ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming D 4GB GDDR6
Sapphire Radeon RX 7800 XT PULSE 16GB GDDR6
Scores
Specifications
| ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming D | Sapphire Radeon RX 7800 XT PULSE | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 6500 XT | Radeon RX 7800 XT |
| Brand | AMD | AMD |
| Architecture | RDNA 2 | RDNA 3 |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | 6 | 5★ |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 4 GB | 16 GB★ |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | ||
| ECC | ✗ | — |
| Compute | ||
| Stream Processors | ||
| Tensor Cores | No data | |
| RT Cores | 16 | 60★ |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | 11.529999732971191 | 74.6500015258789★ |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 5.764999866485596 | 37.31999969482422★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 107★ | 263 |
| Recommended PSU | 400★ | 700 |
| Power Connectors | 8-Pin | 2 x 8 pin |
| Cooler | Dual Fan | Dual Fan |
| Fans | 2 | 2 |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 | PCI Express 4.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 1 | 2★ |
| HDMI | 1 | 2★ |
| USB-C | 0 | 0 |
| Max Displays | 2 | 4★ |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 240★ | 280 |
| Slot Width | 2★ | 2.5 |
| Form Factor | Full Height | ATX |
| Weight | 0.50 kg★ | 1.50 kg |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Upscaling | AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution | FSR |
| AV1 Encode | ✗ | ✓★ |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate | 12 Ultimate |
| RGB | ✗ | ✓★ |
Pros & Cons
ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming D 4GB GDDR6
- Strong social proof (79th percentile)
- Below average ai (17th percentile)17th %ile
- Below average vram (18th percentile)18th %ile
- Below average raster (26th percentile)
- Below average connectivity (32nd percentile)
Sapphire Radeon RX 7800 XT PULSE 16GB GDDR6
- Strong compute (89th percentile)89th %ile
- Strong connectivity (86th percentile)86th %ile
- Strong ai (84th percentile)84th %ile
- Strong feature (84th percentile)84th %ile
Pricing
ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming D 4GB GDDR6 offers 1.7x better value for money
Verdict
Scores 75 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 16 of 39 specs.