Radeon RX 6500 XT vs ATI Mobility HD 4650

Place in the ranking	1099	222
Place by popularity	not in top-100	75
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	57.87
Power efficiency	2.05	16.00
Architecture	TeraScale (2005−2013)	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code name	M96	Navi 24
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	9 January 2009 (16 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	320	1024
Core clock speed	500 MHz	2610 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2815 MHz
Number of transistors	514 million	5,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	107 Watt
Texture fill rate	16.00	180.2
Floating-point processing power	0.32 TFLOPS	5.765 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	32
TMUs	32	64
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	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	medium sized	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 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	DDR2	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	8 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	600 MHz	2248 MHz
Memory bandwidth	19.2 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	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	10.1 (10_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	4.1	6.6
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.2
Vulkan	N/A	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.

ATI Mobility HD 4650 1.04

RX 6500 XT 24.87
+2291%

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.

ATI Mobility HD 4650 401

RX 6500 XT 9561
+2284%

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.

ATI Mobility HD 4650 2413

RX 6500 XT 76445
+3069%

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	16 −300%	64 +300%
1440p	1−2 −2900%	30 +2900%
4K	0−1	16

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	9−10 −611%	64 +611%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −2300%	72 +2300%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	75−80
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −344%	40 +344%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −800%	27 +800%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −1500%	128 +1500%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −800%	50−55 +800%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	75−80
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −211%	28 +211%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −467%	17 +467%
Far Cry 5	9−10 −378%	43 +378%
Fortnite	4−5 −3025%	120−130 +3025%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −1238%	107 +1238%
Grand Theft Auto V	0−1	86
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12−14 −1200%	150−160 +1200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −800%	50−55 +800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −1250%	80−85 +1250%
World of Tanks	24−27 −971%	250−260 +971%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	75−80
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −167%	24 +167%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −400%	15 +400%
Far Cry 5	9−10 −744%	75−80 +744%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −938%	83 +938%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12−14 −1200%	150−160 +1200%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	6−7 −2817%	170−180 +2817%
World of Tanks	5−6 −3200%	160−170 +3200%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −133%	21−24 +133%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −350%	9 +350%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −1340%	70−75 +1340%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −1700%	35−40 +1700%
Valorant	6−7 −1017%	65−70 +1017%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	14−16 −127%	34 +127%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −127%	34 +127%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	3−4 −2433%	75−80 +2433%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	16−18
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −127%	34 +127%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −2500%	24−27 +2500%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −100%	2 +100%
Dota 2	14−16 −347%	67 +347%
Far Cry 5	0−1	30−35
Valorant	1−2 −3100%	30−35 +3100%

Full HD
Low Preset

Elden Ring

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Metro Exodus	97 +0%	97 +0%
Valorant	100−105 +0%	100−105 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Dota 2	106 +0%	106 +0%
Elden Ring	63 +0%	63 +0%
Metro Exodus	62 +0%	62 +0%
Valorant	100−105 +0%	100−105 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Dota 2	110 +0%	110 +0%
Valorant	100−105 +0%	100−105 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	37 +0%	37 +0%
Elden Ring	19 +0%	19 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	37 +0%	37 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	56 +0%	56 +0%
Metro Exodus	57 +0%	57 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	7 +0%	7 +0%
Elden Ring	6 +0%	6 +0%
Metro Exodus	11 +0%	11 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Fortnite	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	25 +0%	25 +0%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 4650 and RX 6500 XT compete in popular games:

RX 6500 XT is 300% faster in 1080p
RX 6500 XT is 2900% faster in 1440p

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

in World of Tanks, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the RX 6500 XT is 3200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RX 6500 XT is ahead in 35 tests (61%)
there's a draw in 22 tests (39%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.04	24.87
Recency	9 January 2009	19 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	8 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	107 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 4650 has 205.7% lower power consumption.

RX 6500 XT, on the other hand, has a 2291.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 816.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 6500 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 4650 in performance tests.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 4650 is a notebook card while Radeon RX 6500 XT is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.