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AMD Radeon RX 6500M

The AMD Radeon RX 6500M is a graphics card released on January 4, 2022, built on the RDNA 2 architecture. It has 1,024 shading units, 4 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 64-bit bus, 128.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 2.19 GHz and a 50 W board power rating. It scores 7,291 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (FL 12_2) and OpenGL 4.6.

RDNA 2Navi 24

9/10 key specs recorded · 61 facts

Depth: 43 recorded fields, 11 features, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark, AMD.com Specifications and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 9 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark AMD.com Specifications PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)

Shading units

1,024cores

16 compute units

Memory

4 GB

GDDR6 · 64-bit

Boost clock

n/a

2.19 GHz base

Board power

50 W

Performance

The AMD Radeon RX 6500M scores 7,291 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 85.3% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #397), measured across 403 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 363.

PassMark G3D Mark

7,291

Rank #397
Faster than 85.3% of 2,658 GPUs
403 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 91 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 73.6% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 52 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 77.2% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 68 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 77.3% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 33 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 69.4% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 2,495 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 69.2% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the AMD Radeon RX 6500M averages DirectX 9 91 fps, DirectX 10 52 fps, DirectX 11 68 fps, DirectX 12 33 fps and GPU Compute 2,495 ops/s, across 403 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

Theoretical throughput

FP32 (single precision) 4.98 TFLOPS stated by AMD

FP16 (half precision) 9.97 TFLOPS stated by AMD

Texture fill rate 155.7 GTexel/s stated by AMD

AMD states a peak of FP32 (single precision) 4.98 TFLOPS, FP16 (half precision) 9.97 TFLOPS and Texture fill rate 155.7 GTexel/s for the AMD Radeon RX 6500M.

As stated by PassMark

Category Mobile

Bus interface PCIe 4.0 x4

Max memory 4 GB

Core clock 2000 MHz

Memory clock 2250 MHz

DirectX 12_2

OpenGL 4.6

Max TDP 50 W

First benchmarked 2022-09-20

Samples 403

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the AMD Radeon RX 6500M states the PCIe 4.0 x4 interface, up to 4 GB of memory, a core clock of 2000 MHz, DirectX 12_2 and OpenGL 4.6, first benchmarked on 2022-09-20. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture RDNA 2

Codename Navi 24

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors 5,400 M

Die size 107 mm²

The AMD Radeon RX 6500M is based on the RDNA 2 architecture, uses the Navi 24 graphics processor, contains 5,400 million transistors and has a die size of 107 mm².

Shader configuration

Shading units 1,024

Compute units 16

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) Not recorded

Render output units (ROPs) Not recorded

Ray tracing cores 16

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The AMD Radeon RX 6500M has 1,024 shading units, 16 compute units and 16 ray tracing cores.

The AMD Radeon RX 6500M does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics.

Clock speeds

Base clock 2.19 GHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock 2.19 GHz

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The AMD Radeon RX 6500M runs at a base clock of 2.19 GHz and has a game clock of 2.19 GHz.

Memory

Size 4 GB

Type GDDR6

Bus width 64-bit

Bandwidth 128.0 GB/s

The AMD Radeon RX 6500M is equipped with 4 GB of GDDR6 memory, uses a 64-bit memory bus and delivers 128.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The AMD Radeon RX 6500M has a board power rating of 50 W and it connects over PCIe 4.0 x4.

Board power (TDP) 50 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 4.0 x4

Market

Launched January 4, 2022

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Laptop

Series Radeon RX

The AMD Radeon RX 6500M was released on January 4, 2022.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 7,291

PassMark G2D 363

Rank #397

Samples 403

Graphics and compute APIs

The AMD Radeon RX 6500M supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (FL 12_2) and OpenGL 4.6.

DirectX 12 Ultimate (FL 12_2)

OpenGL 4.6

CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD Radeon RX 6500M. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the AMD Radeon RX 6500M. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the AMD Radeon RX 6500M.

Features

The AMD Radeon RX 6500M has 5 supported features recorded outside the media engine. A feature that no source mentions is shown as not listed, never as unsupported.

Rendering

Supported: DirectX 12 Ultimate

Microsoft's top DirectX 12 feature tier, covering hardware ray tracing, mesh shaders, variable-rate shading and sampler feedback.
Supported: Hardware ray tracing

Dedicated GPU hardware that speeds up ray-traced lighting, reflections and shadows in supported games and apps.

Ray tracing units: 16

Not listed (1)

No source Feex holds states whether the AMD Radeon RX 6500M supports AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

The AMD Radeon RX 6500M supports DirectX 12 Ultimate and Hardware ray tracing under Rendering.

Display features

Supported: HDMI 4K output

The vendor states the GPU can drive a 4K display over HDMI.

Not listed (7)

No source Feex holds states whether the AMD Radeon RX 6500M supports AMD FreeSync, Stereoscopic 3D, 10-bit color output, VR ready, 8K display output, HDR output and 12-bit color output. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

The AMD Radeon RX 6500M supports HDMI 4K output under Display features.

Platform

Supported: Resizable BAR AMD Smart Access Memory

Lets the CPU access the GPU's full video memory at once, which can improve performance in some games on supporting systems.
Supported: AMD SmartShift

Shifts power between an AMD CPU and GPU in a laptop depending on which one needs it.

Not listed (2)

No source Feex holds states whether the AMD Radeon RX 6500M supports Radeon Dual Graphics and Switchable graphics. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

The AMD Radeon RX 6500M supports Resizable BAR (AMD Smart Access Memory) and AMD SmartShift under Platform.

Media engine

The AMD Radeon RX 6500M provides hardware decode for H.264 (AVC) and HEVC (H.265). It does not support hardware encode for HEVC (H.265) and decode for AV1.

Hardware video codec support of the AMD Radeon RX 6500M
Codec	Encode	Decode
H.264 (AVC)4K H.264: encode not supported, decode supported	Not stated by the vendor	Supported
HEVC (H.265)	Not supported	Supported
AV1	Not stated by the vendor	Not supported

supported explicitly not supported not stated by the vendor

Not listed: VP9. No source Feex holds states whether the AMD Radeon RX 6500M supports this codec; that is silence, not a statement that it is unsupported.

Naming and aliases

The AMD Radeon RX 6500M is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as AMD Radeon(TM) RX 6500M.

Other names (PassMark) AMD Radeon(TM) RX 6500M

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the AMD Radeon RX 6500M have?

The AMD Radeon RX 6500M has 4 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 64-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 128.0 GB/s.

How much power does the AMD Radeon RX 6500M use and what power supply does it need?

The AMD Radeon RX 6500M has a board power rating of 50 W.

How fast is the AMD Radeon RX 6500M?

The AMD Radeon RX 6500M scores 7,291 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 85.3% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #397. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 33 fps.