Radeon RX 7700S vs RX 6500

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 6500 and Radeon RX 7700S, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RX 6500
18.44

7700S outperforms RX 6500 by a whopping 101% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking341147
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data28.80
Architectureno dataRDNA 3.0 (2022−2026)
GPU code nameno dataNavi 33
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release dateno data4 January 2023 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data2048
Core clock speedno data1500 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2500 MHz
Number of transistorsno data13,300 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data100 Watt
Texture fill rateno data320.0
Floating-point processing powerno data20.48 TFLOPS
ROPsno data64
TMUsno data128
Ray Tracing Coresno data32
L0 Cacheno data512 KB
L1 Cacheno data512 KB
L2 Cacheno data2 MB
L3 Cacheno data32 MB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data8 GB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data2250 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data288.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-
Resizable BAR-+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectorsno dataPortable Device Dependent

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXno data12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.2
Vulkan-1.3

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

RX 6500 18.44
RX 7700S 37.00
+101%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RX 6500 7713
Samples: 117
RX 7700S 15479
+101%
Samples: 394

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD55−60
−50.9%
112
1440p27−3057
+111%
4K18−2037
+106%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 75−80 130−140
+64.6%
Far Cry 5 60−65 130
+110%
Fortnite 100−105 160−170
+64%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80 140−150
+88.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 70−75 140−150
+107%
Valorant 140−150 220−230
+61.4%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 75−80 130−140
+64.6%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 220−230 270−280
+21.9%
Dota 2 100−110 140−150
+32.4%
Far Cry 5 60−65 123
+98.4%
Far Cry 6 50−55 100−110
+110%
Fortnite 100−105 160−170
+64%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80 140−150
+88.3%
Grand Theft Auto V 70−75 133
+90%
Metro Exodus 40−45 85−90
+123%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 70−75 140−150
+107%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55 147
+183%
Valorant 140−150 220−230
+61.4%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 75−80 130−140
+64.6%
Dota 2 100−110 140−150
+32.4%
Far Cry 5 60−65 117
+88.7%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80 140−150
+88.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 70−75 140−150
+107%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55 84
+61.5%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 100−105 160−170
+64%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 130−140 260−270
+93.4%
Far Cry 6 30−33 70−75
+133%
Grand Theft Auto V 30−35 67
+109%
Metro Exodus 24−27 55−60
+129%
Valorant 160−170 250−260
+58.9%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 50−55 95−100
+79.6%
Far Cry 5 40−45 81
+92.9%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50 100−110
+126%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 40−45 95−100
+130%

4K
High

Far Cry 6 9−10 27−30
+222%
Grand Theft Auto V 30−35 68
+100%
Metro Exodus 14−16 30−35
+127%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30 43
+59.3%
Valorant 95−100 230−240
+135%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 27−30 60−65
+114%
Dota 2 65−70 100−110
+67.7%
Far Cry 5 21−24 39
+85.7%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35 70−75
+112%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20 50−55
+163%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 18−20 45−50
+153%

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 200−210 200−210
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90 85−90
Resident Evil 4 Remake 100−105 100−105

Full HD
Medium

Counter-Strike 2 200−210 200−210
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90 85−90

Full HD
High

Counter-Strike 2 200−210 200−210
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90 85−90

Full HD
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 85−90 85−90
Valorant 220−230 220−230

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 90−95 90−95
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180 170−180

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 40−45 40−45
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 70−75 70−75

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 40−45 40−45

4K
Ultra

Counter-Strike 2 40−45 40−45
Cyberpunk 2077 20−22 20−22

This is how RX 6500 and RX 7700S compete in popular games:

  • RX 7700S is 104% faster in 1080p
  • RX 7700S is 111% faster in 1440p
  • RX 7700S is 106% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Far Cry 6, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RX 7700S is 222% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RX 7700S performs better in 45 tests (74%)
  • there's a draw in 16 tests (26%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 18.44 37.00

RX 7700S has a 101% higher aggregate performance score.

The Radeon RX 7700S is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 6500 in performance tests.

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