AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
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Key differences
- •AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT has higher Shading cores (3,456 vs 1,024)
- •AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT has higher RT cores (54 vs 16)
- •AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT has higher VRAM (12 GB vs 4 GB)
- •AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT has higher Memory bus width (192 bit vs 64 bit)
- •AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT has higher Memory bandwidth (432 GB/s vs 144 GB/s)
Full spec comparison
Spec
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
Performance
VRAM4 GB12 GB▲
Memory typeGDDR6GDDR6
Memory bus width64 bit192 bit▲
Memory bandwidth144 GB/s432 GB/s▲
Shading cores1,0243,456▲
RT cores1654▲
Tensor / AI cores00
Base clock2310 MHz▲1900 MHz
Boost clock2815 MHz▲2544 MHz
Ray tracingYesYes
Upscaling techFSR 2FSR 3
Power & Size
TDP107 W▲245 W
Recommended PSU400 W▲700 W
Power connector1× 6-pin2× 8-pin
Bus interfacePCIe 4.0 x4PCIe 4.0 x16
Card length190 mm▲267 mm
Slot width2 slots—
Display outputs1× DisplayPort 1.4, 1× HDMI 2.13× DP, 1× HDMI