Radeon RX 6500 vs Quadro T500 Mobile

Place in the ranking	489	277
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	34.52	no data
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	no data
GPU code name	TU117	no data
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	2 December 2020 (4 years ago)	no data

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	896	no data
Core clock speed	1365 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	4,700 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	94.92	no data
Floating-point processing power	3.037 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	no data
TMUs	56	no 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 size	medium sized	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no 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 type	GDDR6	no data
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	no data
Memory bus width	64 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	80 GB/s	no 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 Connectors

No outputs

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	no data
Shader Model	6.6	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	3.0	no data
Vulkan	1.2	-
CUDA	7.5	-

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	36 −122%	80−85 +122%
1440p	15 −100%	30−35 +100%
4K	17 −106%	35−40 +106%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

18−20

−128%

40−45
+128%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 −121%	60−65 +121%
Cyberpunk 2077	8 −413%	40−45 +413%
Far Cry 5	30 −123%	65−70 +123%
Fortnite	50−55 −102%	100−110 +102%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −139%	85−90 +139%
Forza Horizon 5	21−24 −145%	50−55 +145%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	70−75 −91.5%	130−140 +91.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −95.8%	45−50 +95.8%
Valorant	30−35 −141%	80−85 +141%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 −121%	60−65 +121%
Cyberpunk 2077	6 −583%	40−45 +583%
Dota 2	90 +25%	70−75 −25%
Far Cry 5	28 −139%	65−70 +139%
Fortnite	50−55 −102%	100−110 +102%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −139%	85−90 +139%
Forza Horizon 5	21−24 −145%	50−55 +145%
Grand Theft Auto V	31 −129%	70−75 +129%
Metro Exodus	24−27 −129%	55−60 +129%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	70−75 −91.5%	130−140 +91.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −95.8%	45−50 +95.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	28 −129%	60−65 +129%
Valorant	30−35 −141%	80−85 +141%
World of Tanks	130−140 −75.9%	230−240 +75.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 −121%	60−65 +121%
Cyberpunk 2077	5 −720%	40−45 +720%
Dota 2	75 +4.2%	70−75 −4.2%
Far Cry 5	27 −148%	65−70 +148%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −139%	85−90 +139%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	70−75 −91.5%	130−140 +91.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	19 −237%	60−65 +237%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite

50−55

−102%

100−110
+102%

1440p
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V	13 −154%	30−35 +154%
Metro Exodus	16−18 −188%	45−50 +188%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −157%	18−20 +157%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −125%	27−30 +125%
Valorant	21−24 −141%	50−55 +141%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 −141%	40−45 +141%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −129%	16−18 +129%
Far Cry 5	18−20 −189%	55−60 +189%
Forza Horizon 4	20−22 −165%	50−55 +165%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite

21−24

−136%

50−55
+136%

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V	14 −143%	30−35 +143%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −275%	14−16 +275%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −117%	12−14 +117%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −78.9%	30−35 +78.9%
Valorant	9−10 −167%	24−27 +167%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 −150%	20−22 +150%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Dota 2	28 −25%	35−40 +25%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −136%	24−27 +136%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −173%	30−33 +173%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	24−27 −135%	60−65 +135%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite

9−10

−167%

24−27
+167%

This is how T500 Mobile and RX 6500 compete in popular games:

RX 6500 is 122% faster in 1080p
RX 6500 is 100% faster in 1440p
RX 6500 is 106% faster in 4K

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

in Dota 2, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the T500 Mobile is 25% faster.
in Cyberpunk 2077, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 6500 is 720% faster.

All in all, in popular games: