Radeon RX 6500 vs HD 7770

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 7770 with Radeon RX 6500, including specs and performance data.

HD 7770
2012
2 GB GDDR5, 80 Watt
5.63

RX 6500 outperforms HD 7770 by a whopping 255% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking594271
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.33no data
Power efficiency5.03no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)no data
GPU code nameCape Verdeno data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date15 February 2012 (12 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$159 no data

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 cores640no data
Core clock speed1000 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,500 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nmno data
Power consumption (TDP)80 Wattno data
Texture fill rate40.00no data
Floating-point processing power1.28 TFLOPSno data
ROPs16no data
TMUs40no 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length210 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount2 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1125 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth72 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPortno data
Eyefinity+-
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)no data
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-

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.

HD 7770 5.63
RX 6500 20.01
+255%

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.

HD 7770 2172
RX 6500 7723
+256%

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:

900p47
−240%
160−170
+240%
Full HD45
−233%
150−160
+233%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
−256%
30−35
+256%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
−193%
40−45
+193%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
−450%
30−35
+450%
Battlefield 5 14−16
−333%
65−70
+333%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−233%
40−45
+233%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
−256%
30−35
+256%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−283%
45−50
+283%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
−231%
50−55
+231%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−242%
120−130
+242%
Hitman 3 12−14
−225%
35−40
+225%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−174%
95−100
+174%
Metro Exodus 14−16
−221%
45−50
+221%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
−253%
50−55
+253%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20−22
−230%
65−70
+230%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
−89.6%
90−95
+89.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
−193%
40−45
+193%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
−450%
30−35
+450%
Battlefield 5 14−16
−333%
65−70
+333%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−233%
40−45
+233%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
−256%
30−35
+256%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−283%
45−50
+283%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
−231%
50−55
+231%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−242%
120−130
+242%
Hitman 3 12−14
−225%
35−40
+225%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−174%
95−100
+174%
Metro Exodus 14−16
−393%
65−70
+393%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
−253%
50−55
+253%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20−22
−230%
65−70
+230%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
−137%
45−50
+137%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
−89.6%
90−95
+89.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
−193%
40−45
+193%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
−450%
30−35
+450%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−233%
40−45
+233%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
−256%
30−35
+256%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−283%
45−50
+283%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−242%
120−130
+242%
Hitman 3 12−14
−233%
40−45
+233%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−243%
120−130
+243%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20−22
−250%
70−75
+250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
−137%
45−50
+137%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
−89.6%
90−95
+89.6%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
−233%
50−55
+233%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 10−12
−218%
35−40
+218%
Far Cry New Dawn 9−10
−233%
30−33
+233%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−300%
20−22
+300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−1700%
18−20
+1700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−220%
16−18
+220%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−267%
10−12
+267%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−283%
21−24
+283%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
−633%
110−120
+633%
Hitman 3 10−11
−250%
35−40
+250%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−233%
40−45
+233%
Metro Exodus 4−5
−250%
14−16
+250%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 0−1 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−220%
16−18
+220%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−225%
110−120
+225%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
−250%
35−40
+250%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5
−250%
14−16
+250%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−250%
14−16
+250%
Hitman 3 2−3
−650%
14−16
+650%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−758%
100−110
+758%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−950%
21−24
+950%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−900%
20−22
+900%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−300%
12−14
+300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−400%
10−11
+400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 4−5
Far Cry 5 3−4
−267%
10−12
+267%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−440%
27−30
+440%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
−300%
8−9
+300%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−250%
21−24
+250%

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 HD 7770 and RX 6500 compete in popular games:

  • RX 6500 is 240% faster in 900p
  • RX 6500 is 233% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 6500 is 1700% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RX 6500 is ahead in 51 test (77%)
  • there's a draw in 15 tests (23%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.63 20.01

RX 6500 has a 255.4% higher aggregate performance score.

The Radeon RX 6500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 7770 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7770 is a desktop card while Radeon RX 6500 is a notebook one.


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AMD Radeon HD 7770
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