GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile vs Radeon RX 6500

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 6500 and GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RX 6500
18.16

RTX 4090 Mobile outperforms RX 6500 by a whopping 263% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking30325
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data40.24
Architectureno dataAda Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameno dataAD103
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 data9728
Core clock speedno data1335 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1695 MHz
Number of transistorsno data45,900 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data120 Watt
Texture fill rateno data515.3
Floating-point processing powerno data32.98 TFLOPS
ROPsno data112
TMUsno data304
Tensor Coresno data304
Ray Tracing Coresno data76

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 data16 GB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data2250 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data576.0 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 18.16
RTX 4090 Mobile 65.99
+263%

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 7540
RTX 4090 Mobile 27395
+263%

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
−284%
173
+284%
1440p35−40
−280%
133
+280%
4K21−24
−286%
81
+286%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 75−80
−129%
170−180
+129%
Far Cry 5 60−65
−184%
173
+184%
Fortnite 95−100
−208%
300−350
+208%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
−248%
260−270
+248%
Forza Horizon 5 55−60
−207%
181
+207%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 65−70
−155%
170−180
+155%
Valorant 130−140
−170%
350−400
+170%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 75−80
−129%
170−180
+129%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 220−230
−23.6%
270−280
+23.6%
Dota 2 100−110
−87.7%
199
+87.7%
Far Cry 5 60−65
−174%
167
+174%
Fortnite 95−100
−208%
300−350
+208%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
−248%
260−270
+248%
Forza Horizon 5 55−60
−195%
174
+195%
Grand Theft Auto V 65−70
−135%
162
+135%
Metro Exodus 35−40
−300%
156
+300%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 65−70
−155%
170−180
+155%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
−673%
394
+673%
Valorant 130−140
−170%
350−400
+170%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 75−80
−129%
170−180
+129%
Dota 2 100−110
−76.4%
187
+76.4%
Far Cry 5 60−65
−159%
158
+159%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
−248%
260−270
+248%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 65−70
−155%
170−180
+155%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
−300%
204
+300%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 95−100
−208%
300−350
+208%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 130−140
−288%
516
+288%
Grand Theft Auto V 30−35
−345%
138
+345%
Metro Exodus 24−27
−388%
117
+388%
Valorant 170−180
−177%
485
+177%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 50−55
−221%
160−170
+221%
Far Cry 5 40−45
−278%
151
+278%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
−391%
220−230
+391%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 40−45
−260%
150−160
+260%

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 30−35
−421%
172
+421%
Metro Exodus 14−16
−447%
82
+447%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
−477%
150
+477%
Valorant 100−110
−218%
300−350
+218%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
−339%
120−130
+339%
Dota 2 60−65
−180%
179
+180%
Far Cry 5 20−22
−435%
107
+435%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
−456%
170−180
+456%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
−433%
95−100
+433%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 18−20
−316%
75−80
+316%

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 147
+0%
147
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 179
+0%
179
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2 240
+0%
240
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 142
+0%
142
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 152
+0%
152
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 214
+0%
214
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 133
+0%
133
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 88
+0%
88
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 128
+0%
128
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 82
+0%
82
+0%
Valorant 350−400
+0%
350−400
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 173
+0%
173
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 95
+0%
95
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 74
+0%
74
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 164
+0%
164
+0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 88
+0%
88
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 314
+0%
314
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 48
+0%
48
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 37
+0%
37
+0%

This is how RX 6500 and RTX 4090 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4090 Mobile is 284% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4090 Mobile is 280% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4090 Mobile is 286% 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 4090 Mobile is 673% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 4090 Mobile is ahead in 44 tests (66%)
  • there's a draw in 23 tests (34%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 18.16 65.99

RTX 4090 Mobile has a 263.4% higher aggregate performance score.

The GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 6500 in performance tests.

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