Radeon RX 560X Mobile vs GeForce 6500

Place in the ranking	1456	430
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	11.45
Architecture	Curie (2003−2013)	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	NV44 A2	Polaris 21
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	1 October 2005 (19 years ago)	11 April 2018 (6 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	no data	1024
Core clock speed	400 MHz	1275 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1202 MHz
Number of transistors	75 million	3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	65 Watt
Texture fill rate	1.600	81.60
Floating-point processing power	no data	2.611 TFLOPS
ROPs	2	16
TMUs	4	64

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 size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Width	1-slot	no data

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 type	DDR2	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	266 MHz	1450 MHz
Memory bandwidth	8.512 GB/s	92.8 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

No outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	9.0c (9_3)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	3.0	6.4
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131

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 HD

-0−1

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	18 +0%	18 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	23 +0%	23 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	35 +0%	35 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	18 +0%	18 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	51 +0%	51 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	35 +0%	35 +0%
Metro Exodus	39 +0%	39 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	47 +0%	47 +0%
Valorant	50 +0%	50 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	44 +0%	44 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	15 +0%	15 +0%
Dota 2	47 +0%	47 +0%
Far Cry 5	28 +0%	28 +0%
Fortnite	50 +0%	50 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	42 +0%	42 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	36 +0%	36 +0%
Metro Exodus	26 +0%	26 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	101 +0%	101 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Valorant	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
World of Tanks	122 +0%	122 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	31 +0%	31 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	7 +0%	7 +0%
Dota 2	66 +0%	66 +0%
Far Cry 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	37 +0%	37 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	21 +0%	21 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	29 +0%	29 +0%
Valorant	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
World of Tanks	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Metro Exodus	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Valorant	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Dota 2	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Metro Exodus	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Dota 2	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Far Cry 5	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Fortnite	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Valorant	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 63 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.09	10.10
Recency	1 October 2005	11 April 2018
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	4 GB
Chip lithography	110 nm	14 nm

RX 560X Mobile has a 11122.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 685.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 560X Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 6500 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 6500 is a desktop card while Radeon RX 560X Mobile is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.