RTX A500 vs Radeon RX 6800S

Place in the ranking	105	310
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	27.53	20.05
Architecture	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Navi 23	GA107
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	4 January 2022 (2 years ago)	10 November 2021 (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	2048	2048
Core clock speed	1800 MHz	1440 MHz
Boost clock speed	2100 MHz	1770 MHz
Number of transistors	11,060 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	60 Watt
Texture fill rate	268.8	113.3
Floating-point processing power	8.602 TFLOPS	7.25 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	32
TMUs	128	64
Tensor Cores	no data	64
Ray Tracing Cores	32	16

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 x8	PCIe 4.0 x8
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB/s	112.0 GB/s
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

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.5	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.1	3.0
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
CUDA	-	8.6

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 6800S 40.17
+129%

RTX A500 17.56

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 6800S 15479
+129%

RTX A500 6766

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	120 +140%	50−55 −140%
1440p	77 +157%	30−35 −157%
4K	41 +156%	16−18 −156%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

141

+135%

60−65
−135%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	85−90 +143%	35−40 −143%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	128 +133%	55−60 −133%
Battlefield 5	120−130 +133%	55−60 −133%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85 +131%	35−40 −131%
Cyberpunk 2077	111 +147%	45−50 −147%
Far Cry 5	85−90 +146%	35−40 −146%
Far Cry New Dawn	95−100 +148%	40−45 −148%
Forza Horizon 4	190−200 +141%	80−85 −141%
Hitman 3	111 +147%	45−50 −147%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 +137%	70−75 −137%
Metro Exodus	120−130 +131%	55−60 −131%
Red Dead Redemption 2	90−95 +133%	40−45 −133%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	140−150 +145%	60−65 −145%
Watch Dogs: Legion	130−140 +136%	55−60 −136%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	85−90 +143%	35−40 −143%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	107 +138%	45−50 −138%
Battlefield 5	120−130 +133%	55−60 −133%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85 +131%	35−40 −131%
Cyberpunk 2077	82 +134%	35−40 −134%
Far Cry 5	85−90 +146%	35−40 −146%
Far Cry New Dawn	95−100 +148%	40−45 −148%
Forza Horizon 4	190−200 +141%	80−85 −141%
Hitman 3	109 +142%	45−50 −142%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 +137%	70−75 −137%
Metro Exodus	120−130 +131%	55−60 −131%
Red Dead Redemption 2	90−95 +133%	40−45 −133%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	199 +134%	85−90 −134%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	80−85 +137%	35−40 −137%
Watch Dogs: Legion	130−140 +136%	55−60 −136%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	85−90 +143%	35−40 −143%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	90 +157%	35−40 −157%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85 +131%	35−40 −131%
Cyberpunk 2077	74 +147%	30−33 −147%
Far Cry 5	85−90 +146%	35−40 −146%
Forza Horizon 4	190−200 +141%	80−85 −141%
Hitman 3	97 +143%	40−45 −143%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 +137%	70−75 −137%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	174 +132%	75−80 −132%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	92 +130%	40−45 −130%
Watch Dogs: Legion	66 +144%	27−30 −144%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

90−95
+133%

40−45

−133%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	75−80 +157%	30−33 −157%
Far Cry New Dawn	60−65 +154%	24−27 −154%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 +139%	18−20 −139%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	62 +130%	27−30 −130%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50 +161%	18−20 −161%
Cyberpunk 2077	39 +144%	16−18 −144%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +156%	18−20 −156%
Forza Horizon 4	220−230 +135%	95−100 −135%
Hitman 3	63 +133%	27−30 −133%
Horizon Zero Dawn	85−90 +149%	35−40 −149%
Metro Exodus	75−80 +150%	30−33 −150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	111 +147%	45−50 −147%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55−60 +142%	24−27 −142%
Watch Dogs: Legion	190−200 +143%	80−85 −143%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

65−70
+130%

30−33

−130%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	40−45 +150%	16−18 −150%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35 +143%	14−16 −143%
Hitman 3	30−35 +136%	14−16 −136%
Horizon Zero Dawn	180−190 +130%	80−85 −130%
Metro Exodus	50−55 +143%	21−24 −143%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50 +167%	18−20 −167%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27−30 +170%	10−11 −170%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	32 +167%	12−14 −167%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 +160%	10−11 −160%
Cyberpunk 2077	16 +167%	6−7 −167%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +130%	10−11 −130%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 +133%	24−27 −133%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60 +129%	24−27 −129%
Watch Dogs: Legion	25 +150%	10−11 −150%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

35−40
+157%

14−16

−157%

This is how RX 6800S and RTX A500 compete in popular games:

RX 6800S is 140% faster in 1080p
RX 6800S is 157% faster in 1440p
RX 6800S is 156% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	40.17	17.56
Recency	4 January 2022	10 November 2021
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	7 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	60 Watt

RX 6800S has a 128.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 month, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

RTX A500, on the other hand, has 66.7% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 6800S is our recommended choice as it beats the RTX A500 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 6800S is a notebook card while RTX A500 is a workstation one.

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