Radeon RX 6500 vs GeForce 9650M GT
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce 9650M GT and Radeon RX 6500, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
RX 6500 outperforms 9650M by a whopping 5448% 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 | 1372 | 335 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.10 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | no data |
| GPU code name | G96C | no data |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 19 August 2008 (17 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 cores | 32 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 550 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 314 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 23 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 8.800 | no data |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.0848 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 8 | no data |
| TMUs | 16 | no data |
| L2 Cache | 32 KB | no 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).
| Laptop size | medium sized | no data |
| Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 | no data |
| Interface | MXM-II | 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.
| Memory type | GDDR3 | no data |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | no data |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | no data |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | no data |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
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 data |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 1920x1200 | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | no data |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | no data |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | no data |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | no data |
| Vulkan | N/A | - |
| CUDA | + | - |
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.
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−5400%
|
55−60
+5400%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−5400%
|
55−60
+5400%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−1800%
|
75−80
+1800%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
−914%
|
70−75
+914%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−446%
|
140−150
+446%
|
Full HD
High
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 14−16
−1529%
|
220−230
+1529%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−5400%
|
55−60
+5400%
|
| Dota 2 | 10−11
−970%
|
100−110
+970%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−1800%
|
75−80
+1800%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
−914%
|
70−75
+914%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
−940%
|
50−55
+940%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−446%
|
140−150
+446%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−5400%
|
55−60
+5400%
|
| Dota 2 | 10−11
−970%
|
100−110
+970%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−1800%
|
75−80
+1800%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
−914%
|
70−75
+914%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
−940%
|
50−55
+940%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−5285%
|
1400−1450
+5285%
|
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 3−4
−5233%
|
160−170
+5233%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 0−1 | 130−140 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 4−5
−5400%
|
220−230
+5400%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2
−4500%
|
45−50
+4500%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2
−5400%
|
55−60
+5400%
|
4K
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
−143%
|
30−35
+143%
|
| Valorant | 2−3
−5200%
|
100−110
+5200%
|
4K
Ultra
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 1−2
−1800%
|
18−20
+1800%
|
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 2−3
−850%
|
18−20
+850%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Battlefield 5 | 75−80
+0%
|
75−80
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 60−65
+0%
|
60−65
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 95−100
+0%
|
95−100
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 55−60
+0%
|
55−60
+0%
|
Full HD
High
| Battlefield 5 | 75−80
+0%
|
75−80
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 60−65
+0%
|
60−65
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 95−100
+0%
|
95−100
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 55−60
+0%
|
55−60
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 65−70
+0%
|
65−70
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 75−80
+0%
|
75−80
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 60−65
+0%
|
60−65
+0%
|
Full HD
Epic
| Fortnite | 95−100
+0%
|
95−100
+0%
|
1440p
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
| Valorant | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 50−55
+0%
|
50−55
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
1440p
Epic
| Fortnite | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
4K
High
| Metro Exodus | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
4K
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 65−70
+0%
|
65−70
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Valorant, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RX 6500 is 5200% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- RX 6500 performs better in 18 tests (42%)
- there's a draw in 25 tests (58%)
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