Radeon RX 6500M vs RX 5600M

Place in performance ranking	229	254
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	34.37	no data
Architecture	Navi / RDNA (2019−2020)	RDNA 2 (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Navi 10	Navi 24
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 January 2020 (4 years ago)	4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Current price	$525	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 cores	2304	1024
Boost clock speed	1265 MHz	2191 MHz
Number of transistors	10,300 million	5,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	182.2	153.6

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon RX 5600M and Radeon RX 6500M 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 size	medium sized	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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 type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz	18000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	288.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors

No outputs

API support

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.5	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.1
Vulkan	1.2	1.2

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.

RX 5600M 22.38
+10.4%

RX 6500M 20.27

RX 5600M outperforms RX 6500M by 10% based on our aggregated 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%

RX 5600M 8669
+10.4%

RX 6500M 7852

RX 5600M outperforms RX 6500M by 10% in Passmark.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RX 5600M 18582

RX 6500M 51599
+178%

RX 6500M outperforms RX 5600M by 178% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RX 5600M 24213
+48.6%

RX 6500M 16290

RX 5600M outperforms RX 6500M by 49% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RX 5600M 17653
+26.3%

RX 6500M 13980

RX 5600M outperforms RX 6500M by 26% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RX 5600M 72335

RX 6500M 92553
+28%

RX 6500M outperforms RX 5600M by 28% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

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	85 +26.9%	67 −26.9%
1440p	57 +14%	50−55 −14%
4K	31 +14.8%	27−30 −14.8%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

35−40

−83.3%

66
+83.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	67 +63.4%	40−45 −63.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	70 +12.9%	62 −12.9%
Battlefield 5	114 +67.6%	65−70 −67.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	55−60 +9.4%	50−55 −9.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40 −86.1%	67 +86.1%
Far Cry 5	55−60 −27.1%	75 +27.1%
Far Cry New Dawn	77 +40%	55−60 −40%
Forza Horizon 4	75−80 +8.6%	70−75 −8.6%
Hitman 3	65−70 −54.5%	102 +54.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	81 +14.1%	71 −14.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2	72 +118%	30−35 −118%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	89 +107%	40−45 −107%
Watch Dogs: Legion	78 +11.4%	70 −11.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	60 +46.3%	40−45 −46.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	58 +28.9%	45 −28.9%
Battlefield 5	112 +64.7%	65−70 −64.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	55−60 +9.4%	50−55 −9.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40 +12.5%	32 −12.5%
Far Cry 5	55−60 −20.3%	71 +20.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	74 +34.5%	55−60 −34.5%
Forza Horizon 4	75−80 +8.6%	70−75 −8.6%
Hitman 3	65−70 −28.8%	85 +28.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn	66 +15.8%	57 −15.8%
Metro Exodus	59 +18%	50 −18%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40 +21.2%	30−35 −21.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	77 +79.1%	40−45 −79.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	104 +82.5%	57 −82.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	70 +18.6%	59 −18.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	49 +19.5%	40−45 −19.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	45 +15.4%	39 −15.4%
Battlefield 5	106 +55.9%	65−70 −55.9%
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40 +24.1%	29 −24.1%
Far Cry 5	80 +21.2%	66 −21.2%
Far Cry New Dawn	67 +21.8%	55−60 −21.8%
Forza Horizon 4	75−80 +8.6%	70−75 −8.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	64 +64.1%	39 −64.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	32 +28%	25 −28%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35 +13.3%	30−33 −13.3%
Hitman 3	35−40 +12.1%	30−35 −12.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	41 +51.9%	27−30 −51.9%
Metro Exodus	21−24 +15.8%	18−20 −15.8%
Red Dead Redemption 2	25 +66.7%	14−16 −66.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30 +11.5%	24−27 −11.5%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 +9.1%	21−24 −9.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24 +26.3%	18−20 −26.3%
Battlefield 5	82 +82.2%	45−50 −82.2%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 +16.7%	12−14 −16.7%
Far Cry 5	35−40 +11.8%	30−35 −11.8%
Far Cry New Dawn	40−45 +10.3%	35−40 −10.3%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 +12.2%	40−45 −12.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 +13%	21−24 −13%
Watch Dogs: Legion	26 +85.7%	14−16 −85.7%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 +13.3%	14−16 −13.3%
Hitman 3	21−24 +10.5%	18−20 −10.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12 −8.3%	12−14 +8.3%
Metro Exodus	12−14 +8.3%	12−14 −8.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 +9.1%	10−12 −9.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 +15.4%	12−14 −15.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 +14.3%	21−24 −14.3%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 +16.7%	12−14 −16.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14 +40%	10−11 −40%
Battlefield 5	41 +78.3%	21−24 −78.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry 5	18−20 +12.5%	16−18 −12.5%
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24 +10%	20−22 −10%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +10.3%	27−30 −10.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	13 +44.4%	9−10 −44.4%

This is how RX 5600M and RX 6500M compete in popular games:

RX 5600M is 26.9% faster than RX 6500M in 1080p
RX 5600M is 14% faster than RX 6500M in 1440p
RX 5600M is 14.8% faster than RX 6500M in 4K

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

in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX 5600M is 118% faster than the RX 6500M.
in Cyberpunk 2077, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX 6500M is 86.1% faster than the RX 5600M.

All in all, in popular games:

RX 5600M is ahead in 61 test (90%)
RX 6500M is ahead in 7 tests (10%)

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	22.38	20.27
Recency	7 January 2020	4 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	7 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	50 Watt