AMD RX 6500 XT is Worse Than 2016's GPUs: Benchmarks vs. GTX 1060, 970, 960, & RX 580

AMD's RX 6500 XT GPU is sometimes worse than a GTX 1060 and RX 580, embarrassingly for AMD. Our benchmarks and review compare PCIe 3 vs. 4 results, gaming, power, and more.
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The XFX RX 6500 XT QICK gets benchmarked vs. the GTX 1660, 1660 Ti, RTX 2060, RX 6600 XT, and more. Most interestingly, we pulled a bunch of Pascal and Maxwell GPUs from the dead to benchmark against: The tests include 2022 benchmarks for the GTX 970, GTX 960 4GB, RX 580 8GB, GTX 1060 6GB, and even the 980 Ti vs. the RX 6500 XT 4GB card. Includes PCIe Gen4 x4 vs. PCIe Gen3 x4 benchmarks.

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - AMD RX 6500 XT Review
03:08 - Major Issues on the 6500 XT
07:18 - PCIe Gen3 vs. Gen4 x4 Results
10:05 - Strange Brigade Gen3 vs. Gen4 x4 RX 6500 XT Benchmarks
12:35 - Total War: Three Kingdoms GPU Benchmarks
13:10 - Rainbow Six Siege RX 6500 XT vs. GTX 1060, RX 580
14:40 - Tomb Raider & GPU PCIe Speed
15:44 - Red Dead Redemption 2 at 1080p
16:19 - Horizon Zero Dawn
17:14 - Grand Theft Auto V
17:46 - Power Consumption
18:23 - Conclusion

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