NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded vs AMD Radeon RX 6500M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded and AMD Radeon RX 6500M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded

AMD Radeon RX 6500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded

2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 1024
Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 443 vs 406
Around 3% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 39554 vs 38559

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2048 vs 1024
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	443 vs 406
Geekbench - OpenCL	39554 vs 38559

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6500M

4.6x more core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 435 MHz
Around 80% higher boost clock speed: 2400 MHz vs 1335 MHz
Around 80% higher texture fill rate: 153.6 GTexel/s vs 85.44 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 8 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 64% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1375 MHz, 11 Gbps effective
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7861 vs 6821

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	2000 MHz vs 435 MHz
Boost clock speed	2400 MHz vs 1335 MHz
Texture fill rate	153.6 GTexel/s vs 85.44 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1375 MHz, 11 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	7861 vs 6821

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6500M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

443

406

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6821

7861

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

39554

38559

Name	NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded	AMD Radeon RX 6500M
PassMark - G2D Mark	443	406
PassMark - G3D Mark	6821	7861
Geekbench - OpenCL	39554	38559

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded	AMD Radeon RX 6500M
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 2.0
Code name	GA107S	Navi 24
Place in performance rating	262	267
Launch date		4 Jan 2022
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1335 MHz	2400 MHz
Core clock speed	435 MHz	2000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	6 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	85.44 GFLOPS (1:64)	307.2 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	5.468 TFLOPS (1:1)	9.830 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.468 TFLOPS	4.915 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2048	1024
Pixel fill rate	64.08 GPixel/s	76.80 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	85.44 GTexel/s	153.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	50 Watt
Compute units		16
Transistor count		5400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x4
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	2.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	88.00 GB/s	144.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	64 bit
Memory clock speed	1375 MHz, 11 Gbps effective	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6