RTX 4000 Ada Generation Mobile vs Radeon RX 6500M

Place in the ranking	270	35
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	27.87	27.35
Architecture	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	Navi 24	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	4 January 2022 (2 years ago)	21 March 2023 (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 cores	1024	7424
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2400 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	5,400 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	150 Watt (60 - 150 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	153.6	no data
Floating-point processing power	4.915 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	no data
TMUs	64	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	16	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	large
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	12 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz	16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors

No outputs

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate
Shader Model	6.6	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	2.2	no data
Vulkan	1.3	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RX 6500M 20.13

RTX 4000 Ada Generation Mobile 59.26
+194%

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 7767

RTX 4000 Ada Generation Mobile 22862
+194%

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

−186%

180−190
+186%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

66
−188%

190−200

+188%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 −189%	130−140 +189%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	62 −190%	180−190 +190%
Battlefield 5	65−70 −184%	190−200 +184%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 −193%	120−130 +193%
Cyberpunk 2077	67 −184%	190−200 +184%
Far Cry 5	45−50 −177%	130−140 +177%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 −178%	150−160 +178%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 −180%	350−400 +180%
Hitman 3	61 −179%	170−180 +179%
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100 −186%	280−290 +186%
Metro Exodus	70−75 −186%	200−210 +186%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55 −178%	150−160 +178%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	65−70 −184%	190−200 +184%
Watch Dogs: Legion	90−95 −193%	270−280 +193%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 −189%	130−140 +189%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	45 −189%	130−140 +189%
Battlefield 5	65−70 −184%	190−200 +184%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 −193%	120−130 +193%
Cyberpunk 2077	32 −181%	90−95 +181%
Far Cry 5	45−50 −177%	130−140 +177%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 −178%	150−160 +178%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 −180%	350−400 +180%
Hitman 3	58 −193%	170−180 +193%
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100 −186%	280−290 +186%
Metro Exodus	70−75 −186%	200−210 +186%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55 −178%	150−160 +178%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	95 −184%	270−280 +184%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50 −189%	130−140 +189%
Watch Dogs: Legion	90−95 −193%	270−280 +193%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 −189%	130−140 +189%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	39 −182%	110−120 +182%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 −193%	120−130 +193%
Cyberpunk 2077	29 −193%	85−90 +193%
Far Cry 5	45−50 −177%	130−140 +177%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 −180%	350−400 +180%
Hitman 3	55 −191%	160−170 +191%
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100 −186%	280−290 +186%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	83 −189%	240−250 +189%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	39 −182%	110−120 +182%
Watch Dogs: Legion	25 −180%	70−75 +180%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

50−55
−178%

150−160

+178%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 −182%	110−120 +182%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35 −190%	90−95 +190%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −186%	60−65 +186%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 −189%	55−60 +189%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 −183%	65−70 +183%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 −192%	35−40 +192%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −183%	65−70 +183%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 −163%	300−310 +163%
Hitman 3	24−27 −192%	70−75 +192%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 −186%	120−130 +186%
Metro Exodus	35−40 −189%	110−120 +189%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 −186%	120−130 +186%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 −183%	65−70 +183%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 −192%	350−400 +192%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−35
−194%

100−105

+194%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	20−22 −175%	55−60 +175%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −167%	40−45 +167%
Hitman 3	16−18 −181%	45−50 +181%
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−110 −186%	300−310 +186%
Metro Exodus	21−24 −173%	60−65 +173%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 −186%	60−65 +186%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −192%	35−40 +192%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−11 −170%	27−30 +170%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 −173%	30−33 +173%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −173%	30−33 +173%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 −186%	80−85 +186%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24 −183%	65−70 +183%
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10 −167%	24−27 +167%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

18−20

−178%

50−55
+178%

This is how RX 6500M and RTX 4000 Ada Generation Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 4000 Ada Generation Mobile is 186% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	20.13	59.26
Recency	4 January 2022	21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	12 GB
Chip lithography	6 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	150 Watt

RX 6500M has 200% lower power consumption.

RTX 4000 Ada Generation Mobile, on the other hand, has a 194.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 20% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX 4000 Ada Generation Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 6500M in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.