Radeon RX 6500: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Radeon RX 6500 provides acceptable gaming and benchmark performance at 19.94% of a leader's which is GeForce RTX 4090.
Summary
This is a notebook card primarily aimed at gamers.
Primary details
Some basic facts about Radeon RX 6500: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in the ranking | 276 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Release date | no data |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of Radeon RX 6500. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark 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.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.
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Gaming performance
Let's see how good Radeon RX 6500 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 30−35 |
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 40−45 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 30−35 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 65−70 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 40−45 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 30−35 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 45−50 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 50−55 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 120−130 | |
| Hitman 3 | 35−40 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 95−100 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 50−55 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 65−70 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 90−95 |
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 40−45 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 30−35 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 65−70 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 40−45 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 30−35 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 45−50 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 50−55 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 120−130 | |
| Hitman 3 | 35−40 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 95−100 | |
| Metro Exodus | 65−70 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 50−55 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 65−70 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 45−50 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 90−95 |
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 40−45 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 30−35 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 65−70 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 30−35 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 45−50 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 50−55 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 120−130 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 45−50 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 90−95 |
1440p
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 21−24 | |
| Hitman 3 | 21−24 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 40−45 | |
| Metro Exodus | 35−40 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 30−35 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 40−45 |
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 20−22 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 18−20 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 35−40 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 10−12 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 21−24 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 30−33 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 110−120 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 110−120 |
4K
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 10−12 | |
| Hitman 3 | 14−16 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 100−110 | |
| Metro Exodus | 21−24 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 16−18 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 21−24 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 20−22 |
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 12−14 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 10−11 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 20−22 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 10−12 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 14−16 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 27−30 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 8−9 |
NVIDIA equivalent
According to our data, the closest NVIDIA alternative to Radeon RX 6500 is GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile, which is slower by 1% and lower by 5 positions in our ranking.
Here are some closest NVIDIA rivals to Radeon RX 6500:
Similar GPUs
Here is our recommendation of several graphics cards that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.
Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with Radeon RX 6500 according to our statistics.
