Radeon RX 6500M vs GeForce Go 6100

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce Go 6100 and Radeon RX 6500M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Go 6100
2006
0.04

RX 6500M outperforms Go 6100 by a whopping 50300% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1481273
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data27.63
Architectureno dataRDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameC51MVNavi 24
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 February 2006 (18 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 cores31024
Core clock speed1 MHz2000 MHz
Boost clock speed425 MHz2400 MHz
Number of transistorsno data5,400 million
Manufacturing process technology110 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data50 Watt
Texture fill rateno data153.6
Floating-point processing powerno data4.915 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data64
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 sizeno datamedium sized
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x4
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeshared MemoryGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data4 GB
Memory bus widthno data64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data2250 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data144.0 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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectXshared Memory12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.2
Vulkan-1.3

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.

Go 6100 0.04
RX 6500M 20.16
+50300%

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.

Go 6100 17
RX 6500M 7765
+45576%

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-0−162

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%

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

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Go 6100 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:

  • Go 6100 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 0.04 20.16
Recency 1 February 2006 4 January 2022
Chip lithography 110 nm 6 nm

RX 6500M has a 50300% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 15 years, and a 1733.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 6500M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce Go 6100 in performance tests.


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