ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB
AMD AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Speed index 5/100 Last updated:

ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB Benchmark and Specs

Here we show you benchmarks and technical data for the ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB. The graphics card is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT (RDNA 2) and has 4 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a memory bandwidth of 144 GB/s. The ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB has 16 execution units with 1024 shaders.
FP32
5.77TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.82GHz
Memory
4GB GDDR6
TDP
107 W

Technical details

GPU

The ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB has 1024 shaders and 16 execution units. The graphics card thus achieves a theoretical FP32 computing power of 5.77 TFLOPS.

GPU Chip
Navi 24 XT (RDNA 2)
Streaming Multiprocessors
16
Shader
1024
Render Output Units
32
Texture Units
64
Raytracing Cores
16

Memory

The ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB can use 4 GB graphics memory of the type GDDR6. The graphics card thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 144 GB/s on a 64 bit wide memory interface.

Memory Size
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
Memory Clock
2.250 GHz
Memory Speed
18.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
144 GB/s
Memory Interface
64 bit

Clock Speeds

The base clock frequency of the ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB is 2.200 GHz. A high clock frequency (even in turbo mode) can greatly increase the speed of a graphics card.

Base Clock
2.200 GHz
Boost Clock
2.815 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
2.610 GHz
Overclocking
Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB is 107 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

TDP
107 W
Tjunction max
97 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB has a total of 1 Axial fans to cool the graphics processor and graphics memory.

Fan-Type
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 100 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB / Silent

Connectivity

Up to 2 screens can be connected to the ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB.

Max. Displays
2
HDCP
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
1x DP 1.4a

Featureset

The ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB has a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels. The graphics card supports the DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate) standard.

Max. resolution
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
LED
No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The video codecs accelerated in hardware by the ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB reduce the processor load and ensure lower energy consumption.

h264
Decode
h265 / HEVC
Decode
VP8
Decode
VP9
Decode
AV1
No

Dimensions

The ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB is 179 mm long and 124 mm high. With a width of 40 mm, the graphics card requires 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

Length
179 mm
Height
124 mm
Width
40 mm
Width (Slots)
2 PCIe-Slots
Weight
385 g
SFF-Ready
No

Additional data

The ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB made in 6 nm was published in Q1/2022 for 199 $.

GPU Interface
PCIe 4.0 x 4
Release date
Q1/2022
Launch Price
199 $ (Reference)
Structure size
6 nm
Part-no
RX6500XT CLI 4G
Documents
data sheet
ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB
2.200 GHz · 4 GB · 107 W TDP
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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 Rank 4,360 / 5,633

  1. ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GBASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB4 GB GDDR6
    2,274
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAverage of gpu group
    2,279

Port Royal (Raytracing) Rank 4,156 / 4,176

  1. ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GBASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB4 GB GDDR6
    467
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAverage of gpu group
    468

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing) Rank 3,507 / 3,536

  1. ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GBASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB4 GB GDDR6
    141
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAverage of gpu group
    141

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) Rank 3,156 / 3,187

  1. ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GBASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB4 GB GDDR6
    14 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAverage of gpu group
    14 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Rank 3,159 / 3,190

  1. ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GBASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB4 GB GDDR6
    19 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAverage of gpu group
    19 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Rank 3,191 / 3,222

  1. ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GBASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB4 GB GDDR6
    31 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAverage of gpu group
    31 fps (avg)

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) Rank 4,028 / 4,595

  1. ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GBASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB4 GB GDDR6
    27 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAverage of gpu group
    27 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Rank 3,970 / 4,594

  1. ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GBASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB4 GB GDDR6
    52 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAverage of gpu group
    52 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Rank 4,076 / 4,601

  1. ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GBASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB4 GB GDDR6
    68 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAverage of gpu group
    69 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 Rank 3,925 / 5,255

  1. ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GBASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB4 GB GDDR6
    49,896
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAverage of gpu group
    49,896

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Rank 3,892 / 5,233

  1. ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GBASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB4 GB GDDR6
    55,054
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAverage of gpu group
    55,054

Geekbench 6 - Metal Rank 487 / 750

  1. ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GBASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB4 GB GDDR6
    50,239

MonkeyBench 2026.3 · browser GPU test

Average of 1 public MonkeyBench results (WebGPU) for the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT.

146GPU points (Ø)
Rank 136 / 389 · in the MonkeyBench GPU ranking

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