Radeon RX 6500M vs FirePro D500

Place in the ranking	428	278
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.71	27.74
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Tahiti	Navi 24
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	18 January 2014 (11 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	1536	1024
Core clock speed	725 MHz	2000 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2400 MHz
Number of transistors	4,313 million	5,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	274 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	69.60	153.6
Floating-point processing power	2.227 TFLOPS	4.915 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	32
TMUs	96	64
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	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	no data	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x4
Length	279 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1270 MHz	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	243.8 GB/s	144.0 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

6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3

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 HD

30−35

−107%

62
+107%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	45 +0%	45 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	66 +0%	66 +0%
Elden Ring	65 +0%	65 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	39 +0%	39 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	33 +0%	33 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	114 +0%	114 +0%
Metro Exodus	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Valorant	101 +0%	101 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	28 +0%	28 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	16 +0%	16 +0%
Dota 2	80 +0%	80 +0%
Elden Ring	55 +0%	55 +0%
Far Cry 5	35 +0%	35 +0%
Fortnite	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	95 +0%	95 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	69 +0%	69 +0%
Metro Exodus	19 +0%	19 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Valorant	57 +0%	57 +0%
World of Tanks	230−240 +0%	230−240 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	15 +0%	15 +0%
Dota 2	95 +0%	95 +0%
Far Cry 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	83 +0%	83 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Valorant	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Elden Ring	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
World of Tanks	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Far Cry 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Metro Exodus	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Valorant	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Dota 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Elden Ring	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Metro Exodus	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Dota 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Fortnite	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Valorant	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

This is how FirePro D500 and RX 6500M compete in popular games:

RX 6500M is 107% faster in 1080p

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 63 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	10.78	20.15
Recency	18 January 2014	4 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	274 Watt	50 Watt

RX 6500M has a 86.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 366.7% more advanced lithography process, and 448% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 6500M is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro D500 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro D500 is a workstation card while Radeon RX 6500M is a notebook one.

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