Radeon RX 6500M vs UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs

Place in the ranking	649	269
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	11.72	29.06
Architecture	Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Tiger Lake Xe	Navi 24
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	15 August 2020 (4 years ago)	4 January 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 cores	48	1024
Core clock speed	350 MHz	2000 MHz
Boost clock speed	1450 MHz	2400 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	5,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	28 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	153.6
Floating-point processing power	no data	4.915 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	32
TMUs	no data	64
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	16

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 size	no data	medium sized
Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x4
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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	no data	4 GB
Memory bus width	no data	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	144.0 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 Connectors

no data

No outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12_1	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.6
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	2.2
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.

UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs 4.55

RX 6500M 20.14
+343%

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.

UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs 10650

RX 6500M 52161
+390%

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.

UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs 3510

RX 6500M 17889
+410%

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.

UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs 2321

RX 6500M 14018
+504%

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.

UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs 15992

RX 6500M 88601
+454%

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs 798

RX 6500M 4372
+448%

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

−265%

62
+265%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

−500%

66
+500%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −246%	45−50 +246%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12 −417%	62 +417%
Battlefield 5	10−12 −509%	65−70 +509%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −310%	40−45 +310%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −738%	67 +738%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −370%	45−50 +370%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 −315%	50−55 +315%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 −346%	120−130 +346%
Hitman 3	10 −510%	61 +510%
Horizon Zero Dawn	36 −172%	95−100 +172%
Metro Exodus	10−11 −600%	70−75 +600%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −350%	50−55 +350%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 −294%	65−70 +294%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 −104%	90−95 +104%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −246%	45−50 +246%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 −1025%	45 +1025%
Battlefield 5	10−12 −509%	65−70 +509%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −310%	40−45 +310%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −300%	32 +300%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −370%	45−50 +370%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 −315%	50−55 +315%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 −346%	120−130 +346%
Hitman 3	10−11 −480%	58 +480%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−33 −227%	95−100 +227%
Metro Exodus	10−11 −600%	70−75 +600%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −350%	50−55 +350%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	17 −459%	95 +459%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −165%	45−50 +165%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 −104%	90−95 +104%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −246%	45−50 +246%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 −875%	39 +875%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −310%	40−45 +310%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −263%	29 +263%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −370%	45−50 +370%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 −346%	120−130 +346%
Hitman 3	10−11 −450%	55 +450%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12 −717%	95−100 +717%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16 −419%	83 +419%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8 −388%	39 +388%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 +80%	25 −80%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

12−14

−350%

50−55
+350%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 −388%	35−40 +388%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −343%	30−35 +343%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −425%	21−24 +425%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −475%	21−24 +475%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −500%	12−14 +500%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −360%	21−24 +360%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −1325%	110−120 +1325%
Hitman 3	9−10 −167%	24−27 +167%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 −320%	40−45 +320%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −3700%	35−40 +3700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −475%	21−24 +475%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −329%	120−130 +329%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9

−325%

30−35
+325%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −567%	20−22 +567%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −400%	14−16 +400%
Hitman 3	1−2 −1500%	16−18 +1500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −2525%	100−110 +2525%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −2100%	21−24 +2100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	21−24

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −300%	12−14 +300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −450%	10−12 +450%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	4−5
Far Cry 5	2−3 −450%	10−12 +450%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −833%	27−30 +833%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −800%	9−10 +800%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

−260%

18−20
+260%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

21−24

+0%

21−24

+0%

This is how UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs and RX 6500M compete in popular games:

RX 6500M is 265% faster in 1080p

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

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs is 80% faster.
in Metro Exodus, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 6500M is 3700% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs is ahead in 1 test (1%)
RX 6500M is ahead in 66 tests (94%)
there's a draw in 3 tests (4%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.55	20.14
Recency	15 August 2020	4 January 2022
Chip lithography	10 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	28 Watt	50 Watt

UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs has 78.6% lower power consumption.

RX 6500M, on the other hand, has a 342.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 66.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 6500M is our recommended choice as it beats the UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs in performance tests.

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