Radeon RX 6500 vs RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Place in the ranking	580	271
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	27.96	no data
Architecture	Vega (2017−2020)	no data
GPU code name	Vega Renoir	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 January 2020 (4 years ago)	no data (2024 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	384	no data
Core clock speed	400 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1500 MHz	no data
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	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.

Shared memory

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX

12_1

no data

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	20 −225%	65−70 +225%
1440p	28 −221%	90−95 +221%
4K	18 −206%	55−60 +206%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

−191%

30−35
+191%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16 −175%	40−45 +175%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 −313%	30−35 +313%
Battlefield 5	16−18 −282%	65−70 +282%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14 −186%	40−45 +186%
Cyberpunk 2077	9 −256%	30−35 +256%
Far Cry 5	14−16 −229%	45−50 +229%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 −194%	50−55 +194%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 −200%	120−130 +200%
Hitman 3	11 −255%	35−40 +255%
Horizon Zero Dawn	97 +1%	95−100 −1%
Metro Exodus	23 −226%	75−80 +226%
Red Dead Redemption 2	22 −141%	50−55 +141%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24 −200%	65−70 +200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	62 −46.8%	90−95 +46.8%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 −175%	40−45 +175%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 −313%	30−35 +313%
Battlefield 5	16−18 −282%	65−70 +282%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12 −233%	40−45 +233%
Cyberpunk 2077	6 −433%	30−35 +433%
Far Cry 5	14−16 −229%	45−50 +229%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 −194%	50−55 +194%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 −200%	120−130 +200%
Hitman 3	12−14 −200%	35−40 +200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	73 −31.5%	95−100 +31.5%
Metro Exodus	17 −306%	65−70 +306%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14 −279%	50−55 +279%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21 −214%	65−70 +214%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	20−22 −125%	45−50 +125%
Watch Dogs: Legion	50 −82%	90−95 +82%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 −175%	40−45 +175%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 −313%	30−35 +313%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 −208%	40−45 +208%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 −220%	30−35 +220%
Far Cry 5	14−16 −229%	45−50 +229%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 −200%	120−130 +200%
Hitman 3	12−14 −208%	40−45 +208%
Horizon Zero Dawn	17 −224%	55−60 +224%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18 −206%	55−60 +206%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	11 −309%	45−50 +309%
Watch Dogs: Legion	50−55 −78.4%	90−95 +78.4%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

−221%

45−50
+221%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 −192%	35−40 +192%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 −200%	30−33 +200%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −233%	20−22 +233%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −1700%	18−20 +1700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −200%	18−20 +200%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −267%	10−12 +267%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −229%	21−24 +229%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −479%	110−120 +479%
Hitman 3	10−11 −200%	30−33 +200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −221%	45−50 +221%
Metro Exodus	6−7 −200%	18−20 +200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	2−3 −200%	6−7 +200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −220%	16−18 +220%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −193%	110−120 +193%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−12

−218%

35−40
+218%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 −220%	16−18 +220%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −200%	12−14 +200%
Hitman 3	2−3 −650%	14−16 +650%
Horizon Zero Dawn	11 −836%	100−110 +836%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −600%	21−24 +600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −567%	20−22 +567%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −200%	12−14 +200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −233%	10−11 +233%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −200%	9−10 +200%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	4−5
Far Cry 5	3−4 −267%	10−12 +267%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −350%	27−30 +350%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −300%	8−9 +300%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8
−200%

21−24

+200%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Hitman 3	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

This is how RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and RX 6500 compete in popular games:

RX 6500 is 225% faster in 1080p
RX 6500 is 221% faster in 1440p
RX 6500 is 206% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 1% faster.
in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 6500 is 1700% faster.

All in all, in popular games: