Radeon RX 6500: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Radeon RX 6500 provides acceptable gaming and benchmark performance at 18.77% of a leader's which is GeForce RTX 5090.
GeForce RTX5090Contents
Summary
This is a notebook card primarily aimed at gamers.
Primary details
Some basic facts about Radeon RX 6500: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in the ranking | 303 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Release date | no data |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of Radeon RX 6500. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
- Passmark
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.
Send your test results of Radeon RX 6500.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good Radeon RX 6500 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
FPS performance in popular games
- Full HD
Medium Preset - Full HD
High Preset - Full HD
Ultra Preset - Full HD
Epic Preset - 1440p
High Preset - 1440p
Ultra Preset - 1440p
Epic Preset - 4K
High Preset - 4K
Ultra Preset - 4K
Epic Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 75−80 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 60−65 | |
| Fortnite | 95−100 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 75−80 | |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 55−60 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 65−70 | |
| Valorant | 130−140 |
| Battlefield 5 | 75−80 | |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 220−230 | |
| Dota 2 | 100−110 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 60−65 | |
| Fortnite | 95−100 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 75−80 | |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 55−60 | |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 65−70 | |
| Metro Exodus | 35−40 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 65−70 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 50−55 | |
| Valorant | 130−140 |
| Battlefield 5 | 75−80 | |
| Dota 2 | 100−110 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 60−65 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 75−80 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 65−70 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 50−55 |
| Fortnite | 95−100 |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 130−140 | |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 30−35 | |
| Metro Exodus | 21−24 | |
| Valorant | 170−180 |
| Battlefield 5 | 50−55 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 40−45 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 45−50 |
| Fortnite | 40−45 |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 30−35 | |
| Metro Exodus | 14−16 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 24−27 | |
| Valorant | 100−110 |
| Battlefield 5 | 27−30 | |
| Dota 2 | 60−65 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 18−20 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 30−35 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 18−20 |
| Fortnite | 18−20 |
NVIDIA equivalent
According to our data, the closest NVIDIA alternative to Radeon RX 6500 is GeForce GTX 780M SLI, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 1 position in our ranking.
GeForce GTX780M SLIHere are some closest NVIDIA rivals to Radeon RX 6500:
Similar GPUs
Here is our recommendation of several graphics cards that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.
Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with Radeon RX 6500 according to our statistics.
Ryzen 5 5500
Ryzen 5 3600
Ryzen 5 5600
Core i3 12100F
Ryzen 5 4500
Ryzen 5 5600G
Core i3 10100F
Core i5 12400F
Core i5 10400F
Ryzen 5 5600X
