Radeon RX 6500 XT vs GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER

Radeon RX 6500 XT
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 19 Jan 2022
Radeon RX 6500 XT
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 22 Nov 2019
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    161%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6500 XT

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Infinity Cache allows to deliver up to 3.25x the effective memory bandwidth
Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER

61% higher gaming performance.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER

The GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (8 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 6500 XTGeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
GPU NameNavi 24 (Navi 24 XT)vsTU116 ()
Fab Process6 nmvs12 nm
Die Size107 mm²vs284 mm²
Transistors5,400 millionvs6,600 million
Shaders1024vs1280
Compute Units16vs20
Core clock2200 MHzvs1530 MHz
ROPs32vs32
TMUs64vs80

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 6500 XTGeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR6
Bus Width64 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective
vs1500 MHz
12000 MHz effective
Memory Size4096 Mbvs4096 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 6500 XTGeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
TDP107 wattsvs100 watts
Release Date19 Jan 2022vs22 Nov 2019

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    90.08 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    55.20 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    180.20 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    138.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    144.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    192.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    5765.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    4416.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    74
  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    78

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra High Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    17
  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    59

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    105
  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    104

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    64
  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    66

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    55
  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    60

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    13
  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    42

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    64
  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    66

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    40
  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    42

FPS (higher is better)