Radeon RX 6500M vs GeForce GT 130M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GT 130M and Radeon RX 6500M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GT 130M
2009
Up to 1 GB GDDR3, 23 Watt
0.38

RX 6500M outperforms GT 130M by a whopping 5203% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1267273
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.1327.63
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameG96CNavi 24
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date8 January 2009 (15 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 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 cores321024
Core clock speed600 MHz2000 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2400 MHz
Number of transistors314 million5,400 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate9.600153.6
Floating-point processing power0.096 TFLOPS4.915 TFLOPS
Gigaflops144no data
ROPs832
TMUs1664
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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 sizemedium sizedmedium sized
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x4
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone
SLI options2-way-

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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amountUp to 1 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed500 (DDR2)/800 (GDDR3) MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth16 (DDR2)/25 (GDDR3)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 ConnectorsSingle Link DVIDisplayPortVGAHDMIDual Link DVINo outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power management8.0no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.6
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.12.2
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GT 130M 0.38
RX 6500M 20.15
+5203%

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.

GT 130M 146
RX 6500M 7765
+5218%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GT 130M 1629
RX 6500M 52161
+3102%

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 HD1−2
−6100%
62
+6100%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−3200%
66
+3200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−1400%
45−50
+1400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−1950%
40−45
+1950%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−3250%
67
+3250%
Hitman 3 4−5
−1425%
61
+1425%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−1125%
95−100
+1125%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−1575%
65−70
+1575%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−229%
90−95
+229%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−1400%
45−50
+1400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−1950%
40−45
+1950%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−1500%
32
+1500%
Hitman 3 4−5
−1350%
58
+1350%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−1125%
95−100
+1125%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−2275%
95
+2275%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−400%
45−50
+400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−229%
90−95
+229%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−1400%
45−50
+1400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−1950%
40−45
+1950%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−1350%
29
+1350%
Hitman 3 4−5
−1275%
55
+1275%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−1125%
95−100
+1125%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−1975%
83
+1975%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−333%
39
+333%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
+12%
25
−12%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 12−14
Hitman 3 6−7
−300%
24−27
+300%
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
−2000%
40−45
+2000%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−1600%
30−35
+1600%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−1100%
12−14
+1100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 10−11

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−800%
18−20
+800%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 62
+0%
62
+0%
Battlefield 5 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Metro Exodus 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 45
+0%
45
+0%
Battlefield 5 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Metro Exodus 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 39
+0%
39
+0%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%

1440p
High Preset

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

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Hitman 3 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Metro Exodus 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry 5 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%

This is how GT 130M and RX 6500M compete in popular games:

  • RX 6500M is 6100% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GT 130M is 12% faster.
  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX 6500M is 3250% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GT 130M is ahead in 1 test (1%)
  • RX 6500M is ahead in 28 tests (40%)
  • there's a draw in 41 test (59%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.38 20.15
Recency 8 January 2009 4 January 2022
Chip lithography 55 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 50 Watt

GT 130M has 117.4% lower power consumption.

RX 6500M, on the other hand, has a 5202.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, and a 816.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 6500M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 130M in performance tests.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M
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