2025
Navi II	Generation	GeForce 50
$199	MSRP	$999
1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
1x 6-pin	Power Connectors	1x 16-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
4 GB	Memory	16 GB
GDDR6	Type	GDDR7
64-bit	Bus	256-bit
143.9 GB/s	Bandwidth	960 GB/s
2310 MHz	Base Clock Speed	2295 MHz
2815 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	2617 MHz
2248 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	1875 MHz