RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell Mobile vs Radeon RX 6500

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 6500 with RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell Mobile, including specs and performance data.

RX 6500
18.31

RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell Mobile outperforms RX 6500 by an impressive 97% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking335154
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data61.58
Architectureno dataBlackwell 2.0 (2025−2026)
GPU code nameno dataGB206
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release dateno data19 March 2025 (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 data3328
Core clock speedno data952 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1657 MHz
Number of transistorsno data21,900 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data45 Watt
Texture fill rateno data172.3
Floating-point processing powerno data11.03 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
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).

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-+

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 HD60−65
−108%
125
+108%
1440p35−40
−100%
70
+100%
4K40−45
−103%
81
+103%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 75−80
−64.1%
120−130
+64.1%
Far Cry 5 60−65
−91.8%
110−120
+91.8%
Fortnite 95−100
−61.6%
160−170
+61.6%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
−85.5%
140−150
+85.5%
Forza Horizon 5 55−60
−94.9%
110−120
+94.9%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 70−75
−104%
140−150
+104%
Valorant 140−150
−52.8%
210−220
+52.8%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 75−80
−64.1%
120−130
+64.1%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 220−230
−21.9%
270−280
+21.9%
Dota 2 100−110
−96.3%
210−220
+96.3%
Far Cry 5 60−65
−91.8%
110−120
+91.8%
Fortnite 95−100
−61.6%
160−170
+61.6%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
−85.5%
140−150
+85.5%
Forza Horizon 5 55−60
−94.9%
110−120
+94.9%
Grand Theft Auto V 65−70
−112%
146
+112%
Metro Exodus 40−45
−115%
85−90
+115%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 70−75
−104%
140−150
+104%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
−142%
120−130
+142%
Valorant 140−150
−52.8%
210−220
+52.8%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 75−80
−64.1%
120−130
+64.1%
Dota 2 100−110
−96.3%
210−220
+96.3%
Far Cry 5 60−65
−91.8%
110−120
+91.8%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
−85.5%
140−150
+85.5%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 70−75
−104%
140−150
+104%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
−142%
120−130
+142%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 95−100
−61.6%
160−170
+61.6%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 130−140
−89.6%
250−260
+89.6%
Grand Theft Auto V 30−35
−191%
93
+191%
Metro Exodus 24−27
−121%
50−55
+121%
Valorant 170−180
−42%
250−260
+42%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 50−55
−79.2%
95−100
+79.2%
Far Cry 5 40−45
−110%
85−90
+110%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
−122%
100−110
+122%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 40−45
−121%
95−100
+121%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 30−35
−129%
75−80
+129%
Metro Exodus 14−16
−120%
30−35
+120%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
−111%
55−60
+111%
Valorant 100−110
−110%
220−230
+110%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 27−30
−107%
55−60
+107%
Dota 2 65−70
−84.6%
120−130
+84.6%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−124%
45−50
+124%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
−113%
65−70
+113%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
−147%
45−50
+147%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 18−20
−142%
45−50
+142%

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Counter-Strike 2 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%

Full HD
High

Counter-Strike 2 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%

4K
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%

This is how RX 6500 and RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell Mobile is 108% faster in 1080p
  • RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell Mobile is 100% faster in 1440p
  • RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell Mobile is 103% 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 PRO 2000 Blackwell Mobile is 191% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell Mobile performs better in 41 tests (76%)
  • there's a draw in 13 tests (24%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 18.31 35.99

RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell Mobile has a 97% higher aggregate performance score.

The RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell 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 PRO 2000 Blackwell Mobile is a mobile workstation one.

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