GeForce RTX 5050 Mobile vs Radeon RX 6500

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 6500 and GeForce RTX 5050 Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RX 6500
17.01

5050 Mobile outperforms 6500 by a whopping 112% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking334130
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data58.08
Architectureno dataBlackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameno dataGB207
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release dateno data24 June 2025 (less than a year 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 data2560
Core clock speedno data2235 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2520 MHz
Manufacturing process technologyno data5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data50 Watt
Texture fill rateno data201.6
Floating-point processing powerno data12.9 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data80
Tensor Coresno data80
Ray Tracing Coresno data20
L1 Cacheno data2.5 MB
L2 Cacheno data32 MB

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 datamedium sized
Interfaceno dataPCIe 5.0 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 data8 GB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data224.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-
Resizable BAR-+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectorsno dataPortable Device Dependent

API and SDK support

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

DirectXno data12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.4
CUDA-12.0
DLSS-+

Synthetic benchmarks

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 17.01
RTX 5050 Mobile 36.07
+112%

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 7523
Samples: 68
RTX 5050 Mobile 15948
+112%
Samples: 134

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 HD35−40
−129%
80
+129%
1440p18−21
−139%
43
+139%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 75−80
−71.4%
130−140
+71.4%
Far Cry 5 60−65
−105%
120−130
+105%
Fortnite 95−100
−70.4%
160−170
+70.4%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
−101%
140−150
+101%
Forza Horizon 5 55−60
−110%
120−130
+110%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 65−70
−120%
150−160
+120%
Valorant 140−150
−60.7%
220−230
+60.7%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 75−80
−71.4%
130−140
+71.4%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 220−230
−23.6%
270−280
+23.6%
Dota 2 100−110
−108%
220−230
+108%
Far Cry 5 60−65
−105%
120−130
+105%
Fortnite 95−100
−70.4%
160−170
+70.4%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
−101%
140−150
+101%
Forza Horizon 5 55−60
−110%
120−130
+110%
Grand Theft Auto V 65−70
−112%
144
+112%
Metro Exodus 35−40
−136%
90−95
+136%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 65−70
−120%
150−160
+120%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
−169%
130−140
+169%
Valorant 140−150
−60.7%
220−230
+60.7%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 75−80
−71.4%
130−140
+71.4%
Dota 2 100−110
−108%
220−230
+108%
Far Cry 5 60−65
−105%
120−130
+105%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
−101%
140−150
+101%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 65−70
−120%
150−160
+120%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
−169%
130−140
+169%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 95−100
−70.4%
160−170
+70.4%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 130−140
−103%
270−280
+103%
Grand Theft Auto V 30−35
−203%
94
+203%
Metro Exodus 21−24
−148%
55−60
+148%
Valorant 170−180
−47.7%
250−260
+47.7%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 50−55
−90.4%
95−100
+90.4%
Far Cry 5 40−45
−129%
90−95
+129%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
−144%
110−120
+144%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 40−45
−143%
100−110
+143%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 30−35
−152%
80−85
+152%
Metro Exodus 14−16
−133%
35−40
+133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
−135%
60−65
+135%
Valorant 100−110
−126%
230−240
+126%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 27−30
−118%
60−65
+118%
Dota 2 60−65
−103%
130−140
+103%
Far Cry 5 20−22
−155%
50−55
+155%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
−128%
70−75
+128%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
−189%
50−55
+189%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 18−20
−163%
50−55
+163%

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 210−220
+0%
210−220
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Counter-Strike 2 210−220
+0%
210−220
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%

Full HD
High

Counter-Strike 2 210−220
+0%
210−220
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%

4K
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%

This is how RX 6500 and RTX 5050 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 5050 Mobile is 129% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 5050 Mobile is 139% faster in 1440p

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

  • in Grand Theft Auto V, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 5050 Mobile is 203% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 5050 Mobile performs better in 41 tests (69%)
  • there's a draw in 18 tests (31%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 17.01 36.07

RTX 5050 Mobile has a 112.1% higher aggregate performance score.

The GeForce RTX 5050 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 6500 in performance tests.

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