Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Intel UHD Graphics G1
Review
Key differences
Key distinctions and advantages between Radeon RX 6500 XT and Intel UHD Graphics G1
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 6500 XT
- + RDNA 2.0 architecture
- + Navi 24 codename
- + 4GB GDDR6 memory
- + PCIe 4.0 x4 interface
Reasons to consider the Intel UHD Graphics G1
- + Generation 11 architecture
- + Ice Lake G1 Gen. 11 codename
- + System Shared memory
- + Ring Bus interface
Pros & Cons
- Hardware ray tracing support
- Dedicated AI tensor cores
- Limited gaming performance at higher resolutions
- No DLSS upscaling support
"A budget AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT graphics card with limited performance overall. Suited for casual gaming and basic graphics tasks."
- Great energy efficiency
- No discrete card needed — integrated solution
- Limited gaming performance at higher resolutions
- No hardware ray tracing
- Older generation architecture
"A budget Intel UHD Graphics G1 integrated graphics with limited performance overall, excellent energy efficiency. Suited for casual gaming and basic graphics tasks."
Gaming Performance
Forza Horizon 5
The Witcher 3
Counter-Strike 2
Far Cry 6
Hogwarts Legacy
Call of Duty
Ghost of Tsushima
Cyberpunk 2077
Tomb Raider
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | Intel UHD Graphics G1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1080p High | 1080p Ultra | 1440p Ultra | 4K Ultra | 1080p High | 1080p Ultra | 1440p Ultra | 4K Ultra | |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| The Witcher 3 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Far Cry 6 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Call of Duty | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tomb Raider | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Average FPS | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | Intel UHD Graphics G1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p High | 59 | — |
| 1080p Ultra | 45 | — |
| 1440p Ultra | 29 | — |
| 4K Ultra | 15 | — |
| Margin of Error | Low | — |
Benchmarks
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | Intel UHD Graphics G1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Time Spy | 4943 | 386 |
| Solar Bay | 20002 | — |
| Port Royal | 368 | — |
| Fire Strike | 15575 | 1175 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 8989 | 819 |
| Night Raid | 65384 | 5442 |
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | Intel UHD Graphics G1 | |
|---|---|---|
| G2D Mark | 817 | 324 |
| DirectX 11 | 90 FPS | 11 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 38 FPS | 6 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 4342 Ops/s | 813 Ops/s |
Specifications
| Specification | Radeon RX 6500 XT ↗ | Intel UHD Graphics G1 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| GB6 Compute Score | 53081 | 4800 |
| Background Blur | 130.3 img/sec | 9.94 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 70.1 img/sec | 5.9 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 1.59 Gpixels/sec | 0.18 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 2.21 Gpixels/sec | 0.24 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 2.02 Gpixels/sec | 0.19 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.65 Gpixels/sec | 0.05 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 223 Gpixels/sec | 14 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 7470.5 FPS | 852 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
| Specification | Radeon RX 6500 XT ↗ | Intel UHD Graphics G1 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| GB6 ML Single Precision | 10359 | 842 |
| GB6 ML Half Precision | 12861 | 916 |
| GB6 ML Quantized | 7842 | 637 |
| Image Classification (SP) | 3867 | 325 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 5136 | 598 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 11758 | 884 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 14844 | 821 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 42787 | 2386 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 1986 | 274 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 2665 | 333 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 4251 | 369 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 19707 | 1290 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 101802 | 6941 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
| Specification | Radeon RX 6500 XT ↗ | Intel UHD Graphics G1 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Amd | Intel |
| Build | Discrete | Integrated |
| Released | 19-Jan-22 | 28-May-19 |
| Case | Desktop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Generic |
| Segment | Mid-range | Entry-level |
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | Generation 11 |
| GPU Codename | Navi 24 | Ice Lake G1 Gen. 11 |
| Recommended CPU | -Intel Core i5 12400or above | -Intel Core i3 1005G1or above |
| Specification | Radeon RX 6500 XT ↗ | Intel UHD Graphics G1 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Base Clock | 2310 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2815 MHz | 900-1050 MHz (configurable) |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 256 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 64 | 16 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 32 | 8 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 32 | |
| Tensor Cores | No | |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 16 | |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | |
| L2 Cache | 1024KB shared | |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
| Specification | Radeon RX 6500 XT ↗ | Intel UHD Graphics G1 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Pixel Fill Rate | 90 GPixel/s | 7-8 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 180 GTexel/s | 14-17 GTexel/s |
| FLOPS (FP32) | 5.8 TFLOPS | 0.5 TFLOPS |
| Specification | Radeon RX 6500 XT ↗ | Intel UHD Graphics G1 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | Ring Bus |
| TGP | 107 W | 15 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Intel |
| Fabrication Process | 6 nm | 10 nm |
| Die Size | 107 mm² | |
| Transistor Count | 5 billion | |
| Transistor Density | 46.73 MTr/mm² | |
| Max. Temperature |
| Specification | Radeon RX 6500 XT ↗ | Intel UHD Graphics G1 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | System Shared |
| Specification | Radeon RX 6500 XT ↗ | Intel UHD Graphics G1 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| OpenCL | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| CUDA | ||
| Ray Tracing | Yes | |
| DLSS | No | |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a |
