Radeon RX 6500 vs Arc A350M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Arc A350M and Radeon RX 6500, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Arc A350M
2022
4 GB GDDR6, 25 Watt
12.51

RX 6500 outperforms Arc A350M by a substantial 34% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking371297
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency39.82no data
ArchitectureGeneration 12.7 (2022−2023)no data
GPU code nameDG2-128no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date30 March 2022 (2 years ago)no data

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 cores768no data
Core clock speed300 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1150 MHzno data
Number of transistors7,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology6 nmno data
Power consumption (TDP)25 Wattno data
Texture fill rate55.20no data
Floating-point processing power1.766 TFLOPSno data
ROPs24no data
TMUs48no data
Ray Tracing Cores6no 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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x8no 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 typeGDDR6no data
Maximum RAM amount4 GBno data
Memory bus width64 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1750 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth112.0 GB/sno data
Shared memory-no data
Resizable BAR+-

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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)no data
Shader Model6.6no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.3-

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 HD36
−25%
45−50
+25%
1440p16
−31.3%
21−24
+31.3%
4K9
−33.3%
12−14
+33.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 35−40
−28.6%
45−50
+28.6%
Counter-Strike 2 75−80
−31.6%
100−105
+31.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 27
−29.6%
35−40
+29.6%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 35−40
−28.6%
45−50
+28.6%
Battlefield 5 55−60
−30.5%
75−80
+30.5%
Counter-Strike 2 75−80
−31.6%
100−105
+31.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 19
−26.3%
24−27
+26.3%
Far Cry 5 42
−47.6%
60−65
+47.6%
Fortnite 75−80
−25.6%
95−100
+25.6%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
−31.6%
75−80
+31.6%
Forza Horizon 5 50
−18%
55−60
+18%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 50−55
−38%
65−70
+38%
Valorant 110−120
−20.9%
130−140
+20.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 35−40
−28.6%
45−50
+28.6%
Battlefield 5 55−60
−30.5%
75−80
+30.5%
Counter-Strike 2 75−80
−31.6%
100−105
+31.6%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 180−190
−20.3%
220−230
+20.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 16
−31.3%
21−24
+31.3%
Dota 2 62
−71%
100−110
+71%
Far Cry 5 39
−59%
60−65
+59%
Fortnite 75−80
−25.6%
95−100
+25.6%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
−31.6%
75−80
+31.6%
Forza Horizon 5 47
−25.5%
55−60
+25.5%
Grand Theft Auto V 26
−165%
65−70
+165%
Metro Exodus 27−30
−39.3%
35−40
+39.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 50−55
−38%
65−70
+38%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 43
−20.9%
50−55
+20.9%
Valorant 110−120
−20.9%
130−140
+20.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 55−60
−30.5%
75−80
+30.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 12
−33.3%
16−18
+33.3%
Dota 2 59
−79.7%
100−110
+79.7%
Far Cry 5 37
−67.6%
60−65
+67.6%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
−31.6%
75−80
+31.6%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 50−55
−38%
65−70
+38%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 19
−174%
50−55
+174%
Valorant 110−120
−30.4%
150−160
+30.4%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 75−80
−25.6%
95−100
+25.6%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 24−27
−15.4%
30−33
+15.4%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 100−110
−30.4%
130−140
+30.4%
Grand Theft Auto V 10
−210%
30−35
+210%
Metro Exodus 16−18
−41.2%
24−27
+41.2%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 120−130
−29%
160−170
+29%
Valorant 140−150
−23.2%
170−180
+23.2%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
−36.8%
50−55
+36.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
−33.3%
16−18
+33.3%
Far Cry 5 25
−64%
40−45
+64%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
−39.4%
45−50
+39.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
−22.7%
27−30
+22.7%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 30−33
−40%
40−45
+40%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 10−12
−27.3%
14−16
+27.3%
Counter-Strike 2 9−10
−33.3%
12−14
+33.3%
Grand Theft Auto V 11
−200%
30−35
+200%
Metro Exodus 10−11
−50%
14−16
+50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 15
−80%
27−30
+80%
Valorant 70−75
−40.5%
100−110
+40.5%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
−47.4%
27−30
+47.4%
Counter-Strike 2 9−10
−33.3%
12−14
+33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Dota 2 45−50
−30.6%
60−65
+30.6%
Far Cry 5 12
−66.7%
20−22
+66.7%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
−33.3%
30−35
+33.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14
−38.5%
18−20
+38.5%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 12−14
−46.2%
18−20
+46.2%

This is how Arc A350M and RX 6500 compete in popular games:

  • RX 6500 is 25% faster in 1080p
  • RX 6500 is 31% faster in 1440p
  • RX 6500 is 33% faster in 4K

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

  • in Grand Theft Auto V, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the RX 6500 is 210% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RX 6500 surpassed Arc A350M in all 44 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 12.51 16.82

RX 6500 has a 34.5% higher aggregate performance score.

The Radeon RX 6500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Arc A350M in performance tests.

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