RTX A500 Mobile vs Radeon RX 6500M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 6500M with RTX A500 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

RX 6500M
2022
4 GB GDDR6, 50 Watt
20.15
+14.7%

RX 6500M outperforms RTX A500 Mobile by a moderate 15% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking273311
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency27.6320.06
ArchitectureRDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameNavi 24GA107S
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date4 January 2022 (2 years ago)22 March 2022 (2 years 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 cores10242048
Core clock speed2000 MHz832 MHz
Boost clock speed2400 MHz1537 MHz
Number of transistors5,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology6 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt60 Watt (20 - 60 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate153.698.37
Floating-point processing power4.915 TFLOPS6.296 TFLOPS
ROPs3248
TMUs6464
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Cores1616

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 sizemedium sizedno data
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed2250 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth144.0 GB/s96 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.66.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.23.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA-8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

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RX 6500M 20.15
+14.7%
RTX A500 Mobile 17.56

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 6500M 7765
+14.7%
RTX A500 Mobile 6767

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RX 6500M 17889
+65.4%
RTX A500 Mobile 10818

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

RX 6500M 52161
+27.5%
RTX A500 Mobile 40923

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RX 6500M 14018
+84.5%
RTX A500 Mobile 7598

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RX 6500M 88601
+82.7%
RTX A500 Mobile 48496

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

RX 6500M 4372
+46%
RTX A500 Mobile 2995

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 HD62
+44.2%
43
−44.2%
1440p27−30
+8%
25
−8%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 66
+175%
24−27
−175%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
+28.6%
35−40
−28.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 62
+148%
24−27
−148%
Battlefield 5 65−70
+31.4%
50−55
−31.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45
+32.3%
30−35
−32.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 67
+179%
24−27
−179%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+30.6%
35−40
−30.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
+28.6%
40−45
−28.6%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+25%
100−105
−25%
Hitman 3 61
+103%
30−33
−103%
Horizon Zero Dawn 95−100
+25.6%
75−80
−25.6%
Metro Exodus 70−75
+32.1%
50−55
−32.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+25.6%
40−45
−25.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 65−70
+31.4%
50−55
−31.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 90−95
+15%
80−85
−15%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
+28.6%
35−40
−28.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 45
+80%
24−27
−80%
Battlefield 5 65−70
+31.4%
50−55
−31.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45
+32.3%
30−35
−32.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 32
+33.3%
24−27
−33.3%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+30.6%
35−40
−30.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
+28.6%
40−45
−28.6%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+25%
100−105
−25%
Hitman 3 58
+93.3%
30−33
−93.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 95−100
+25.6%
75−80
−25.6%
Metro Exodus 70−75
+32.1%
50−55
−32.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+25.6%
40−45
−25.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 95
+53.2%
62
−53.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45−50
+21.6%
35−40
−21.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 90−95
+15%
80−85
−15%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
+28.6%
35−40
−28.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 39
+56%
24−27
−56%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45
+32.3%
30−35
−32.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 29
+20.8%
24−27
−20.8%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+30.6%
35−40
−30.6%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+25%
100−105
−25%
Hitman 3 55
+83.3%
30−33
−83.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 95−100
+25.6%
75−80
−25.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 83
+53.7%
54
−53.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 39
+34.5%
29
−34.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 25
−220%
80−85
+220%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+25.6%
40−45
−25.6%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
+30%
30−33
−30%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−35
+29.2%
24−27
−29.2%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+31.3%
16−18
−31.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18−20
+46.2%
12−14
−46.2%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
+35.3%
16−18
−35.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+27.8%
18−20
−27.8%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+39%
80−85
−39%
Hitman 3 24−27
+33.3%
18−20
−33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
+31.3%
30−35
−31.3%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+40.7%
27−30
−40.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45
+7.7%
39
−7.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+35.3%
16−18
−35.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
+26.3%
95−100
−26.3%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+36%
24−27
−36%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 20−22
+33.3%
14−16
−33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+36.4%
10−12
−36.4%
Hitman 3 16−18
+45.5%
10−12
−45.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 100−110
+34.6%
75−80
−34.6%
Metro Exodus 21−24
+46.7%
14−16
−46.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+40%
14−16
−40%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
+33.3%
9−10
−33.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
+37.5%
8−9
−37.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Far Cry 5 10−12
+37.5%
8−9
−37.5%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
+33.3%
21−24
−33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
+53.3%
14−16
−53.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
+28.6%
14−16
−28.6%

This is how RX 6500M and RTX A500 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RX 6500M is 44% faster in 1080p
  • RX 6500M is 8% faster in 1440p

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

  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX 6500M is 179% faster.
  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX A500 Mobile is 220% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RX 6500M is ahead in 71 test (99%)
  • RTX A500 Mobile is ahead in 1 test (1%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 20.15 17.56
Recency 4 January 2022 22 March 2022
Chip lithography 6 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 60 Watt

RX 6500M has a 14.7% higher aggregate performance score, a 33.3% more advanced lithography process, and 20% lower power consumption.

RTX A500 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 months.

The Radeon RX 6500M is our recommended choice as it beats the RTX A500 Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 6500M is a notebook graphics card while RTX A500 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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