Radeon RX 6500 vs GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile and Radeon RX 6500, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
2022
8 GB GDDR6, 115 Watt
46.59
+133%

RTX 3070 Ti Mobile outperforms RX 6500 by a whopping 133% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking71271
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency28.06no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)no data
GPU code nameGA104no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 January 2022 (2 years ago)no data (2024 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 cores5632no data
Core clock speed915 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1410 MHzno data
Number of transistors17,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology8 nmno data
Power consumption (TDP)115 Wattno data
Texture fill rate248.2no data
Floating-point processing power15.88 TFLOPSno data
ROPs80no data
TMUs176no data
Tensor Cores176no data
Ray Tracing Cores44no 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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16no 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 typeGDDR6no data
Maximum RAM amount8 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1750 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/sno data
Shared memory-no data

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 outputsno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)no data
Shader Model6.6no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.3-
CUDA8.6-

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 3070 Ti Mobile 46.59
+133%
RX 6500 20.01

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.

RTX 3070 Ti Mobile 17976
+133%
RX 6500 7723

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 HD118
+136%
50−55
−136%
1440p73
+143%
30−35
−143%
4K48
+167%
18−21
−167%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 129
+303%
30−35
−303%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 85−90
+102%
40−45
−102%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 107
+224%
30−35
−224%
Battlefield 5 130−140
+108%
65−70
−108%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 85−90
+113%
40−45
−113%
Cyberpunk 2077 111
+247%
30−35
−247%
Far Cry 5 85−90
+93.5%
45−50
−93.5%
Far Cry New Dawn 100−110
+94.3%
50−55
−94.3%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+61%
120−130
−61%
Hitman 3 117
+200%
35−40
−200%
Horizon Zero Dawn 170−180
+79.2%
95−100
−79.2%
Metro Exodus 130−140
+140%
55−60
−140%
Red Dead Redemption 2 95−100
+81.1%
50−55
−81.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 150−160
+136%
65−70
−136%
Watch Dogs: Legion 130−140
+45.1%
90−95
−45.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 85−90
+102%
40−45
−102%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 89
+170%
30−35
−170%
Battlefield 5 130−140
+108%
65−70
−108%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 85−90
+113%
40−45
−113%
Cyberpunk 2077 89
+178%
30−35
−178%
Far Cry 5 85−90
+93.5%
45−50
−93.5%
Far Cry New Dawn 100−110
+94.3%
50−55
−94.3%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+61%
120−130
−61%
Hitman 3 113
+190%
35−40
−190%
Horizon Zero Dawn 170−180
+79.2%
95−100
−79.2%
Metro Exodus 130−140
+91.3%
65−70
−91.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 95−100
+81.1%
50−55
−81.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 202
+206%
65−70
−206%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 85−90
+93.3%
45−50
−93.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 130−140
+45.1%
90−95
−45.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 85−90
+102%
40−45
−102%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 78
+136%
30−35
−136%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 85−90
+143%
35−40
−143%
Cyberpunk 2077 81
+153%
30−35
−153%
Far Cry 5 85−90
+93.5%
45−50
−93.5%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+61%
120−130
−61%
Hitman 3 100
+150%
40−45
−150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 170−180
+146%
70−75
−146%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 178
+137%
75−80
−137%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 103
+129%
45−50
−129%
Watch Dogs: Legion 68
−33.8%
90−95
+33.8%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 95−100
+140%
40−45
−140%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 80−85
+134%
35−40
−134%
Far Cry New Dawn 60−65
+137%
27−30
−137%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
+130%
20−22
−130%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 61
+239%
18−20
−239%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50
+133%
21−24
−133%
Cyberpunk 2077 50
+355%
10−12
−355%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+113%
21−24
−113%
Forza Horizon 4 230−240
+111%
110−120
−111%
Hitman 3 69
+156%
27−30
−156%
Horizon Zero Dawn 90−95
+163%
35−40
−163%
Metro Exodus 75−80
+160%
30−33
−160%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 137
+149%
55−60
−149%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 60−65
+158%
24−27
−158%
Watch Dogs: Legion 200−210
+70.9%
110−120
−70.9%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 70−75
+140%
30−33
−140%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 40−45
+139%
18−20
−139%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+157%
14−16
−157%
Hitman 3 30−35
+127%
14−16
−127%
Horizon Zero Dawn 180−190
+83.5%
100−110
−83.5%
Metro Exodus 55−60
+162%
21−24
−162%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 76
+280%
20−22
−280%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30
+142%
12−14
−142%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 36
+260%
10−11
−260%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+170%
10−11
−170%
Cyberpunk 2077 26
+550%
4−5
−550%
Far Cry 5 24−27
+127%
10−12
−127%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
+119%
27−30
−119%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 81
+170%
30−33
−170%
Watch Dogs: Legion 29
+263%
8−9
−263%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+138%
16−18
−138%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Hitman 3 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%

This is how RTX 3070 Ti Mobile and RX 6500 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3070 Ti Mobile is 136% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3070 Ti Mobile is 143% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3070 Ti Mobile is 167% faster in 4K

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

  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3070 Ti Mobile is 550% faster.
  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 6500 is 34% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 3070 Ti Mobile is ahead in 51 test (76%)
  • RX 6500 is ahead in 1 test (1%)
  • there's a draw in 15 tests (22%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 46.59 20.01

RTX 3070 Ti Mobile has a 132.8% higher aggregate performance score.

The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 6500 in performance tests.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
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AMD Radeon RX 6500
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