Radeon RX 6500 vs RTX A5000 Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared RTX A5000 Mobile and Radeon RX 6500, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RTX A5000 Mobile
2021
16 GB GDDR6, 165 Watt
39.69
+101%

RTX A5000 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 performance ranking99265
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2022)no data
GPU code nameGA104no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date12 April 2021 (3 years ago)no data

Detailed specifications

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 cores6144no data
Core clock speed1215 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1770 MHzno data
Number of transistors17,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology8 nmno data
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt (80 - 150 Watt TGP)no data
Texture fill rate302.4no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on RTX A5000 Mobile and Radeon RX 6500 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 4.0 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 amount16 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed14000 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

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)no data
Shader Model6.6no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.2no data
CUDA8.6no 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 HD108
+116%
50−55
−116%
1440p66
+120%
30−35
−120%
4K48
+129%
21−24
−129%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
+93.5%
30−35
−93.5%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 75−80
+92.3%
35−40
−92.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65−70
+91.2%
30−35
−91.2%
Battlefield 5 130−140
+100%
65−70
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
+100%
40−45
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
+93.5%
30−35
−93.5%
Far Cry 5 90−95
+95.7%
45−50
−95.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 100−105
+88.7%
50−55
−88.7%
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
+100%
90−95
−100%
Hitman 3 75−80
+92.3%
35−40
−92.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 150−160
+92.3%
75−80
−92.3%
Metro Exodus 220−230
+94.7%
110−120
−94.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 100−105
+85.2%
50−55
−85.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 120−130
+87.5%
60−65
−87.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
+86.4%
55−60
−86.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 75−80
+92.3%
35−40
−92.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65−70
+91.2%
30−35
−91.2%
Battlefield 5 130−140
+100%
65−70
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
+100%
40−45
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
+93.5%
30−35
−93.5%
Far Cry 5 90−95
+95.7%
45−50
−95.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 100−105
+88.7%
50−55
−88.7%
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
+100%
90−95
−100%
Hitman 3 75−80
+92.3%
35−40
−92.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 150−160
+92.3%
75−80
−92.3%
Metro Exodus 130−140
+97%
65−70
−97%
Red Dead Redemption 2 100−105
+85.2%
50−55
−85.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 120−130
+87.5%
60−65
−87.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 85−90
+97.7%
40−45
−97.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
+86.4%
55−60
−86.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 75−80
+92.3%
35−40
−92.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65−70
+91.2%
30−35
−91.2%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 160−170
+100%
80−85
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
+93.5%
30−35
−93.5%
Far Cry 5 90−95
+95.7%
45−50
−95.7%
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
+100%
90−95
−100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 260−270
+95.5%
133
−95.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 300−310
+87.5%
160
−87.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 85−90
+97.7%
40−45
−97.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
+86.4%
55−60
−86.4%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 190−200
+100%
95−100
−100%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 150−160
+94.8%
75−80
−94.8%
Far Cry New Dawn 180−190
+93.5%
90−95
−93.5%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
+100%
20−22
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 35−40
+94.4%
18−20
−94.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 120−130
+96.7%
60−65
−96.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+90.9%
10−12
−90.9%
Far Cry 5 65−70
+97%
30−35
−97%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
+92.3%
35−40
−92.3%
Hitman 3 100−105
+92.3%
50−55
−92.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 170−180
+95.4%
85−90
−95.4%
Metro Exodus 120−130
+93.5%
62
−93.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 250−260
+93.8%
129
−93.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 110−120
+89.7%
55−60
−89.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 24−27
+84.6%
12−14
−84.6%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 130−140
+91.2%
65−70
−91.2%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 80−85
+100%
40−45
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
+91.2%
30−35
−91.2%
Hitman 3 30−33
+100%
14−16
−100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
+81.8%
21−24
−81.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
+84.6%
12−14
−84.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+100%
20−22
−100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+100%
12−14
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18−20
+80%
10−11
−80%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+100%
24−27
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+90.9%
10−12
−90.9%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
+85.2%
27−30
−85.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn 120−130
+90.5%
63
−90.5%
Metro Exodus 85−90
+97.7%
43
−97.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 16−18
+100%
8−9
−100%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 70−75
+100%
35−40
−100%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 130−140
+100%
65−70
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 100−105
+88.7%
50−55
−88.7%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+100%
24−27
−100%
Hitman 3 45−50
+95.7%
21−24
−95.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
+100%
40−45
−100%
Metro Exodus 70−75
+89.2%
35−40
−89.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2 65−70
+97%
30−35
−97%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 80−85
+100%
40−45
−100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 75−80
+97.4%
35−40
−97.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 75−80
+92.3%
35−40
−92.3%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
+90.9%
10−12
−90.9%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+84.2%
18−20
−84.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−33
+76.5%
16−18
−76.5%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
+84.2%
18−20
−84.2%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−33
+100%
14−16
−100%

This is how RTX A5000 Mobile and RX 6500 compete in popular games:

  • RTX A5000 Mobile is 116% faster in 1080p
  • RTX A5000 Mobile is 120% faster in 1440p
  • RTX A5000 Mobile is 129% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 39.69 19.73

The RTX A5000 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 6500 in performance tests.


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