Radeon RX 6500 vs RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Place in the ranking	488	279
Place by popularity	28	not in top-100
Power efficiency	41.35	no data
Architecture	Vega (2017−2020)	no data
GPU code name	Vega	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 January 2020 (5 years ago)	no data

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	512	no data
Boost clock speed	2100 MHz	no data
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	no 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.

Shared memory

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API compatibility

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

DirectX

12_1

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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	23 −117%	50−55 +117%
1440p	17 −106%	35−40 +106%
4K	9 −100%	18−21 +100%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	13 −108%	27−30 +108%
Cyberpunk 2077	19 −111%	40−45 +111%
Elden Ring	18 −256%	60−65 +256%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 −121%	60−65 +121%
Counter-Strike 2	9 −100%	18−20 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	15 −167%	40−45 +167%
Forza Horizon 4	32 −166%	85−90 +166%
Metro Exodus	27 −122%	60−65 +122%
Red Dead Redemption 2	33 −39.4%	45−50 +39.4%
Valorant	44 −84.1%	80−85 +84.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 −121%	60−65 +121%
Counter-Strike 2	9 −100%	18−20 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	11 −264%	40−45 +264%
Dota 2	29 −145%	70−75 +145%
Elden Ring	22 −191%	60−65 +191%
Far Cry 5	30 −123%	65−70 +123%
Fortnite	50−55 −100%	100−110 +100%
Forza Horizon 4	27 −215%	85−90 +215%
Grand Theft Auto V	19 −268%	70−75 +268%
Metro Exodus	19 −184%	50−55 +184%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	57 −137%	130−140 +137%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12 −283%	45−50 +283%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 −133%	60−65 +133%
Valorant	14 −479%	80−85 +479%
World of Tanks	48 −383%	230−240 +383%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 −121%	60−65 +121%
Counter-Strike 2	16−18 −106%	35−40 +106%
Cyberpunk 2077	9 −344%	40−45 +344%
Dota 2	48 −47.9%	70−75 +47.9%
Far Cry 5	35−40 −76.3%	65−70 +76.3%
Forza Horizon 4	23 −270%	85−90 +270%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	70−75 −90.1%	130−140 +90.1%
Valorant	37 −116%	80−85 +116%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	9 −100%	18−20 +100%
Elden Ring	12 −175%	30−35 +175%
Grand Theft Auto V	9 −256%	30−35 +256%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	22 −105%	45−50 +105%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −125%	18−20 +125%
World of Tanks	21 −114%	45−50 +114%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 −141%	40−45 +141%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −110%	21−24 +110%
Cyberpunk 2077	2 −700%	16−18 +700%
Far Cry 5	18−20 −184%	50−55 +184%
Forza Horizon 4	16 −225%	50−55 +225%
Metro Exodus	17 −106%	35−40 +106%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −118%	24−27 +118%
Valorant	39 −118%	85−90 +118%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Dota 2	10 −110%	21−24 +110%
Elden Ring	6 −150%	14−16 +150%
Grand Theft Auto V	10 −240%	30−35 +240%
Metro Exodus	6 −150%	14−16 +150%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	13 −108%	27−30 +108%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −117%	12−14 +117%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10 −240%	30−35 +240%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 −150%	20−22 +150%
Counter-Strike 2	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −200%	6−7 +200%
Dota 2	18 −88.9%	30−35 +88.9%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −136%	24−27 +136%
Fortnite	9−10 −100%	18−20 +100%
Forza Horizon 4	9 −233%	30−33 +233%
Valorant	9−10 −100%	18−20 +100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Elden Ring	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Far Cry 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Fortnite	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%