Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile vs Radeon RX 6500

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 6500 with RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile, including specs and performance data.

RX 6500
20.07
Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile
2024
4 GB GDDR6, 35 Watt
27.36
+36.3%

Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile outperforms RX 6500 by a substantial 36% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking279205
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data53.81
Architectureno dataAda Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameno dataAD107
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release dateno data26 February 2024 (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 data2048
Core clock speedno data1485 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2025 MHz
Number of transistorsno data18,900 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data35 Watt
Texture fill rateno data129.6
Floating-point processing powerno data8.294 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data64
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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 4.0 x8

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 data4 GB
Memory bus widthno data64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data2000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data128.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 compatibility

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-1.3
CUDA-8.9

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
−25%
50−55
+25%
Elden Ring 60−65
−32.8%
85−90
+32.8%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 60−65
−32.8%
85−90
+32.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
−25%
50−55
+25%
Elden Ring 60−65
−32.8%
85−90
+32.8%
Far Cry 5 65−70
−34.3%
90−95
+34.3%
Fortnite 100−110
−32.1%
140−150
+32.1%
Forza Horizon 4 85−90
−29.4%
110−120
+29.4%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 130−140
−33.3%
180−190
+33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 45−50
−30.4%
60−65
+30.4%
Valorant 80−85
−35.8%
110−120
+35.8%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 60−65
−32.8%
85−90
+32.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
−25%
50−55
+25%
Dota 2 70−75
−33.8%
95−100
+33.8%
Elden Ring 60−65
−32.8%
85−90
+32.8%
Far Cry 5 65−70
−34.3%
90−95
+34.3%
Fortnite 100−110
−32.1%
140−150
+32.1%
Forza Horizon 4 85−90
−29.4%
110−120
+29.4%
Grand Theft Auto V 70−75
−35.7%
95−100
+35.7%
Metro Exodus 50−55
−29.6%
70−75
+29.6%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 130−140
−33.3%
180−190
+33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 45−50
−30.4%
60−65
+30.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 60−65
−34.9%
85−90
+34.9%
Valorant 80−85
−35.8%
110−120
+35.8%
World of Tanks 230−240
−29.3%
300−310
+29.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 60−65
−32.8%
85−90
+32.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
−25%
50−55
+25%
Dota 2 70−75
−33.8%
95−100
+33.8%
Far Cry 5 65−70
−34.3%
90−95
+34.3%
Forza Horizon 4 85−90
−29.4%
110−120
+29.4%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 130−140
−33.3%
180−190
+33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 60−65
−34.9%
85−90
+34.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 100−110
−32.1%
140−150
+32.1%

1440p
High Preset

Elden Ring 30−35
−21.2%
40−45
+21.2%
Grand Theft Auto V 30−35
−25%
40−45
+25%
Metro Exodus 45−50
−30.4%
60−65
+30.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
−33.3%
24−27
+33.3%
Valorant 50−55
−34.6%
70−75
+34.6%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 40−45
−34.1%
55−60
+34.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
−31.3%
21−24
+31.3%
Far Cry 5 50−55
−29.6%
70−75
+29.6%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
−34.6%
70−75
+34.6%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 50−55
−27.5%
65−70
+27.5%

4K
High Preset

Elden Ring 14−16
−20%
18−20
+20%
Grand Theft Auto V 30−35
−32.4%
45−50
+32.4%
Metro Exodus 14−16
−20%
18−20
+20%
Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
−23.1%
16−18
+23.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
−32.4%
45−50
+32.4%
Valorant 24−27
−25%
30−33
+25%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 20−22
−35%
27−30
+35%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Dota 2 30−35
−32.4%
45−50
+32.4%
Far Cry 5 24−27
−34.6%
35−40
+34.6%
Forza Horizon 4 30−33
−33.3%
40−45
+33.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 60−65
−33.3%
80−85
+33.3%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 24−27
−25%
30−33
+25%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 20.07 27.36

Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile has a 36.3% higher aggregate performance score.

The RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 6500 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 6500 is a notebook graphics card while RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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