Radeon RX 6500M vs GeForce GTX 1650 TU106

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated273
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data27.63
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTU106Navi 24
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date18 June 2020 (4 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 cores8961024
Core clock speed1410 MHz2000 MHz
Boost clock speed1590 MHz2400 MHz
Number of transistors10,800 million5,400 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)90 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate89.04153.6
Floating-point processing power2.849 TFLOPS4.915 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs5664
Tensor Cores112no data
Ray Tracing Cores1416

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 sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x4
Length229 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.0 GB/s144.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.2
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA7.5-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 June 2020 4 January 2022
Chip lithography 12 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 90 Watt 50 Watt

RX 6500M has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 80% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1650 TU106 and Radeon RX 6500M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1650 TU106 is a desktop card while Radeon RX 6500M is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 TU106
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