Radeon RX 6500 vs RX 5900

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	not rated	278
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)	no data
GPU code name	Navi 21	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	no data	no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	4096	no data
Boost clock speed	1635 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	21,000 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	418.6	no data
Floating-point processing power	13.39 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	96	no data
TMUs	256	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR6	no data
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	no data
Memory bus width	384 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	672.0 GB/s	no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	no data
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_1)	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data

Pros & cons summary

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