Radeon RX 6500 XT vs GeForce RTX 2080 Super Mobile

Place in the ranking	114	222
Place by popularity	not in top-100	75
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	57.89
Power efficiency	18.10	16.00
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code name	TU104	Navi 24
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	2 April 2020 (4 years ago)	19 January 2022 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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	3072	1024
Core clock speed	1365 MHz	2610 MHz
Boost clock speed	1560 MHz	2815 MHz
Number of transistors	13,600 million	5,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	107 Watt
Texture fill rate	299.5	180.2
Floating-point processing power	9.585 TFLOPS	5.765 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	32
TMUs	192	64
Tensor Cores	384	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	48	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	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x4
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-pin

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	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	2248 MHz
Memory bandwidth	448.0 GB/s	143.9 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	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.5	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.2
Vulkan	1.2.140	1.3
CUDA	7.5	-

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.

RTX 2080 Super Mobile 39.44
+58.6%

RX 6500 XT 24.87

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RTX 2080 Super Mobile 34876
+51.9%

RX 6500 XT 22954

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.

RTX 2080 Super Mobile 69838

RX 6500 XT 76445
+9.5%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RTX 2080 Super Mobile 24960
+58.9%

RX 6500 XT 15712

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 2080 Super Mobile 141486
+53.9%

RX 6500 XT 91909

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	136 +113%	64 −113%
1440p	94 +213%	30 −213%
4K	67 +319%	16 −319%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	3.11
1440p	no data	6.63
4K	no data	12.44

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	80−85 +29.7%	64 −29.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	80−85 +16.7%	72 −16.7%
Elden Ring	130−140 +74.7%	79 −74.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	104 +36.8%	75−80 −36.8%
Counter-Strike 2	80−85 +108%	40 −108%
Cyberpunk 2077	80−85 +211%	27 −211%
Forza Horizon 4	265 +107%	128 −107%
Metro Exodus	116 +19.6%	97 −19.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2	121 +124%	50−55 −124%
Valorant	216 +116%	100−105 −116%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	100−110 +38.2%	75−80 −38.2%
Counter-Strike 2	80−85 +196%	28 −196%
Cyberpunk 2077	80−85 +394%	17 −394%
Dota 2	142 +34%	106 −34%
Elden Ring	130−140 +119%	63 −119%
Far Cry 5	96 +123%	43 −123%
Fortnite	170−180 +37.6%	120−130 −37.6%
Forza Horizon 4	217 +103%	107 −103%
Grand Theft Auto V	136 +58.1%	86 −58.1%
Metro Exodus	92 +48.4%	62 −48.4%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	200−210 +28.8%	150−160 −28.8%
Red Dead Redemption 2	66 +22.2%	50−55 −22.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	140−150 +72.8%	80−85 −72.8%
Valorant	127 +27%	100−105 −27%
World of Tanks	270−280 +8.6%	250−260 −8.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	80 +5.3%	75−80 −5.3%
Counter-Strike 2	80−85 +246%	24 −246%
Cyberpunk 2077	80−85 +460%	15 −460%
Dota 2	141 +28.2%	110 −28.2%
Far Cry 5	95−100 +27.6%	75−80 −27.6%
Forza Horizon 4	183 +120%	83 −120%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	200−210 +28.8%	150−160 −28.8%
Valorant	205 +105%	100−105 −105%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	90 +143%	37 −143%
Elden Ring	80−85 +326%	19 −326%
Grand Theft Auto V	90 +143%	37 −143%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	43 +87%	21−24 −87%
World of Tanks	250−260 +51.5%	160−170 −51.5%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	78 +56%	50−55 −56%
Counter-Strike 2	40−45 +90.5%	21−24 −90.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	40−45 +344%	9 −344%
Far Cry 5	120−130 +76.4%	70−75 −76.4%
Forza Horizon 4	137 +145%	56 −145%
Metro Exodus	90 +57.9%	57 −57.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	65−70 +91.7%	35−40 −91.7%
Valorant	162 +142%	65−70 −142%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	40−45 +486%	7 −486%
Dota 2	97 +185%	34 −185%
Elden Ring	35−40 +533%	6 −533%
Grand Theft Auto V	97 +185%	34 −185%
Metro Exodus	35 +218%	11 −218%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	120−130 +68.4%	75−80 −68.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2	28 +75%	16−18 −75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	97 +185%	34 −185%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	48 +84.6%	24−27 −84.6%
Counter-Strike 2	40−45 +86.4%	21−24 −86.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 +750%	2 −750%
Dota 2	141 +110%	67 −110%
Far Cry 5	55−60 +75.8%	30−35 −75.8%
Fortnite	55−60 +80.6%	30−35 −80.6%
Forza Horizon 4	78 +212%	25 −212%
Valorant	89 +178%	30−35 −178%