Radeon RX 6500 vs HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
Aggregate performance score
We've compared HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) and Radeon RX 6500, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
RX 6500 outperforms HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) by a whopping 5385% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1357 | 335 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011) | no data |
| GPU code name | Sandy Bridge | no data |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 May 2011 (14 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 cores | 6 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 350 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 1100 MHz | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm | 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 bus width | 64/128 Bit | no data |
| Shared memory | + | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.1 | no data |
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 | 7
−4900%
| 350−400
+4900%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−4900%
|
50−55
+4900%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−4900%
|
50−55
+4900%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−1775%
|
75−80
+1775%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
−900%
|
70−75
+900%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−442%
|
140−150
+442%
|
Full HD
High
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 10
−2170%
|
220−230
+2170%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−4900%
|
50−55
+4900%
|
| Dota 2 | 10−11
−970%
|
100−110
+970%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−1775%
|
75−80
+1775%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
−900%
|
70−75
+900%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
−920%
|
50−55
+920%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−442%
|
140−150
+442%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−4900%
|
50−55
+4900%
|
| Dota 2 | 10−11
−970%
|
100−110
+970%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−1775%
|
75−80
+1775%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
−900%
|
70−75
+900%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
−920%
|
50−55
+920%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−5285%
|
1400−1450
+5285%
|
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 3−4
−5233%
|
160−170
+5233%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 0−1 | 130−140 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 4−5
−5150%
|
210−220
+5150%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Escape from Tarkov | 2−3
−1900%
|
40−45
+1900%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2
−4500%
|
45−50
+4500%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2
−4900%
|
50−55
+4900%
|
1440p
Epic
| Fortnite | 0−1 | 40−45 |
4K
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
−143%
|
30−35
+143%
|
| Valorant | 2−3
−5150%
|
100−110
+5150%
|
4K
Ultra
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 1−2
−1700%
|
18−20
+1700%
|
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 2−3
−850%
|
18−20
+850%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Battlefield 5 | 75−80
+0%
|
75−80
+0%
|
| Escape from Tarkov | 70−75
+0%
|
70−75
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 60−65
+0%
|
60−65
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 95−100
+0%
|
95−100
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 55−60
+0%
|
55−60
+0%
|
Full HD
High
| Battlefield 5 | 75−80
+0%
|
75−80
+0%
|
| Escape from Tarkov | 70−75
+0%
|
70−75
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 60−65
+0%
|
60−65
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 95−100
+0%
|
95−100
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 55−60
+0%
|
55−60
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 65−70
+0%
|
65−70
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 75−80
+0%
|
75−80
+0%
|
| Escape from Tarkov | 70−75
+0%
|
70−75
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 60−65
+0%
|
60−65
+0%
|
Full HD
Epic
| Fortnite | 95−100
+0%
|
95−100
+0%
|
1440p
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
| Valorant | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 50−55
+0%
|
50−55
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
4K
High
| Metro Exodus | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
4K
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 60−65
+0%
|
60−65
+0%
|
| Escape from Tarkov | 18−20
+0%
|
18−20
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
This is how HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) and RX 6500 compete in popular games:
- RX 6500 is 4900% faster in 1080p
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Valorant, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RX 6500 is 5150% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- RX 6500 performs better in 19 tests (40%)
- there's a draw in 28 tests (60%)
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