Sapphire Released AMD RX 6500 XT with 8GB VRAM

 

A bit of unusual configuration of one of the slowest AMD graphics cards has just been released. Sapphire Configures a Radeon RX 6500 XT With 8GB VRAM. a  The card still has 64-bit memory bus and low bandwidth of 144 GB/s, but the VRAM capacity hfromow been doubled form 4GBofo 8GB.

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This model od RX 6500 XT is factory-overclocked and has an additional 6-pin power connector. GPU clocks factory settings are game clock is 2695 MHz now and boost Clock is 2855 MHz.

Rest of thesamecifications are Same as the 4GB variant, this RX 6500 XT features Navi 24 XT GPU with 1024 Stream Processors, two  display connectors,it only features PCIe Gen4 x4 interface, which will be bottlenecked on Gen3 systems as proven in our benchmarks.

AMD RX 6500 XT 4GB vs 8GB Benchmark

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AMD RX 6500 XT 8GB : https://www.sapphiretech.com/en/consumer/pulse-radeon-rx-6500-xt-8g-gddr6

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2X16GB DDR4 3200 MHz RAM

Windows 11

Test in 20 Games

On average in 20 Games RX 6500 XT with 8GB VRAM is about 3% faster than the 4GB VRAM model which is not a significant improvement. But in a few games which use more VRAM like Forza Horizon 5, COD Warzone, etc. 8GB VRAM does show some noticeable difference.

Conclusion:

8GB VRAM is useless on this card as its low-end configuration does not allow this card to use 8GB VRAM at full potential. Low memory bandwidth and buswidth hold back this card and 8GB VRAM couldn't save it. Moreover, it only features the PCIe Gen4 x4 interface, which will be bottlenecked on Gen3 systems.