Radeon RX 6500M vs RX Vega M GL
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon RX Vega M GL and Radeon RX 6500M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
6500M outperforms M GL by an impressive 90% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 503 | 343 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 11.05 | 27.24 |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | Polaris 22 | Navi 24 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 February 2018 (7 years ago) | 4 January 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 | 1280 | 1024 |
| Core clock speed | 931 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1011 MHz | 2400 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 5,000 million | 5,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 80.88 | 153.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.588 TFLOPS | 4.915 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 80 | 64 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 16 |
| L0 Cache | no data | 256 KB |
| L1 Cache | 320 KB | 256 KB |
| L2 Cache | 1024 KB | 1024 KB |
| L3 Cache | no data | 16 MB |
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 | no data | medium sized |
| Interface | IGP | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 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 | HBM2 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 1024 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 700 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 179.2 GB/s | 144.0 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 | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.3 |
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.
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.
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 | 30−35
−103%
| 61
+103%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Medium
| Fortnite | 55−60
−70.2%
|
95−100
+70.2%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 30−35
−100%
|
65−70
+100%
|
Full HD
High
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 140−150
−55.6%
|
220−230
+55.6%
|
| Dota 2 | 65−70
−47.8%
|
102
+47.8%
|
| Fortnite | 55−60
−70.2%
|
95−100
+70.2%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 35−40
−97.1%
|
69
+97.1%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 30−35
−100%
|
65−70
+100%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 24−27
−128%
|
57
+128%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Dota 2 | 65−70
−37.7%
|
95
+37.7%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 30−35
−100%
|
65−70
+100%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 24−27
−56%
|
39
+56%
|
Full HD
Epic
| Fortnite | 55−60
−70.2%
|
95−100
+70.2%
|
4K
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 20−22
−65%
|
30−35
+65%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 10−12
−136%
|
24−27
+136%
|
4K
Ultra
| Dota 2 | 35−40
−80%
|
60−65
+80%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 9−10
−100%
|
18−20
+100%
|
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 9−10
−100%
|
18−20
+100%
|
Full HD
Low
| Counter-Strike 2 | 100−110
+0%
|
100−110
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 66
+0%
|
66
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Battlefield 5 | 75−80
+0%
|
75−80
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 100−110
+0%
|
100−110
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 67
+0%
|
67
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 75
+0%
|
75
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 70−75
+0%
|
70−75
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 101
+0%
|
101
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| Valorant | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
Full HD
High
| Battlefield 5 | 75−80
+0%
|
75−80
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 100−110
+0%
|
100−110
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 32
+0%
|
32
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 71
+0%
|
71
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 70−75
+0%
|
70−75
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 81
+0%
|
81
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 50
+0%
|
50
+0%
|
| Valorant | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 75−80
+0%
|
75−80
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 29
+0%
|
29
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 66
+0%
|
66
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 70−75
+0%
|
70−75
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| Valorant | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 35−40
+0%
|
35−40
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 160−170
+0%
|
160−170
+0%
|
| Valorant | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 50−55
+0%
|
50−55
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 16−18
+0%
|
16−18
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 45−50
+0%
|
45−50
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 20−22
+0%
|
20−22
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
1440p
Epic
| Fortnite | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
4K
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 10−12
+0%
|
10−12
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Valorant | 100−110
+0%
|
100−110
+0%
|
4K
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 7−8
+0%
|
7−8
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 20−22
+0%
|
20−22
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 10−12
+0%
|
10−12
+0%
|
This is how RX Vega M GL and RX 6500M compete in popular games:
- RX 6500M is 103% faster in 1080p
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RX 6500M is 136% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- RX 6500M performs better in 17 tests (26%)
- there's a draw in 49 tests (74%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 9.35 | 17.73 |
| Recency | 1 February 2018 | 4 January 2022 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 50 Watt |
RX 6500M has a 89.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 30% lower power consumption.
The Radeon RX 6500M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega M GL in performance tests.
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