Gigabyte Radeon RX 6500 XT Eagle 4GB GDDR6
The 6nm RDNA 2 chip with a 2815 MHz boost clock and dual-fan WINDFORCE cooling delivers reliable 1080p gaming in a compact 192mm card. Its low 107W TDP and single 6-pin power connector make it a straightforward upgrade for older or pre-built systems with limited PSU headroom. This card is best for budget-conscious gamers targeting esports titles and older AAA games at medium settings, not for AI workloads or 4K textures.
GPU Radeon RX 6500 XT
VRAM 4GB GDDR6
Boost Clock 2815 MHz
TDP 107 W
Memory Bus 64 bit
Ray Tracing Yes
Class consumer
35 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (83rd percentile) 83rd
- Strong social proof (78th percentile) 78th
Cons
- Below average ai (16th percentile)
- Below average vram (18th percentile)
- Below average compute (21st percentile)
- Below average raster (23rd percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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Owner sentiment has held steady over time
73/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 8 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 6500 XT |
| Brand | AMD |
| Architecture | RDNA 2 |
| Class | consumer |
| Process | 6 |
Memory
| VRAM | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | 64 |
| Bandwidth | 143.9 |
Compute
| Stream Processors | 1024 |
| RT Cores | 16 |
| Base Clock | 2610 |
| Boost Clock | 2815 |
| FP16 TFLOPS | 11.53 |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 5.765 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 9626 |
| GPU Compute | 4356 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 107 |
| Recommended PSU | 400 |
| Power Connectors | 6-Pin |
| Cooler | Dual Fan |
| Fans | 2 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 |
| DisplayPort | 1 |
| HDMI | 1 |
| Max Displays | 2 |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 |
Physical
| Length | 192 |
| Slot Width | 2 |
| Form Factor | ATX |
| Weight | 0.5 kg / 1.1 lbs |
Features
| Ray Tracing | Yes |
| Upscaling | Fidelity FX Super resolution |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate |
vs Competition
| Spec | Gigabyte Radeon RX 6500 XT Eagle | MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC | ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5080-16G | ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P | Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G | XFX Mercury RX-97TRGBBB9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Radeon RX 6500 XT | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5080 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX | Radeon RX 9070 XT |
| Vram | 4GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 24GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 2815 | 2482 | 2640 | 2730 | 2680 | 3100 |
| Tdp W | 107 | 300 | 360 | 360 | 339 | 304 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 64 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 384 | 256 |
| Ray Tracing | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| GPU Class | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Rt | Vram | Raster | Compute | Feature | Thermal | User Sentiment | Efficiency | Connectivity | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gigabyte Radeon RX 6500 XT Eagle | 16.3 | 30.3 | 18.1 | 23.4 | 20.9 | 53 | 43.6 | 33.4 | 49 | 31.6 | 78.4 | 83.2 |
| MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC Compare | 79.2 | 92.1 | 85.6 | 88.7 | 87.9 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 80.7 | 73 | 94 | 88.9 | 21.1 |
| ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5080-16G Compare | 85.2 | 97.5 | 88.6 | 94.2 | 93.2 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 57.9 | 57.9 | 94 | 99.1 | 20.5 |
| ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P Compare | 85.2 | 97.5 | 88.6 | 94.2 | 93.2 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 99.4 | 57.9 | 94 | 99.1 | 19 |
| Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G Compare | 94.8 | 96.1 | 91.6 | 83.9 | 95.5 | 83.9 | 91.5 | 86.2 | 52.8 | 98.7 | 78.4 | 18 |
| XFX Mercury RX-97TRGBBB9 Compare | 89.1 | 84.6 | 75.7 | 75.9 | 90.8 | 96.2 | 72.6 | 96 | 46.2 | 94 | 95.5 | 40.6 |
Price
Value & Pricing
Price History
Usage Scores
- Overall34.5
- AI/LLM11.3
- Budget77.3
- Gaming 4k22.1
- Ray Tracing29.7
- Workstation24.5
- Gaming 1080p36.9
- Gaming 1440p30.2
- Content Creation23.9
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