Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Radeon RX Vega 56 for Gaming

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The Radeon RX 6500 XT is a much slower gaming GPU than the Radeon RX Vega 56, however, it's a better value for money, as it's $210.99 cheaper!

Advantages of the Radeon RX 6500 XT

Up to 53% cheaper – $189.00 vs $399.99
A better value for money for gaming
Consumes up to 49% less energy – 107 vs 210 Watts

Advantages of the Radeon RX Vega 56

A much faster GPU for gaming
Up to 100% more VRAM memory – 8 vs 4 GB

Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Radeon RX Vega 56 for Gaming

The GPU's performance in selected game and settings

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Jan 19th, 2022

Average FPS

86%

Min 1% FPS

83%

Price, $

$189

100%

Value, $/FPS

$2.55/FPS

100%

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

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)

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)

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

Radeon RX Vega 56

Aug 14th, 2017

Average FPS

100%

Min 1% FPS

100%

Price, $

$399.99

47%

Value, $/FPS

$4.65/FPS

55%

Sapphire Technology Technology Radeon 11276-02-40G Pulse RX Vega 56 8GB HBM2 HDMI/Triple DP (UEFI) PCI-E Graphics Card

MSI Video Card Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G OC

XFX Radeon Rx Vega 56 8GB 3xDP HDMI Graphic Cards RX-VEGMLBFX6

Sapphire Radeon RX VEGA 56 8GB HBM2 HDMI / TRIPLE DP PCI-E Graphics Card 21276-00-20G

Gigabyte Radeon RX Vega 56 8G Graphic Cards GV-RXVEGA56-8GD-B

PowerColor Radeon RX VEGA 56 Red Devil 8GB HBM2 PCI-E AXRX VEGA 56 8GBHBM2-2D2H/OC

MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost, G OC Graphics Board vd6516

Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Radeon RX Vega 56 in My Games

The FPS you'll get in saved games

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Jan 19th, 2022

Radeon RX Vega 56

Aug 14th, 2017

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Radeon RX Vega 56 in synthetic GPU benchmarks

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Jan 19th, 2022

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

4953

73%

Radeon RX Vega 56

Aug 14th, 2017

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

6783

100%

Performance Specifications

The Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Radeon RX Vega 56 in core GPU performance specifications

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Jan 19th, 2022

Memory

4 GB

50%

Memory Bandwidth

143.9 GB/s

35%

Pixel Fillrate

90.08 GPixel/s

96%

Texture Fillrate

180.2 GTexel/s

55%

FP32

5.765 TFLOPS

55%

Radeon RX Vega 56

Aug 14th, 2017

Memory

8 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

409.6 GB/s

100%

Pixel Fillrate

94.14 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

329.5 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

10.54 TFLOPS

100%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

Radeon RX 6500 XT	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	Radeon RX Vega 56
General
Jan 19th, 2022	Release Date	Aug 14th, 2017
$199.00	MSRP	$399.00
Navi II	Generation	Vega
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
107 W	Power Consumption	210 W
Memory
4 GB	Memory Size	8 GB
GDDR6	Memory Type	HBM2
64-bit	Memory Bus	2048-bit
143.9 GB/s	Bandwidth	409.6 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
90.08 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	94.14 GPixel/s
180.2 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	329.5 GTexel/s
5.765 TFLOPS	FP32	10.54 TFLOPS