Radeon RX 560X Mobile vs GeForce 6500

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce 6500 with Radeon RX 560X Mobile, including specs and performance data.

GeForce 6500
2005
128 MB DDR2
0.09

RX 560X Mobile outperforms 6500 by a whopping 10222% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1462437
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data11.29
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameNV44 A2Polaris 21
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 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 coresno data1024
Core clock speed400 MHz1275 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1202 MHz
Number of transistors75 million3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology110 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data65 Watt
Texture fill rate1.60081.60
Floating-point processing powerno data2.611 TFLOPS
ROPs216
TMUs464

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
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16MXM-B (3.0)
Width1-slotno 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 typeDDR2GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount128 MB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed266 MHz1450 MHz
Memory bandwidth8.512 GB/s92.8 GB/s
Shared memoryno 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo 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.

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (12_0)
Shader Model3.06.4
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A2.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131

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-0−134

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 41
+0%
41
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 23
+0%
23
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 30
+0%
30
+0%
Battlefield 5 52
+0%
52
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 17
+0%
17
+0%
Far Cry 5 39
+0%
39
+0%
Fortnite 66
+0%
66
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 52
+0%
52
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 34
+0%
34
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 50
+0%
50
+0%
Valorant 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 18
+0%
18
+0%
Battlefield 5 44
+0%
44
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 122
+0%
122
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 15
+0%
15
+0%
Dota 2 71
+0%
71
+0%
Far Cry 5 36
+0%
36
+0%
Fortnite 44
+0%
44
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 49
+0%
49
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 31
+0%
31
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 36
+0%
36
+0%
Metro Exodus 20
+0%
20
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 42
+0%
42
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 36
+0%
36
+0%
Valorant 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 39
+0%
39
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 13
+0%
13
+0%
Dota 2 66
+0%
66
+0%
Far Cry 5 33
+0%
33
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 38
+0%
38
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30
+0%
30
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 22
+0%
22
+0%
Valorant 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 33
+0%
33
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Metro Exodus 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Valorant 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

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

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Metro Exodus 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Valorant 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Dota 2 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Far Cry 5 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 63 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.09 9.29
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 10222.2% 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.

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