UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 16 EU) vs GeForce 6500

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated1004
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data9.62
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Gen. 11 (2021)
GPU code nameNV44 A2Gen. 11
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 October 2005 (19 years ago)11 January 2021 (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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data24
Core clock speed400 MHz350 MHz
Boost clock speedno data800 MHz
Number of transistors75 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology110 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data4.8 - 10 Watt
Texture fill rate1.600no data
ROPs2no data
TMUs4no data

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16no data
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 typeDDR2no data
Maximum RAM amount128 MBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed266 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth8.512 GB/sno data
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 data

Supported technologies

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

Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12_1
Shader Model3.0no data
OpenGL2.1no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2005 11 January 2021
Chip lithography 110 nm 10 nm

UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 16 EU) has an age advantage of 15 years, and a 1000% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 6500 and UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 16 EU). We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 6500 is a desktop card while UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 16 EU) is a notebook one.


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