Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Xbox One S GPU
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 220 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 82 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 58.67 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 15.90 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2011−2020) | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | Durango 2 | Navi 24 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 2 August 2016 (8 years ago) | 19 January 2022 (2 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $399 | $199 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | 768 | 1024 |
| Core clock speed | 914 MHz | 2610 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2815 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 5,000 million | 5,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 107 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 43.87 | 180.2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.404 TFLOPS | 5.765 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| TMUs | 48 | 64 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 16 |
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 | IGP | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 6-pin |
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 | DDR3 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1066 MHz | 2248 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 68.22 GB/s | 143.9 GB/s |
| Shared memory | 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 | No outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | N/A | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.1 | 1.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 2 August 2016 | 19 January 2022 |
| Chip lithography | 16 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 107 Watt |
Xbox One S GPU has 12.6% lower power consumption.
RX 6500 XT, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, and a 166.7% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Xbox One S GPU and Radeon RX 6500 XT. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Xbox One S GPU is a notebook card while Radeon RX 6500 XT is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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