Radeon RX 6500 vs VII

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon VII with Radeon RX 6500, including specs and performance data.

Radeon VII
2019
16 GB HBM2, 295 Watt
43.10
+117%

VII outperforms RX 6500 by a whopping 117% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking86278
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation25.48no data
Power efficiency10.01no data
ArchitectureGCN 5.1 (2018−2022)no data
GPU code nameVega 20no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date7 February 2019 (5 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$699 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores3840no data
Core clock speed1400 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1750 MHzno data
Number of transistors13,230 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology7 nmno data
Power consumption (TDP)295 Wattno data
Texture fill rate420.0no data
Floating-point processing power13.44 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs240no data

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length280 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinno 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 typeHBM2no data
Maximum RAM amount16 GBno data
Memory bus width4096 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1000 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth1024 GB/sno 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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.0b, 3x DisplayPort 1.4ano data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)no data
Shader Model6.7no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.1no data
Vulkan1.3-

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.

Radeon VII 43.10
+117%
RX 6500 19.86

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.

Radeon VII 16604
+117%
RX 6500 7649

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 HD122
+122%
55−60
−122%
1440p78
+123%
35−40
−123%
4K54
+125%
24−27
−125%

Cost per frame, $

1080p5.73no data
1440p8.96no data
4K12.94no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 75−80
+141%
30−35
−141%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 76
+72.7%
40−45
−72.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 99
+200%
30−35
−200%
Battlefield 5 160
+146%
65−70
−146%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 85−90
+118%
40−45
−118%
Cyberpunk 2077 75−80
+141%
30−35
−141%
Far Cry 5 116
+152%
45−50
−152%
Far Cry New Dawn 113
+113%
50−55
−113%
Forza Horizon 4 227
+84.6%
120−130
−84.6%
Hitman 3 81
+108%
35−40
−108%
Horizon Zero Dawn 170−180
+83.3%
95−100
−83.3%
Metro Exodus 130−140
+123%
60−65
−123%
Red Dead Redemption 2 126
+138%
50−55
−138%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 196
+197%
65−70
−197%
Watch Dogs: Legion 214
+135%
90−95
−135%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 157
+257%
40−45
−257%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 82
+148%
30−35
−148%
Battlefield 5 150
+131%
65−70
−131%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 85−90
+118%
40−45
−118%
Cyberpunk 2077 75−80
+141%
30−35
−141%
Far Cry 5 90
+95.7%
45−50
−95.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 102
+92.5%
50−55
−92.5%
Forza Horizon 4 227
+84.6%
120−130
−84.6%
Hitman 3 79
+103%
35−40
−103%
Horizon Zero Dawn 170−180
+83.3%
95−100
−83.3%
Metro Exodus 130−140
+94.2%
65−70
−94.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2 95−100
+84.9%
50−55
−84.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 97
+47%
65−70
−47%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 85−90
+97.8%
45−50
−97.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion 211
+132%
90−95
−132%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 63
+43.2%
40−45
−43.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 72
+118%
30−35
−118%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 85−90
+118%
40−45
−118%
Cyberpunk 2077 75−80
+141%
30−35
−141%
Far Cry 5 71
+54.3%
45−50
−54.3%
Forza Horizon 4 130
+5.7%
120−130
−5.7%
Hitman 3 75
+150%
30−33
−150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 95
+138%
40−45
−138%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 84
+140%
35−40
−140%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 75
+66.7%
45−50
−66.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 63
−44.4%
90−95
+44.4%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 119
+138%
50−55
−138%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 85−90
+143%
35−40
−143%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
+120%
30−33
−120%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
+135%
20−22
−135%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 57
+217%
18−20
−217%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+143%
21−24
−143%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+227%
10−12
−227%
Far Cry 5 50−55
+117%
21−24
−117%
Forza Horizon 4 230−240
+115%
110−120
−115%
Hitman 3 66
+120%
30−33
−120%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80
+129%
35−40
−129%
Metro Exodus 83
+137%
35−40
−137%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 61
+126%
27−30
−126%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65−70
+141%
27−30
−141%
Watch Dogs: Legion 200
+70.9%
110−120
−70.9%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 86
+146%
35−40
−146%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 58
+142%
24−27
−142%
Far Cry New Dawn 46
+119%
21−24
−119%
Hitman 3 46
+207%
14−16
−207%
Horizon Zero Dawn 190−200
+87.4%
100−110
−87.4%
Metro Exodus 55−60
+171%
21−24
−171%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 54
+170%
20−22
−170%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 44
+267%
12−14
−267%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 35
+250%
10−11
−250%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+133%
12−14
−133%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+300%
4−5
−300%
Far Cry 5 31
+182%
10−12
−182%
Forza Horizon 4 77
+185%
27−30
−185%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 33
+136%
14−16
−136%
Watch Dogs: Legion 29
+263%
8−9
−263%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 43
+139%
18−20
−139%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Hitman 3 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%

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

  • Radeon VII is 122% faster in 1080p
  • Radeon VII is 123% faster in 1440p
  • Radeon VII is 125% faster in 4K

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

  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Radeon VII is 300% faster.
  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 6500 is 44% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Radeon VII is ahead in 51 test (76%)
  • RX 6500 is ahead in 1 test (1%)
  • there's a draw in 15 tests (22%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 43.10 19.86

Radeon VII has a 117% higher aggregate performance score.

The Radeon VII is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 6500 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon VII is a desktop card while Radeon RX 6500 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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AMD Radeon VII
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