AMD Radeon RX 6500M videocard review

AMD Radeon RX 6500M

Radeon RX 6500M videocard released by AMD; release date: 4 Jan 2022. The videocard is based on RDNA 2.0 microarchitecture codenamed Navi 24.

Core clock speed - 2000 MHz. Boost clock speed - 2400 MHz. Texture fill rate - 153.6 GTexel/s. Pipelines - 1024. Manufacturing process technology - 6 nm. Transistors count - 5400 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 50 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR6. Maximum RAM amount - 4 GB. Memory bus width - 64 bit. Memory clock speed - 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective. Memory bandwidth - 144.0 GB/s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
394
PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38582
7768
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345616
38902
Name Value
PassMark - G2D Mark 394
PassMark - G3D Mark 7768
Geekbench - OpenCL 38902

Games performance

The Quarry (2022)

Low, 1920x108064.10
Medium, 1920x108048.30
High, 1920x108038.90
Ultra, 1920x108025.40

F1 22 (2022)

Low, 1920x1080116.30
Medium, 1920x108097.20
High, 1920x108075.60
Ultra, 1920x108013.90

Vampire Bloodhunt (2022)

Low, 1920x1080142.70
Medium, 1920x1080115.00
High, 1920x1080106.70
Ultra, 1920x108098.10

Tiny Tina's Wonderlands (2022)

Low, 1920x1080118.10
Medium, 1920x108088.50
High, 1920x108045.80
Ultra, 1920x108029.80

Ghostwire Tokyo (2022)

Low, 1920x108072.70
Medium, 1920x108071.00
High, 1920x108065.50
Ultra, 1920x108066.30

Elex 2 (2022)

Low, 1920x108053.40
Medium, 1920x108051.00
High, 1920x108044.00
Ultra, 1920x108037.60

Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 (2022)

Low, 1920x108066.20
Medium, 1920x108066.50
High, 1920x108032.30
Ultra, 1920x108029.20

GRID Legends (2022)

Low, 1920x1080146.90
Medium, 1920x1080105.00
High, 1920x108075.90
Ultra, 1920x108059.90

Dying Light 2 (2022)

Low, 1920x108058.40
Medium, 1920x108046.60
High, 1920x108037.00

Rainbow Six Extraction (2022)

Low, 1920x108096.00
Medium, 1920x108069.00
High, 1920x108061.00
Ultra, 1920x108034.00

God of War (2022)

Low, 1920x108064.50
Medium, 1920x108054.10
High, 1920x108039.60
Ultra, 1920x108011.90

Halo Infinite (2021)

Medium, 1920x108062.40
High, 1920x108043.60
Ultra, 1920x108042.40

Farming Simulator 22 (2021)

High, 1920x108096.60
Ultra, 1920x108086.00

Battlefield 2042 (2021)

Low, 1280x720129.70
Medium, 1920x108071.20
High, 1920x108053.30
Ultra, 1920x108023.30

Forza Horizon 5 (2021)

Low, 1280x720152.00
Medium, 1920x1080101.00
High, 1920x108081.00
Ultra, 1920x108027.00

Riders Republic (2021)

Low, 1280x72071.00
Medium, 1920x108068.00
High, 1920x108058.00
Ultra, 1920x108043.00

Guardians of the Galaxy (2021)

Low, 1280x72083.00
Medium, 1920x108048.00
High, 1920x108047.00
Ultra, 1920x108044.00

Back 4 Blood (2021)

Medium, 1920x1080116.00
High, 1920x108095.30
Ultra, 1920x108092.70

Far Cry 6 (2021)

Low, 1280x72091.70
Medium, 1920x108069.80
High, 1920x108062.50
Ultra, 1920x108054.50

New World (2021)

Low, 1280x72070.30
Medium, 1920x108053.00
High, 1920x108046.20
Ultra, 1920x108040.40

F1 2021 (2021)

Low, 1280x720245.00
Medium, 1920x1080139.00
High, 1920x1080105.10
Ultra, 1920x108042.90

Days Gone (2021)

Low, 1280x720116.30
Medium, 1920x108070.60
High, 1920x108062.70
Ultra, 1920x108044.20

Mass Effect Legendary Edition (2021)

Low, 1280x72082.20
Ultra, 1920x108075.60

Hitman 3 (2021)

Low, 1280x720157.20
Medium, 1920x1080102.10
High, 1920x108088.70
Ultra, 1920x108080.50

Immortals Fenyx Rising (2020)

Low, 1280x72089.00
Medium, 1920x108068.00
High, 1920x108047.00
Ultra, 1920x108041.00

Crysis Remastered (2020)

Low, 1280x720185.60
Medium, 1920x108088.70
High, 1920x108026.30
Ultra, 1920x108019.60

Yakuza Like a Dragon (2020)

Low, 1280x72080.30
Medium, 1920x108060.60
High, 1920x108058.40
Ultra, 1920x108054.50

Assassin´s Creed Valhalla (2020)

Low, 1280x720113.00
Medium, 1920x108062.00
High, 1920x108045.00
Ultra, 1920x108039.00

Dirt 5 (2020)

Low, 1280x720159.40
Medium, 1920x108072.90
High, 1920x108056.30
Ultra, 1920x108037.40

Watch Dogs Legion (2020)

Low, 1280x72081.10
Medium, 1920x108070.00
High, 1920x108059.10
Ultra, 1920x108024.60

Star Wars Squadrons (2020)

Low, 1280x720267.00
Medium, 1920x1080150.50
High, 1920x1080131.70
Ultra, 1920x1080119.60

Mafia Definitive Edition (2020)

Low, 1280x72091.40
Medium, 1920x108053.00
High, 1920x108048.70

Horizon Zero Dawn (2020)

Low, 1280x720103.00
Medium, 1920x108071.00
High, 1920x108059.00
Ultra, 1920x108054.00

Death Stranding (2020)

Low, 1280x720130.40
Medium, 1920x108089.30
High, 1920x108082.20
Ultra, 1920x108078.90

Strange Brigade (2018)

Low, 1280x720266.00
Medium, 1920x1080119.10
High, 1920x108098.80
Ultra, 1920x108086.30

Gears Tactics (2020)

Low, 1280x720257.80
Medium, 1920x1080125.20
High, 1920x108082.40
Ultra, 1920x108056.60

Doom Eternal (2020)

Low, 1280x720232.00
Medium, 1920x1080101.20
High, 1920x108057.50

Hunt Showdown (2020)

Low, 1280x720124.80
Medium, 1920x108068.90
High, 1920x108057.30

Borderlands 3 (2019)

Low, 1280x72078.20
Medium, 1920x108066.60
High, 1920x108047.10
Ultra, 1920x108034.50

The Division 2 (2019)

Low, 1280x720129.00
Medium, 1920x108082.00
High, 1920x108067.00
Ultra, 1920x108047.00

Metro Exodus (2019)

Low, 1280x720137.40
Medium, 1920x108066.70
High, 1920x108046.70
Ultra, 1920x108037.00

Far Cry 5 (2018)

Low, 1280x72090.00
Medium, 1920x108075.00
High, 1920x108071.00
Ultra, 1920x108066.00

X-Plane 11.11 (2018)

Low, 1280x72047.70
Medium, 1920x108040.70
High, 1920x108036.80

Final Fantasy XV Benchmark (2018)

Low, 1280x720126.60
Medium, 1920x108065.80
High, 1920x108046.90

Dota 2 Reborn (2015)

Low, 1280x720121.50
Medium, 1366x768106.10
High, 1920x1080102.20
Ultra, 1920x108094.80

The Witcher 3 (2015)

Low, 1024x768195.00
Medium, 1366x768136.20
High, 1920x108057.40
Ultra, 1920x108039.10

GTA V (2015)

Low, 1024x768154.70
Medium, 1366x768144.80
High, 1920x108096.60
Ultra, 1920x108041.80

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0
Code name Navi 24
Launch date 4 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating 281

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2400 MHz
Compute units 16
Core clock speed 2000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 307.2 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 9.830 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 4.915 TFLOPS
Pipelines 1024
Pixel fill rate 76.80 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 153.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt
Transistor count 5400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor IGP
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL 2.2
OpenGL 4.6
Shader Model 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 144.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 64 bit
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6