Radeon PRO W6500M vs RX 6500

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Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking266not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Architectureno dataRDNA 2.0 (2020−2022)
GPU code nameno dataNavi 24
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release dateno datano data

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data1024
Boost clock speedno data2040 MHz
Number of transistorsno data5,400 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data25 Watt
Texture fill rateno data130.6

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX 6500 and Radeon PRO W6500M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x4
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 data16 GB/s
Memory bandwidthno data128.0 GB/s

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 graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXno data12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.2
Vulkanno data1.3

Pros & cons summary


We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 6500 and Radeon PRO W6500M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 6500 is a notebook card while Radeon PRO W6500M is a workstation one.


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