GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile vs Radeon RX 6500

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 6500 and GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RX 6500
16.82

RTX 4080 Mobile outperforms RX 6500 by a whopping 233% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking29733
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data40.47
Architectureno dataAda Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameno dataAD104
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release dateno data3 January 2023 (2 years ago)

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 coresno data7424
Core clock speedno data1290 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1665 MHz
Number of transistorsno data35,800 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data110 Watt
Texture fill rateno data386.3
Floating-point processing powerno data24.72 TFLOPS
ROPsno data80
TMUsno data232
Tensor Coresno data232
Ray Tracing Coresno data58

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 sizeno datalarge
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16

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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data12 GB
Memory bus widthno data192 Bit
Memory clock speedno data2250 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data432.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-
Resizable BAR-+

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 dataPortable Device Dependent

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectXno data12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.9
DLSS-+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

RX 6500 16.82
RTX 4080 Mobile 55.93
+233%

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.

RX 6500 7520
RTX 4080 Mobile 25009
+233%

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 HD45−50
−242%
154
+242%
1440p30−35
−243%
103
+243%
4K18−21
−278%
68
+278%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 75−80
−117%
160−170
+117%
Far Cry 5 60−65
−176%
171
+176%
Fortnite 95−100
−189%
280−290
+189%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
−213%
230−240
+213%
Forza Horizon 5 55−60
−203%
170−180
+203%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 65−70
−157%
170−180
+157%
Valorant 130−140
−140%
300−350
+140%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 75−80
−117%
160−170
+117%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 220−230
−23.6%
270−280
+23.6%
Dota 2 100−110
−67.9%
178
+67.9%
Far Cry 5 60−65
−160%
161
+160%
Fortnite 95−100
−189%
280−290
+189%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
−213%
230−240
+213%
Forza Horizon 5 55−60
−203%
170−180
+203%
Grand Theft Auto V 65−70
−128%
157
+128%
Metro Exodus 35−40
−274%
146
+274%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 65−70
−157%
170−180
+157%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
−542%
334
+542%
Valorant 130−140
−140%
300−350
+140%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 75−80
−117%
160−170
+117%
Dota 2 100−110
−55.7%
165
+55.7%
Far Cry 5 60−65
−144%
151
+144%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
−213%
230−240
+213%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 65−70
−157%
170−180
+157%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
−231%
172
+231%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 95−100
−189%
280−290
+189%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 130−140
−238%
450−500
+238%
Grand Theft Auto V 30−35
−294%
122
+294%
Metro Exodus 24−27
−325%
102
+325%
Valorant 170−180
−124%
350−400
+124%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 50−55
−187%
140−150
+187%
Far Cry 5 40−45
−241%
140
+241%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
−330%
190−200
+330%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 40−45
−260%
150−160
+260%

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 30−35
−336%
144
+336%
Metro Exodus 14−16
−347%
67
+347%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
−333%
117
+333%
Valorant 100−110
−226%
336
+226%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
−296%
100−110
+296%
Dota 2 60−65
−149%
157
+149%
Far Cry 5 20−22
−355%
91
+355%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
−366%
140−150
+366%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
−433%
95−100
+433%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 18−20
−316%
75−80
+316%

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 171
+0%
171
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 149
+0%
149
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 142
+0%
142
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 215
+0%
215
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 143
+0%
143
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 121
+0%
121
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 196
+0%
196
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 124
+0%
124
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 121
+0%
121
+0%
Valorant 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 149
+0%
149
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 82
+0%
82
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 140
+0%
140
+0%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 71
+0%
71
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 39
+0%
39
+0%

This is how RX 6500 and RTX 4080 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4080 Mobile is 242% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4080 Mobile is 243% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4080 Mobile is 278% faster in 4K

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

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 4080 Mobile is 542% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 4080 Mobile is ahead in 44 tests (70%)
  • there's a draw in 19 tests (30%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 16.82 55.93

RTX 4080 Mobile has a 232.5% higher aggregate performance score.

The GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 6500 in performance tests.

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