GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile vs Radeon RX 6500

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 6500 and GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RX 6500
19.72

RTX 5090 Mobile outperforms RX 6500 by a whopping 272% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking29118
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data53.16
Architectureno dataBlackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameno dataGB203
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release dateno data2025 (recently)

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 coresno data10496
Core clock speedno data990 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1515 MHz
Number of transistorsno data45,600 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data95 Watt
Texture fill rateno data496.9
Floating-point processing powerno data31.8 TFLOPS
ROPsno data128
TMUsno data328
Tensor Coresno data328
Ray Tracing Coresno data82

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 5.0 x16

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 typeno dataGDDR7
Maximum RAM amountno data24 GB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data2000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data811.5 GB/s

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 data1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
HDMI-+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectXno data12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.4
CUDA-10.1
DLSS-+

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.

RX 6500 19.72
RTX 5090 Mobile 73.40
+272%

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.

RX 6500 7599
RTX 5090 Mobile 28280
+272%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 75−80
−268%
280−290
+268%
Far Cry 5 60−65
−271%
230−240
+271%
Fortnite 95−100
−257%
350−400
+257%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
−260%
270−280
+260%
Forza Horizon 5 50−55
−253%
180−190
+253%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 65−70
−262%
250−260
+262%
Valorant 130−140
−260%
500−550
+260%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 75−80
−268%
280−290
+268%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 220−230
−256%
800−850
+256%
Dota 2 100−110
−230%
350−400
+230%
Far Cry 5 60−65
−271%
230−240
+271%
Fortnite 95−100
−257%
350−400
+257%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
−260%
270−280
+260%
Forza Horizon 5 50−55
−253%
180−190
+253%
Grand Theft Auto V 65−70
−262%
250−260
+262%
Metro Exodus 35−40
−259%
140−150
+259%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 65−70
−262%
250−260
+262%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
−265%
190−200
+265%
Valorant 130−140
−260%
500−550
+260%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 75−80
−268%
280−290
+268%
Dota 2 100−110
−230%
350−400
+230%
Far Cry 5 60−65
−271%
230−240
+271%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
−260%
270−280
+260%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 65−70
−262%
250−260
+262%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
−265%
190−200
+265%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 95−100
−257%
350−400
+257%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 130−140
−238%
450−500
+238%
Grand Theft Auto V 30−35
−255%
110−120
+255%
Metro Exodus 21−24
−270%
85−90
+270%
Valorant 170−180
−271%
650−700
+271%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 50−55
−265%
190−200
+265%
Far Cry 5 40−45
−266%
150−160
+266%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
−270%
170−180
+270%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 40−45
−257%
150−160
+257%

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 30−35
−264%
120−130
+264%
Metro Exodus 14−16
−267%
55−60
+267%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
−265%
95−100
+265%
Valorant 100−110
−240%
350−400
+240%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
−270%
100−105
+270%
Dota 2 60−65
−265%
230−240
+265%
Far Cry 5 20−22
−250%
70−75
+250%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
−244%
110−120
+244%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
−261%
65−70
+261%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 18−20
−268%
70−75
+268%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 19.72 73.40

RTX 5090 Mobile has a 272.2% higher aggregate performance score.

The GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 6500 in performance tests.

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