GPU Comparison
RADEON
AMD Radeon RX 6500M
CORE STATE
Navi 24
VRAM
4 GB
CLOCK SPEED
2400 MHz
TDP
50 W
BUS WIDTH
64 bit
ARCHITECTURE
RDNA 2.0
PROCESS
6 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2022
VS
GEFORCE
PG506-232
CORE STATE
GA100
VRAM
24 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1440 MHz
TDP
165 W
BUS WIDTH
3072 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Ampere
PROCESS
7 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2021
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
geekbench_opencl
geekbench_vulkan
passmark_directx_10
passmark_directx_11
passmark_directx_12
passmark_directx_9
passmark_g2d
passmark_g3d
passmark_gpu_compute
Analysis: AMD Radeon RX 6500M vs NVIDIA PG506-232
AMD's RX 6500 and GeForce NVIDIA PG506-232 provide almost identical graphics scores in this direct comparison. Any score deltas between the cards usually land within single digits, making each a good selection. The parity leaves the determination multifaceted. Additional considerations turn more relevant. Cost frequently affects the choice.
Ultimately, users can select based on ecosystem preference as opposed to pure frame rates solely. Both AMD's RX 6500 and GeForce NVIDIA PG506-232 deliver solid visual throughput for the respective tiers. This decision depends on particular priorities. Both option is solid. Consumers won't go wrong here.
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
RX 6500M
PG506-232
Core Specs
Shading Units
1,024
3,584
+250.0%
Shaders
1,024
3,584
+250.0%
TMUs
64
224
+250.0%
ROPs
32
96
+200.0%
Compute Units
16
—
SM Count
—
56
Clocks
Base Clock
2000 MHz
930 MHz
Boost Clock
2400 MHz
1440 MHz
Game Clock
2191 MHz
—
Memory Clock
2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective
1215 MHz
2.4 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
4 GB
24 GB
VRAM (MB)
4,096
24,576
+500.0%
Memory Type
GDDR6
HBM2
Memory Bus
64 bit
3072 bit
Bandwidth
144.0 GB/s
933.1 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
128 KB per Array
192 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
1024 KB
24 MB
L3 Cache
16 MB
—
L0 Cache
32 KB per WGP
—
Performance
Pixel Rate
76.80 GPixel/s
138.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
153.6 GTexel/s
322.6 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
4.915 TFLOPS
10.32 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
307.2 GFLOPS (1:16)
5.161 TFLOPS (1:2)
FP16 (TFLOPS)
9.830 TFLOPS (2:1)
10.32 TFLOPS (1:1)
AI/RT
RT Cores
16
—
Tensor Cores
—
224
Power
TDP
50 W
165 W
TDP (W)
50
165
+230.0%
Suggested PSU
—
450 W
Power Connectors
None
8-pin EPS
Architecture
Architecture
RDNA 2.0
Ampere
GPU Name
Navi 24
GA100
Generation
Navi Mobile
(RX 6000M)
Server Ampere
(Axx)
Process Size
6 nm
7 nm
Transistors
5,400 million
54,200 million
Die Size
107 mm²
826 mm²
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Density
50.5M / mm²
65.6M / mm²
API Support
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
—
OpenGL
4.6
—
Vulkan
1.4
—
OpenCL
2.2
3.0
CUDA
—
8.0
Shader Model
6.8
—
Physical
Slot Width
IGP
Dual-slot
Length
—
267 mm
10.5 inches
Height
—
112 mm
4.4 inches
Outputs
Portable Device Dependent
No outputs
Bus Interface
PCIe 4.0 x4
PCIe 4.0 x16
Other
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Predecessor
Polaris Mobile
Tesla Turing
Successor
—
Server Ada