GeForce 6500 vs Radeon RX 550 Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 550 Mobile with GeForce 6500, including specs and performance data.

RX 550 Mobile
2017
2 GB GDDR5, 50 Watt
6.96
+6860%

RX 550 Mobile outperforms 6500 by a whopping 6860% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking5541448
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.47no data
Power efficiency9.71no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameLexaNV44 A2
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date2 July 2017 (7 years ago)1 October 2005 (19 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$79.99 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores640no data
Core clock speed1100 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speed1287 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,200 million75 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Wattno data
Texture fill rate51.481.600
Floating-point processing power1.647 TFLOPSno data
ROPs162
TMUs404

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 x8PCIe 1.0 x16
Widthno data1-slot

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 typeGDDR5DDR2
Maximum RAM amount2 GB128 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz266 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s8.512 GB/s
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 outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model6.43.0
OpenGL4.62.1
OpenCL2.0N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

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 HD16-0−1

Cost per frame, $

1080p5.00no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 10 0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8 0−1
Battlefield 5 20−22 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12 0−1
Far Cry 5 16−18 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 45−50 0−1
Hitman 3 12 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45 0−1
Metro Exodus 20−22 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55 0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8 0−1
Battlefield 5 20−22 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12 0−1
Far Cry 5 16−18 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 45−50 0−1
Hitman 3 12 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45 0−1
Metro Exodus 20−22 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55 0−1

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 9−10 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12 0−1
Far Cry 5 16−18 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 45−50 0−1
Hitman 3 14−16 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 4 0−1

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20 0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 12−14 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 10−12 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 0−1
Far Cry 5 8−9 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 24−27 0−1
Hitman 3 10−12 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16 0−1
Metro Exodus 7−8 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45 0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14 0−1

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 6−7 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6 0−1
Hitman 3 3−4 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24 0−1
Metro Exodus 4−5 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 4−5 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 7−8 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2−3 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8 0−1

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.96 0.10
Recency 2 July 2017 1 October 2005
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 14 nm 110 nm

RX 550 Mobile has a 6860% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 685.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 550 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 6500 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 550 Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce 6500 is a desktop one.


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