Radeon RX 6500 vs Quadro T500 Mobile

Quadro T400 Mobile Quadro T500 Mobile Quadro T600 Mobile Quadro T1000 Mobile Quadro T1000 Max-Q Quadro T1200 Max-Q Quadro T1200 Mobile Quadro T2000 Mobile Quadro T2000 Max-Q T500 Max-Q T550 Mobile T600 Max-Q
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Radeon RX 6500 Radeon RX 6500M Radeon RX 6550M Radeon RX 6550S

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro T500 Mobile with Radeon RX 6500, including specs and performance data.

T500 Mobile
2020
2 GB GDDR6, 18 Watt
8.36

RX 6500 outperforms T500 Mobile by a whopping 117% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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RX 6500 RX 6500

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking500303
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency33.98no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)no data
GPU code nameTU117no data
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date2 December 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 cores896no data
Core clock speed1365 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1695 MHzno data
Number of transistors4,700 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nmno data
Power consumption (TDP)18 Wattno data
Texture fill rate94.92no data
Floating-point processing power3.037 TFLOPSno data
ROPs32no data
TMUs56no 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 sizemedium sizedno 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 amount2 GBno data
Memory bus width64 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1250 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth80 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

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)no data
Shader Model6.6no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.2-
CUDA7.5-

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 HD36
−108%
75−80
+108%
1440p15
−100%
30−35
+100%
4K17
−106%
35−40
+106%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Hogwarts Legacy 14−16
−100%
30−33
+100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
−108%
75−80
+108%
Far Cry 5 30
−103%
60−65
+103%
Fortnite 50−55
−92.2%
95−100
+92.2%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−103%
75−80
+103%
Forza Horizon 5 24−27
−136%
55−60
+136%
Hogwarts Legacy 14−16
−100%
30−33
+100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−33
−130%
65−70
+130%
Valorant 80−85
−65.5%
130−140
+65.5%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
−108%
75−80
+108%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 130−140
−71.8%
220−230
+71.8%
Dota 2 90
−17.8%
100−110
+17.8%
Far Cry 5 28
−118%
60−65
+118%
Fortnite 50−55
−92.2%
95−100
+92.2%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−103%
75−80
+103%
Forza Horizon 5 24−27
−136%
55−60
+136%
Grand Theft Auto V 31
−123%
65−70
+123%
Hogwarts Legacy 14−16
−100%
30−33
+100%
Metro Exodus 16−18
−129%
35−40
+129%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−33
−130%
65−70
+130%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 28
−82.1%
50−55
+82.1%
Valorant 80−85
−65.5%
130−140
+65.5%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
−108%
75−80
+108%
Dota 2 75
−41.3%
100−110
+41.3%
Far Cry 5 27
−126%
60−65
+126%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−103%
75−80
+103%
Hogwarts Legacy 14−16
−100%
30−33
+100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−33
−130%
65−70
+130%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 19
−168%
50−55
+168%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 50−55
−92.2%
95−100
+92.2%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 60−65
−108%
130−140
+108%
Grand Theft Auto V 13
−138%
30−35
+138%
Metro Exodus 9−10
−167%
24−27
+167%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−100%
24−27
+100%
Valorant 95−100
−84.2%
170−180
+84.2%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
−174%
50−55
+174%
Far Cry 5 18−20
−122%
40−45
+122%
Forza Horizon 4 20−22
−130%
45−50
+130%
Hogwarts Legacy 9−10
−100%
18−20
+100%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 16−18
−147%
40−45
+147%

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 14
−136%
30−35
+136%
Metro Exodus 4−5
−275%
14−16
+275%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
−225%
24−27
+225%
Valorant 40−45
−136%
100−110
+136%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 9−10
−211%
27−30
+211%
Dota 2 28
−129%
60−65
+129%
Far Cry 5 9−10
−122%
20−22
+122%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
−129%
30−35
+129%
Hogwarts Legacy 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
−125%
18−20
+125%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 8−9
−138%
18−20
+138%

This is how T500 Mobile and RX 6500 compete in popular games:

  • RX 6500 is 108% faster in 1080p
  • RX 6500 is 100% faster in 1440p
  • RX 6500 is 106% faster in 4K

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

  • in Metro Exodus, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RX 6500 is 275% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RX 6500 surpassed T500 Mobile in all 44 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 8.36 18.16

RX 6500 has a 117.2% higher aggregate performance score.

The Radeon RX 6500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro T500 Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro T500 Mobile is a mobile workstation card while Radeon RX 6500 is a mobile workstation one.

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