L40 vs Radeon RX 6500M

Place in the ranking	341	61
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	27.29	13.75
Architecture	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	Navi 24	AD102
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	4 January 2022 (3 years ago)	13 October 2022 (3 years 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 cores	1024	18176
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	735 MHz
Boost clock speed	2400 MHz	2490 MHz
Number of transistors	5,400 million	76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	300 Watt
Texture fill rate	153.6	1,414
Floating-point processing power	4.915 TFLOPS	90.52 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	192
TMUs	64	568
Tensor Cores	no data	568
Ray Tracing Cores	16	142
L0 Cache	256 KB	no data
L1 Cache	256 KB	17.8 MB
L2 Cache	1024 KB	96 MB
L3 Cache	16 MB	no data

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 size	medium sized	no data
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 16-pin

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 type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	48 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB/s	864.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-
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 Connectors

No outputs

4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.6	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
CUDA	-	8.9
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 6500M 17.54

L40 53.03
+202%

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 6500M 7431
Samples: 288

L40 22466
+202%

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 HD

−195%

180−190
+195%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2	100−110 −191%	300−310 +191%
Cyberpunk 2077	66 −188%	190−200 +188%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5	75−80 −189%	220−230 +189%
Counter-Strike 2	100−110 −191%	300−310 +191%
Cyberpunk 2077	67 −199%	200−210 +199%
Escape from Tarkov	70−75 −201%	220−230 +201%
Far Cry 5	75 −193%	220−230 +193%
Fortnite	95−100 −199%	290−300 +199%
Forza Horizon 4	70−75 −197%	220−230 +197%
Forza Horizon 5	101 −197%	300−310 +197%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	65−70 −194%	200−210 +194%
Valorant	130−140 −188%	400−450 +188%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5	75−80 −189%	220−230 +189%
Counter-Strike 2	100−110 −191%	300−310 +191%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	220−230 −190%	650−700 +190%
Cyberpunk 2077	32 −197%	95−100 +197%
Dota 2	102 −194%	300−310 +194%
Escape from Tarkov	70−75 −201%	220−230 +201%
Far Cry 5	71 −196%	210−220 +196%
Fortnite	95−100 −199%	290−300 +199%
Forza Horizon 4	70−75 −197%	220−230 +197%
Forza Horizon 5	81 −196%	240−250 +196%
Grand Theft Auto V	69 −190%	200−210 +190%
Metro Exodus	50 −200%	150−160 +200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	65−70 −194%	200−210 +194%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	57 −198%	170−180 +198%
Valorant	130−140 −188%	400−450 +188%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5	75−80 −189%	220−230 +189%
Cyberpunk 2077	29 −193%	85−90 +193%
Dota 2	95 −195%	280−290 +195%
Escape from Tarkov	70−75 −201%	220−230 +201%
Far Cry 5	66 −188%	190−200 +188%
Forza Horizon 4	70−75 −197%	220−230 +197%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	65−70 −194%	200−210 +194%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	39 −182%	110−120 +182%
Valorant	130−140 −188%	400−450 +188%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite

95−100
−199%

290−300

+199%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2	35−40 −178%	100−105 +178%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	130−140 −165%	350−400 +165%
Grand Theft Auto V	30−35 −190%	90−95 +190%
Metro Exodus	21−24 −183%	65−70 +183%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	160−170 −199%	500−550 +199%
Valorant	170−180 −189%	500−550 +189%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5	50−55 −194%	150−160 +194%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 −194%	50−55 +194%
Escape from Tarkov	35−40 −189%	110−120 +189%
Far Cry 5	40−45 −200%	120−130 +200%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 −189%	130−140 +189%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 −196%	80−85 +196%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite

40−45
−193%

120−130

+193%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2	14−16 −200%	45−50 +200%
Grand Theft Auto V	30−35 −188%	95−100 +188%
Metro Exodus	14−16 −186%	40−45 +186%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 −188%	75−80 +188%
Valorant	100−110 −194%	300−310 +194%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5	27−30 −196%	80−85 +196%
Counter-Strike 2	14−16 −200%	45−50 +200%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −200%	21−24 +200%
Dota 2	60−65 −202%	190−200 +202%
Escape from Tarkov	18−20 −178%	50−55 +178%
Far Cry 5	20−22 −200%	60−65 +200%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 −190%	90−95 +190%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	18−20 −178%	50−55 +178%

4K
Epic

Fortnite

18−20

−178%

50−55
+178%

This is how RX 6500M and L40 compete in popular games:

L40 is 195% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	17.54	53.03
Recency	4 January 2022	13 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	48 GB
Chip lithography	6 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	300 Watt

RX 6500M has 500% lower power consumption.

L40, on the other hand, has a 202.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 months, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 50% more advanced lithography process.

The L40 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 6500M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 6500M is a notebook graphics card while L40 is a workstation one.