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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 4 GB GDDR6 · 2.82 GHz · 107 W Speed index 5/100

The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT has 1024 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.82 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 5.77 TFLOPS.

ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G
ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G 4 GB GDDR5 · 1.36 GHz · 185 W Speed index 5/100

The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G has 2304 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.36 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.68 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT is 1.6 % faster than the ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G.

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XTASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G
Speed index
5/100
5/100
FP32
5.77 TFLOPS
5.68 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.82 GHz
1.36 GHz
Memory Size
4 GB GDDR6
4 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
144 GB/s
224 GB/s
TDP
107 W
185 W
Launch Price
199 $
229 $

GPU

GPUAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G
Based onAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU)
GPU ChipNavi 24 XTPolaris 20 XT
Streaming Multiprocessors1636
Shader10242304
Render Output Units3232
Texture Units64144
Raytracing Cores16--
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The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 16 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G is based on the GCN 4 architecture and is equipped with 36 execution units.

Memory

MemoryAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G
Memory Size4 GB4 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR5
Memory Clock2.250 GHz1.750 GHz
Memory Speed18.0 Gbps7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth144 GB/s224 GB/s
Memory Interface64 bit256 bit
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The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.250 GHz clocks.

The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G has a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G
Base Clock2.200 GHz1.257 GHz
Boost Clock2.815 GHz1.360 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock2.61 GHz1.34 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT has a turbo clock of 2.815 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G is 1.360 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G
TDP107 W185 W
Tjunction max97 °C90 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 6-Pin1 x 8-Pin
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The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT has 1 x 6-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 97 °C.

The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 90 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 1--2 x 100 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT are cooled with a Air cooling.

The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G
Max. Displays24
HDCP2.32.2
HDMI--2x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort--2x DP 1.4
DVI--1
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The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12
RaytracingYesNo
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G
h264DecodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecodeDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9DecodeDecode
AV1NoNo
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Dimensions

DimensionsAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G
Length--242 mm
Height--129 mm
Width--38 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 4PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ1/2022Q2/2017
Launch Price199 $229 $
Structure size6 nm14 nm
Part-no--DUAL-RX580-4G
Documentsdata sheet--
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Manufactured using the 6 nanometer process, AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT was released in Q1/2022.

The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G published in Q2/2017 is manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers.

Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT +15.3 %

  1. 2,274
  2. 1,972

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. 467
  2. no data

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. 141
  2. no data

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

  1. 14 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 19 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 31 fps (avg)
  2. no data

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p) ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G +11.1 %

  1. 27 fps (avg)
  2. 30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G +13.5 %

  1. 52 fps (avg)
  2. 59 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G +23.5 %

  1. 68 fps (avg)
  2. 84 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT +16.0 %

  1. 49,896
  2. 43,000

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT +36.8 %

  1. 55,054
  2. 40,241

Geekbench 6 - Metal AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT +18.2 %

  1. 50,239
  2. 42,492

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