Radeon 780M vs RX 6500

Place in the ranking	278	302
Place by popularity	not in top-100	49
Power efficiency	no data	83.69
Architecture	no data	RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code name	no data	Phoenix
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	no data	4 January 2023 (1 year ago)

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	no data	768
Core clock speed	no data	800 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2700 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	25,390 million
Manufacturing process technology	no data	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	129.6
Floating-point processing power	no data	8.294 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	32
TMUs	no data	48
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	12

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).

Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	no data	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	no data	System Shared
Memory bus width	no data	System Shared
Memory clock speed	no data	System Shared
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 data

Portable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX	no data	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.8
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	2.1
Vulkan	-	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.

RX 6500 19.86
+8.4%

Radeon 780M 18.32

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 7649
+8.4%

Radeon 780M 7059

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	35−40 −2.9%	36 +2.9%
1440p	21−24 +5%	20 −5%
4K	14−16 +7.7%	13 −7.7%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

30−35

−21.9%

39
+21.9%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 +7.3%	40−45 −7.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 +10%	30−33 −10%
Battlefield 5	65−70 +8.3%	60−65 −8.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 +8.1%	35−40 −8.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 +3.2%	31 −3.2%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +7%	40−45 −7%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 +8.2%	45−50 −8.2%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 +7%	110−120 −7%
Hitman 3	35−40 +11.4%	35−40 −11.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100 +6.7%	90−95 −6.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55 +8.2%	45−50 −8.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	65−70 +10%	60−65 −10%
Watch Dogs: Legion	90−95 +4.6%	85−90 −4.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 +7.3%	40−45 −7.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 +10%	30−33 −10%
Battlefield 5	65−70 +8.3%	60−65 −8.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 +8.1%	35−40 −8.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 +33.3%	24 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +7%	40−45 −7%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 +8.2%	45−50 −8.2%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 +7%	110−120 −7%
Hitman 3	35−40 +11.4%	35−40 −11.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100 +6.7%	90−95 −6.7%
Metro Exodus	65−70 +9.5%	60−65 −9.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55 +8.2%	45−50 −8.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	65−70 +22.2%	54 −22.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50 +7.1%	40−45 −7.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	90−95 +4.6%	85−90 −4.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 +7.3%	40−45 −7.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 +10%	30−33 −10%
Battlefield 5	65−70 +18.2%	55−60 −18.2%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 +39.1%	23 −39.1%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +7%	40−45 −7%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 +17.8%	45−50 −17.8%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 +7%	110−120 −7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50 +55.2%	29 −55.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion	90−95 +406%	18 −406%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 +22.2%	18−20 −22.2%
Hitman 3	21−24 +9.5%	21−24 −9.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 +14.3%	35−40 −14.3%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +23.3%	30−33 −23.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 +10%	30−33 −10%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 +14.3%	35−40 −14.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	20−22 +5.3%	18−20 −5.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 +12.5%	16−18 −12.5%
Battlefield 5	35−40 +8.6%	35−40 −8.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +9.5%	21−24 −9.5%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−33 +11.1%	27−30 −11.1%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +10%	100−105 −10%
Watch Dogs: Legion	110−120 +6.4%	110−120 −6.4%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
Hitman 3	14−16 +7.1%	14−16 −7.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−110 +9.6%	90−95 −9.6%
Metro Exodus	21−24 +10.5%	18−20 −10.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 +21.4%	14−16 −21.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24 +22.2%	18−20 −22.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	20−22 +33.3%	15 −33.3%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 +9.1%	10−12 −9.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Battlefield 5	20−22 +11.1%	18−20 −11.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 +25%	12−14 −25%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 +8%	24−27 −8%
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Metro Exodus

60−65

+0%

60−65

+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Hitman 3	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	53 +0%	53 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	46 +0%	46 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

45−50

+0%

45−50

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Hitman 3	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Metro Exodus	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	32 +0%	32 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	20 +0%	20 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−33

+0%

30−33

+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	17 +0%	17 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

16−18

+0%

16−18

+0%

This is how RX 6500 and Radeon 780M compete in popular games:

Radeon 780M is 3% faster in 1080p
RX 6500 is 5% faster in 1440p
RX 6500 is 8% faster in 4K

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

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 6500 is 406% faster.
in Cyberpunk 2077, with 1080p resolution and the Low Preset, the Radeon 780M is 22% faster.

All in all, in popular games: