Radeon RX 6500 vs GeForce RTX 2080 Super Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 2080 Super Mobile and Radeon RX 6500, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RTX 2080 Super Mobile
2020
8 GB GDDR6, 150 Watt
33.89
+101%

RTX 2080 Super Mobile 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 ranking121297
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency17.98no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)no data
GPU code nameTU104no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date2 April 2020 (4 years ago)no data

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 cores3072no data
Core clock speed1365 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1560 MHzno data
Number of transistors13,600 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nmno data
Power consumption (TDP)150 Wattno data
Texture fill rate299.5no data
Floating-point processing power9.585 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs192no data
Tensor Cores384no data
Ray Tracing Cores48no 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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no 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 typeGDDR6no data
Maximum RAM amount8 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1750 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/sno data
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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready+no data

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)no data
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.140-
CUDA7.5-
DLSS+-

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 HD139
+114%
65−70
−114%
1440p99
+120%
45−50
−120%
4K69
+130%
30−35
−130%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 100−110
+118%
50−55
−118%
Counter-Strike 2 200−210
+108%
100−105
−108%
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85
+110%
40−45
−110%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 100−110
+118%
50−55
−118%
Battlefield 5 169
+119%
75−80
−119%
Counter-Strike 2 200−210
+108%
100−105
−108%
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85
+110%
40−45
−110%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+85.5%
60−65
−85.5%
Fortnite 178
+81.6%
95−100
−81.6%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+88%
75−80
−88%
Forza Horizon 5 110−120
+93.2%
55−60
−93.2%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 140−150
+110%
65−70
−110%
Valorant 210−220
+56.1%
130−140
−56.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 100−110
+118%
50−55
−118%
Battlefield 5 161
+109%
75−80
−109%
Counter-Strike 2 200−210
+108%
100−105
−108%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+23.1%
220−230
−23.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85
+110%
40−45
−110%
Dota 2 153
+44.3%
100−110
−44.3%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+85.5%
60−65
−85.5%
Fortnite 171
+74.5%
95−100
−74.5%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+88%
75−80
−88%
Forza Horizon 5 110−120
+93.2%
55−60
−93.2%
Grand Theft Auto V 136
+97.1%
65−70
−97.1%
Metro Exodus 92
+136%
35−40
−136%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 140−150
+110%
65−70
−110%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 198
+281%
50−55
−281%
Valorant 210−220
+56.1%
130−140
−56.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 147
+90.9%
75−80
−90.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85
+110%
40−45
−110%
Dota 2 141
+33%
100−110
−33%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+85.5%
60−65
−85.5%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+88%
75−80
−88%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 140−150
+110%
65−70
−110%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 103
+98.1%
50−55
−98.1%
Valorant 205
+105%
100−105
−105%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 136
+38.8%
95−100
−38.8%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 90−95
+107%
45−50
−107%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 250−260
+89.5%
130−140
−89.5%
Grand Theft Auto V 90
+190%
30−35
−190%
Metro Exodus 55
+129%
24−27
−129%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+106%
85−90
−106%
Valorant 240−250
+42.3%
170−180
−42.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 121
+133%
50−55
−133%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+133%
18−20
−133%
Far Cry 5 85−90
+112%
40−45
−112%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+124%
45−50
−124%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65−70
+127%
30−33
−127%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 104
+148%
40−45
−148%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 27−30
+107%
14−16
−107%
Counter-Strike 2 40−45
+133%
18−20
−133%
Grand Theft Auto V 97
+194%
30−35
−194%
Metro Exodus 35
+133%
14−16
−133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 76
+181%
27−30
−181%
Valorant 220−230
+113%
100−110
−113%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 72
+157%
27−30
−157%
Counter-Strike 2 40−45
+133%
18−20
−133%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+111%
9−10
−111%
Dota 2 141
+120%
60−65
−120%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+135%
20−22
−135%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+113%
30−35
−113%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
+167%
18−20
−167%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 52
+174%
18−20
−174%

This is how RTX 2080 Super Mobile and RX 6500 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2080 Super Mobile is 114% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2080 Super Mobile is 120% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2080 Super Mobile is 130% faster in 4K

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

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 2080 Super Mobile is 281% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 2080 Super Mobile surpassed RX 6500 in all 44 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 33.89 16.82

RTX 2080 Super Mobile has a 101.5% higher aggregate performance score.

The GeForce RTX 2080 Super Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 6500 in performance tests.

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