AMD Radeon RX 6500M vs NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000

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Combined performance score

RTX 8000
49.77
+145%

Quadro RTX 8000 outperforms Radeon RX 6500M by 145% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking53253
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money9.49no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2021)RDNA 2 (2020−2022)
GPU code nameTU102Navi 24
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date13 August 2018 (5 years old)4 January 2022 (2 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$9,999 no data
Current price$3230 (0.3x MSRP)no data
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores46081024
Core clock speed1395 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1770 MHz2191 MHz
Number of transistors18,600 million5,400 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)260 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate509.8153.6

Size and compatibility

Information on Quadro RTX 8000 and Radeon RX 6500M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone

Memory

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount48 GB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz18000 MHz
Memory bandwidth672.0 GB/s288.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-CNo outputs

API support

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.1
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA7.5no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RTX 8000 49.77
+145%
RX 6500M 20.28

Quadro RTX 8000 outperforms Radeon RX 6500M by 145% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

RTX 8000 19286
+145%
RX 6500M 7860

Quadro RTX 8000 outperforms Radeon RX 6500M by 145% in Passmark.

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 HD160−170
+139%
67
−139%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 49.77 20.28
Recency 13 August 2018 4 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 48 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 260 Watt 50 Watt

The Quadro RTX 8000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 6500M in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro RTX 8000 is a workstation card while Radeon RX 6500M is a notebook one.


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

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