Radeon RX 6500M vs Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000)
Review
Key differences
Key distinctions and advantages between Radeon RX 6500M and Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000)
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 6500M
- + RDNA 2.0 architecture
- + Navi 24 codename
- + 4GB GDDR6 memory
- + PCIe 4.0 x4 interface
Reasons to consider the Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000)
- + RDNA 2.0 architecture
- + Raphael codename
- + System Shared memory
- + PCIe 4.0 x8 interface
Pros & Cons
- Great energy efficiency
- Hardware ray tracing support
- Limited gaming performance at higher resolutions
- No DLSS upscaling support
"A budget AMD Radeon RX 6500M graphics card with limited performance overall, excellent energy efficiency. Suited for casual gaming and basic graphics tasks."
- Great energy efficiency
- Hardware ray tracing support
- No discrete card needed — integrated solution
- Limited gaming performance at higher resolutions
"A budget AMD Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) integrated graphics with limited performance overall, excellent energy efficiency. Suited for casual gaming and basic graphics tasks."
Gaming Performance
Forza Horizon 5
The Witcher 3
Counter-Strike 2
Far Cry 6
Hogwarts Legacy
Call of Duty
Ghost of Tsushima
Cyberpunk 2077
Tomb Raider
| Radeon RX 6500M | Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1080p High | 1080p Ultra | 1440p Ultra | 4K Ultra | 1080p High | 1080p Ultra | 1440p Ultra | 4K Ultra | |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| The Witcher 3 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Far Cry 6 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Call of Duty | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tomb Raider | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Average FPS | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Radeon RX 6500M | Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p High | 46 | — |
| 1080p Ultra | 35 | — |
| 1440p Ultra | 23 | — |
| 4K Ultra | 12 | — |
| Margin of Error | Low | — |
Benchmarks
| Radeon RX 6500M | Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) | |
|---|---|---|
| Time Spy | 3831 | 711 |
| Solar Bay | 15034 | 2913 |
| Port Royal | 248 | 332 |
| Fire Strike | 12343 | 2417 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 8150 | 1402 |
| Night Raid | 45550 | 10038 |
| Radeon RX 6500M | Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) | |
|---|---|---|
| G2D Mark | 371 | 516 |
| DirectX 11 | 69 FPS | 15 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 33 FPS | 7 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 2545 Ops/s | 1128 Ops/s |
Specifications
| Specification | Radeon RX 6500M ↗ | Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| GB6 Compute Score | 46706 | 6272 |
| Background Blur | 112.4 img/sec | 13.4 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 61.7 img/sec | 8.66 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 1.49 Gpixels/sec | 0.23 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 2.01 Gpixels/sec | 0.32 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 1.81 Gpixels/sec | 0.2 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.58 Gpixels/sec | 0.08 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 183 Gpixels/sec | 24.2 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 6313.2 FPS | 827 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
| Specification | Radeon RX 6500M ↗ | Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| GB6 ML Single Precision | 8067 | 1965 |
| GB6 ML Half Precision | 9896 | 2172 |
| GB6 ML Quantized | 5967 | 1610 |
| Image Classification (SP) | 2972 | 679 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 4132 | 642 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 9120 | 2131 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 11506 | 2204 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 35378 | 5478 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 1536 | 728 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 1869 | 1231 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 3259 | 729 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 11922 | 3337 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 81312 | 11335 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
| Specification | Radeon RX 6500M ↗ | Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Amd | Amd |
| Build | Discrete | Integrated |
| Released | 4-Jan-22 | 1-Oct-22 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Generic |
| Segment | Entry-level | Entry-level |
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | RDNA 2.0 |
| GPU Codename | Navi 24 | Raphael |
| Recommended CPU | -AMD Ryzen 5 6600Hor above | -AMD Ryzen 5 7600or above |
| Specification | Radeon RX 6500M ↗ | Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Base Clock | 2000 MHz | 400 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2190 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 128 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 64 | 8 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 32 | 4 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 16 | 2 |
| Tensor Cores | ||
| Ray-tracing Cores | 16 | 2 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 1MB shared | 2MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
| Specification | Radeon RX 6500M ↗ | Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Pixel Fill Rate | 70 GPixel/s | 9 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 140 GTexel/s | 18 GTexel/s |
| FLOPS (FP32) | 4.5 TFLOPS | 0.6 TFLOPS |
| Specification | Radeon RX 6500M ↗ | Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| TGP | 50 W | 15 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 6 nm | 6 nm |
| Die Size | 107 mm² | 122 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 5.4 billion | 3.4 billion |
| Transistor Density | 50.47 MTr/mm² | 27.87 MTr/mm² |
| Max. Temperature |
| Specification | Radeon RX 6500M ↗ | Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | System Shared |
| Specification | Radeon RX 6500M ↗ | Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| DirectX | 12 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.2 | 2 |
| CUDA | ||
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | No | No |
| DisplayPort | 1.4 |
