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Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

2145%
2145%

AMD Radeon HD 6450

5%
5%
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT is approximately 2140% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAMD Radeon HD 6450
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Navi 24
Caicos
CoresDifferent
1024
160
TMUsDifferent
64
8
ROPsDifferent
32
4
Memory SizeDifferent
4 GB
512 MB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR3
Bus Width
64 bit
64 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAMD Radeon HD 6450
GPU NameDifferent
Navi 24
Caicos
GPU VariantDifferent
Navi 24 XT(215-135000006)
Caicos PRO
ArchitectureDifferent
RDNA 2.0
TeraScale 2
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
6 nm
40 nm
TransistorsDifferent
5,400 million
370 million
DensityDifferent
50.5M / mm²
5.5M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
107 mm²
67 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
N/A
FCBGA-631

Graphics Card

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAMD Radeon HD 6450
Release DateDifferent
Jan 19th, 2022
Apr 7th, 2011
GenerationDifferent
Navi II(RX 6000)
Northern Islands(HD 6400)
PredecessorDifferent
Navi
Evergreen
SuccessorDifferent
Navi III
Southern Islands
ProductionDifferent
Active
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
199 USD
55 USD
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 4.0 x4
PCIe 2.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
18 in our database
14 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAMD Radeon HD 6450
Base ClockDifferent
2310 MHz
N/A
Game ClockDifferent
2610 MHz
N/A
Boost ClockDifferent
2815 MHz
N/A
Memory ClockDifferent
2248 MHz18 Gbps effective
500 MHz1000 Mbps effective
GPU ClockDifferent
N/A
625 MHz

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAMD Radeon HD 6450
Memory SizeDifferent
4 GB
512 MB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR3
Memory Bus
64 bit
64 bit
BandwidthDifferent
143.9 GB/s
8.000 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAMD Radeon HD 6450
Shading UnitsDifferent
1024
160
TMUsDifferent
64
8
ROPsDifferent
32
4
Compute UnitsDifferent
16
2
RT CoresDifferent
16
N/A
L0 CacheDifferent
32 KB per WGP
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
128 KB per Array
8 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
1024 KB
128 KB
L3 CacheDifferent
16 MB
N/A

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAMD Radeon HD 6450
Pixel RateDifferent
90.08 GPixel/s
2.500 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
180.2 GTexel/s
5.000 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
11.53 TFLOPS (2:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
5.765 TFLOPS
200.0 GFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
360.3 GFLOPS (1:16)
N/A

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAMD Radeon HD 6450
Slot WidthDifferent
Dual-slot
Single-slot
TDPDifferent
107 W
18 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
300 W
200 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.11x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x DVI1x HDMI 1.3a1x VGA
Power ConnectorsDifferent
1x 6-pin
None
Board NumberDifferent
D632
109-C26037-00A
LengthDifferent
N/A
168 mm6.6 inches

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAMD Radeon HD 6450
DirectXDifferent
12 Ultimate (12_2)
11.2 (11_0)
OpenGLDifferent
4.6
4.4
OpenCLDifferent
2.2
1.2
VulkanDifferent
1.3
N/A
Shader ModelDifferent
6.8
5.0

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