AMD RX 6500 XT Graphics Card Launch Review: A Boon for Beginners? Do not disturb miners

Affected by global chip production capacity, coupled with mining factors, the current graphics card price remains high. For players, if they want to get a graphics card, they need to pass the miner level first. Many people choose to retreat to the second place, find a second-hand graphics card or transfer to the host platform, which is a good choice. However, the PC platform has always had its charm, and if more low-end new products are added, it may allow players to return.

Now, with an entry-level positioning and the world's first 6nm process gaming card, the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT is here. In order to allow real gamers to "enjoy" it, AMD has added many new "features" to it, just to avoid the pursuit of "miners". Whether it can replace the GTX 1650 or RX 570 and become the new generation of graphics cards needed by players still needs to be verified by the market.

RX 6500 XT specifications

The RX 6500 XT is based on the RDNA 2 architecture, using TSMC's 6nm process technology, as an entry-level graphics card, with various specifications and specifications. The number of transistors is only 5.4 billion, and the core area is compressed to 107mm², with a total of 16 computing units and 1024 stream processors. However, in terms of GPU core frequency, the RX 6500 XT reaches 2.6GHz, and the Boost frequency is even as high as 2.8GHz. In terms of video memory, it is equipped with 4GB GDDR6 video memory, 64bit bit width, 144GB/s bandwidth, and 16MB Infinity Cache. It should be noted that the RX 6500 XT supports up to PCIe 4.0 ×4 and consumes up to 120W of power.

Graphics card body

This time, we got the Yingtong RX 6500 XT Earth God, the overall design follows the design style of "Earth God", the front uses a dual fan design, based on frosted material, and equipped with flowing bright lines. Around the left fan, as well as above, there is a Logo of Yingtong. Under the matte black color, the overall feeling is not losing the dynamic, but it is relatively low-key and introverted.

The back of the graphics card looks very simple, although it is an entry-level graphics card, but also uses a metal backplane, which can effectively strengthen the graphics card structure. Some of these cutouts also facilitate air circulation, improving the thermal performance of the graphics card without excessive design.

Interface part, RX 6500 XT is relatively simple, 1 HDMI 2.1, 1 DP 1.4 interface, after all, is an entry-level graphics card, two interface types each 1, compatibility is no problem at all. As for the volume, the Infocom RX 6500 XT Earth God is still very small, occupying only two PCIe card slots.

Power supply part, Yingtong RX 6500 XT Earth God uses a single 6 Pin interface, which can provide 75W power supply, counting the 75W power supply from the motherboard PCIe interface, a total of 150W power supply can be provided. As a rated power consumption of only 120W, such conditions are completely sufficient, and there will be no too high requirements for the power supply.

dismantle

After looking at the exterior, the interior of this RX 6500 XT is followed. After disassembling, you can see the Navi 24 core, and the core area of the built-in 16 groups of computing units 107mm² is very small, twice as small as the Navi 23 core, and even not as large as the video memory next to it. This also makes us look forward to its performance even more.

As can be seen from the comparison with the pushpin, the area of this Navi 24 core is indeed very small.

Next to the graphics card core, there are two GDDR6 memory from Samsung, each with 2GB, for a total of 4GB of video memory. The memory bit width is 64bit and the bandwidth is 144GB/s.

In terms of power supply, The Yingtong RX 6500 XT Earth God uses 4+1 power supply, of which the core input part, the UPPER BRIDGE MOS tube is 1, and the lower bridge MOS tube is 2. After the inductor and capacitor are treated, it can provide a stable current for the core.

Graphics card heatsink part, the core of the pure copper base, with a 6mm heat pipe, the heat is transferred to the heat dissipation fin, and then through the fan to take the heat away. Among them, on the 2 memory and the MOS tube of the power supply, there are thermal pastes to quickly conduct heat to the heat sink to prevent the components from overheating, and the material is still very sufficient.

Test platform

CPU: AMD Ryzen™ 7 5800X

Motherboard: ROG STRIX B550 E-GAMING

Memory: Zhiqi Royal Halberd 16GB 3200MHz x2

Although the RX 6500 XT is an entry-level graphics card, due to the RDNA2 architecture, it also has many new features of A cards, and it is natural to use the latest generation of board U for testing. The processor uses the 8-core 16-thread Ryzen™ 7 5800X, the motherboard chipset is B550, and two 16GB of high-frequency memory. The test process turns on AMD's SAM function, giving full play to the potential of video memory and bringing mysterious bonuses to the AAA platform.

Theoretical performance

The first is a theoretical performance test, using the most well-known 3DMark, after all, it is the most fun "game" in the world. In The Fire Strike based on the DX 11 standard, there are three projects, corresponding to 1080P, 2K, 4K three resolutions. Among them, in the 1080P resolution Fire Strike, the Infocom RX 6500 XT Earth God graphics card score was 15526, after switching to the 2K resolution Fire Strike Extreme, it scored 6783 points, followed by the 4K resolution Fire Strike Ultra, scoring 3505. Compared to the GTX 1650, each project is about 40%-53% stronger, with an average performance advantage of 45%.

Then, we switched to Time Spy based on the DX 12 standard, and in the 2K resolution Time Spy, the RX 6500 XT received a graphics card score of 4948 points, and in the 4K resolution Time Spy Extreme, the graphics card scored 2279. Overall, the RX 6500 XT is 31% stronger than the GTX 1650.

Game actual test

As an entry-level graphics card, the RX 6500 XT has a good theoretical test score. But for gamers, the frame rate performance in the actual game is the most important. In the actual test game section, we selected a total of 6 games, both popular online games and AAA masterpieces, namely Apex Heroes, CS:GO, Tomb Raider: Shadow, Far Cry 6, Assassin's Creed: Hall of Heroes, and The Witcher 3.

The FPS game that is still very popular at the moment, the battle royale game speculated by EA, even in the last year the number of players has exceeded 100 million. In the actual test, the RX 6500 XT chooses a 1080P resolution, and at the highest image quality, it can reach an average of 98 frames, which is 34% stronger than the GTX 1650. And as an FPS game, the frame rate is very important, if you reduce the picture quality appropriately, you can experience a smoother picture frame rate.

The same popular FPS game, compared to the "CS:GO" configuration requirements are not so high. The RX 6500 XT has an average frame rate of 326 frames at 1080P and the highest quality, which is 26% stronger than the GTX 1650's average of 258 frames.

Tomb Raider: Shadow, as the last installment of the trilogy, continues the high quality of the series. The RX 6500 XT has an average frame rate of 94FPS at medium quality settings, which is 22% higher than the GTX 1650's 73FPS.

"Far Cry 6", a 3A masterpiece launched by Ubisoft, an open-world action design game, the game plot continues the feeling of the Far Island series, and constantly engages in fierce and exciting battles. Since it is a new game, the optimization is in place, and the AMD FSR technology is also built-in, we chose the FSR quality file, the picture is set to high quality, this time the RX 6500 XT measured an average of 84 frames, GTX 1650 measured average 60 frames, the former is 29% stronger than the latter.

Assassin's Creed: The Hall of Heroes, also a Ubisoft AAA masterpiece, is the latest in the series, telling the glorious story of viking warriors in the 9th century AD, with ultra-high freedom and exciting action battles, attracting a lot of players. 1080P, medium quality, RX 6500 XT average 68 frames, GTX 1650 average 60 frames, 12% gap is not too big.

Although "The Witcher 3" is older than other games, it is still a classic AAA masterpiece worth experiencing now, after all, it has won many awards in that year, which is enough to see its strength. In the actual test, the RX 6500 XT performs well, with the high-quality option turned on, and the average frame rate can have 80FPS, which is 19% stronger than the GTX 1650. The latter only has an average of 65 frames, and it is only at a level of fluency.

summary

According to the actual measurement results of the game, the RX 6500 XT is 23% stronger than the GTX 1650. With the strength of RDNA 2 architecture, coupled with the SAM and FSR blessing brought by the AAA platform, it can provide a good gaming experience whether it is a popular online game or aaa masterpiece. This is a solution for the graphics card market, which is difficult to find and frequently increases in price.

After all, the official price of 1599 yuan is still attractive in the current graphics card market. And because of the streamlining of the memory specifications, to a certain extent, the probability of miners snapping up, but also to make its price more reasonable. From the price, to the performance of the performance, RX 6500 XT is very good to play its entry-level positioning, for the early idea of changing the machine, but there is no way to start the entry player, it is still very worth considering.