Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-45 1.7 TFLOPS vs Radeon RX 6500

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 6500 and Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-45 1.7 TFLOPS, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RX 6500
18.31
+200%

RX 6500 outperforms Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-45 1.7 TFLOPS by a whopping 200% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking334633
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data23.44
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release dateno data3 September 2024 (1 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 data768
Manufacturing process technologyno data4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data20 Watt

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 dataLPDDR5x
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data8448 MHz
Shared memoryno data+

API and SDK support

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

DirectXno data12_1

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 HD55−60
+189%
19
−189%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 75−80
+200%
24−27
−200%
Far Cry 5 60−65
+190%
21
−190%
Fortnite 95−100
+168%
35−40
−168%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
+171%
27−30
−171%
Forza Horizon 5 55−60
+228%
18−20
−228%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 70−75
+209%
21−24
−209%
Valorant 140−150
+103%
70−75
−103%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 75−80
+200%
24−27
−200%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 220−230
+124%
100−110
−124%
Dota 2 100−110
+206%
35−40
−206%
Far Cry 5 60−65
+221%
19
−221%
Fortnite 95−100
+168%
35−40
−168%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
+171%
27−30
−171%
Forza Horizon 5 55−60
+228%
18−20
−228%
Grand Theft Auto V 65−70
+188%
24
−188%
Metro Exodus 40−45
+233%
12−14
−233%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 70−75
+209%
21−24
−209%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
+136%
22
−136%
Valorant 140−150
+103%
70−75
−103%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 75−80
+200%
24−27
−200%
Dota 2 100−110
+206%
35−40
−206%
Far Cry 5 60−65
+239%
18
−239%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
+171%
27−30
−171%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 70−75
+209%
21−24
−209%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
+373%
11
−373%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 95−100
+168%
35−40
−168%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 130−140
+187%
45−50
−187%
Grand Theft Auto V 30−35
+433%
6−7
−433%
Metro Exodus 24−27
+300%
6−7
−300%
Valorant 170−180
+155%
65−70
−155%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 50−55
+430%
10−11
−430%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+250%
12−14
−250%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
+207%
14−16
−207%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 40−45
+258%
12−14
−258%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 30−35
+100%
16−18
−100%
Metro Exodus 14−16
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+575%
4−5
−575%
Valorant 100−110
+242%
30−35
−242%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 27−30
+460%
5−6
−460%
Dota 2 65−70
+210%
21−24
−210%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+320%
5−6
−320%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+256%
9−10
−256%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
+217%
6−7
−217%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 18−20
+217%
6−7
−217%

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Counter-Strike 2 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%

Full HD
High

Counter-Strike 2 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Valorant 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%

4K
High

Hogwarts Legacy 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

This is how RX 6500 and Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-45 1.7 TFLOPS compete in popular games:

  • RX 6500 is 189% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Metro Exodus, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RX 6500 is 1400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RX 6500 performs better in 41 tests (67%)
  • there's a draw in 20 tests (33%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 18.31 6.10

RX 6500 has a 200.2% higher aggregate performance score.

The Radeon RX 6500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-45 1.7 TFLOPS in performance tests.

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