GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile vs Radeon RX 6500

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 6500 and GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RX 6500
18.24

RTX 5060 Mobile outperforms RX 6500 by a whopping 128% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking334102
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data71.13
Architectureno dataBlackwell 2.0 (2025−2026)
GPU code nameno dataGB206
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release dateno data20 May 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 data3328
Core clock speedno data952 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1455 MHz
Number of transistorsno data21,900 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data45 Watt
Texture fill rateno data151.3
Floating-point processing powerno data9.684 TFLOPS
ROPsno data48
TMUsno data104
Tensor Coresno data104
Ray Tracing Coresno data26
L1 Cacheno data3.3 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 dataGDDR7
Maximum RAM amountno data8 GB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data384.0 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 18.24
RTX 5060 Mobile 41.63
+128%

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 7631
Samples: 79
RTX 5060 Mobile 17418
+128%
Samples: 1020

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 HD40−45
−133%
93
+133%
1440p18−21
−161%
47
+161%
4K16−18
−138%
38
+138%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 75−80
−78.2%
130−140
+78.2%
Far Cry 5 60−65
−118%
130−140
+118%
Fortnite 95−100
−81.8%
180−190
+81.8%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
−113%
160−170
+113%
Forza Horizon 5 55−60
−128%
130−140
+128%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 70−75
−130%
160−170
+130%
Valorant 140−150
−69.5%
230−240
+69.5%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 75−80
−78.2%
130−140
+78.2%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 220−230
−22.5%
270−280
+22.5%
Dota 2 100−110
−124%
240−250
+124%
Far Cry 5 60−65
−118%
130−140
+118%
Fortnite 95−100
−81.8%
180−190
+81.8%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
−113%
160−170
+113%
Forza Horizon 5 55−60
−128%
130−140
+128%
Grand Theft Auto V 65−70
−116%
149
+116%
Metro Exodus 40−45
−153%
100−110
+153%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 70−75
−130%
160−170
+130%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
−196%
150−160
+196%
Valorant 140−150
−69.5%
230−240
+69.5%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 75−80
−78.2%
130−140
+78.2%
Dota 2 100−110
−124%
240−250
+124%
Far Cry 5 60−65
−118%
130−140
+118%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
−113%
160−170
+113%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 70−75
−130%
160−170
+130%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
−196%
150−160
+196%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 95−100
−81.8%
180−190
+81.8%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 130−140
−119%
290−300
+119%
Grand Theft Auto V 30−35
−231%
106
+231%
Metro Exodus 24−27
−163%
60−65
+163%
Valorant 170−180
−53.4%
270−280
+53.4%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 50−55
−100%
100−110
+100%
Far Cry 5 40−45
−151%
100−110
+151%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
−167%
120−130
+167%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 40−45
−163%
110−120
+163%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 30−35
−165%
90
+165%
Metro Exodus 14−16
−160%
35−40
+160%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
−152%
65−70
+152%
Valorant 100−110
−143%
250−260
+143%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 27−30
−143%
65−70
+143%
Dota 2 60−65
−119%
140−150
+119%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−171%
55−60
+171%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
−156%
80−85
+156%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
−216%
60−65
+216%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 18−20
−200%
55−60
+200%

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 100−105
+0%
100−105
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Counter-Strike 2 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 100−105
+0%
100−105
+0%

Full HD
High

Counter-Strike 2 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 100−105
+0%
100−105
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 100−105
+0%
100−105
+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%

4K
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%

This is how RX 6500 and RTX 5060 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 5060 Mobile is 133% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 5060 Mobile is 161% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 5060 Mobile is 138% faster in 4K

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 5060 Mobile is 231% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 5060 Mobile performs better in 41 tests (69%)
  • there's a draw in 18 tests (31%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 18.24 41.63

RTX 5060 Mobile has a 128.2% higher aggregate performance score.

The GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 6500 in performance tests.

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