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NVIDIA GeForce 6500

The NVIDIA GeForce 6500 is a graphics card released on October 1, 2005 using a 110 nm process. It has 256 MB of DDR2 memory on a 128-bit bus, 8.5 GB/s of memory bandwidth and a boost clock of 400 MHz. It scores 38 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 9.0c and OpenGL 2.1.

NV44110 nm

6/10 key specs recorded · 24 facts

Depth: 31 recorded fields

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 6 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

n/a

Memory

256 MB

DDR2 · 128-bit

Boost clock

n/a

400 MHz base

Board power

n/a

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce 6500 scores 38 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 9.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #2,593), measured across 26 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 300.

PassMark G3D Mark

Rank #2,593
Faster than 9.7% of 2,658 GPUs
26 samples

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

As stated by PassMark

Category Desktop

Bus interface PCI-E x16

Max memory 256 MB

Core clock 400 MHz

Memory clock 666 MHz

DirectX 9.0c

OpenGL 2.1

First benchmarked 2009-04-02

Samples 26

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce 6500 states the PCI-E x16 interface, up to 256 MB of memory, a core clock of 400 MHz, DirectX 9.0c and OpenGL 2.1, first benchmarked on 2009-04-02. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture Not recorded

Codename NV44

Chip Not recorded

Process node 110 nm

Transistors 75 M

Die size 110 mm²

The NVIDIA GeForce 6500 uses the NV44 graphics processor, is manufactured on a 110 nm process, contains 75 million transistors and has a die size of 110 mm².

Shader configuration

Shading units Not recorded

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) Not recorded

Render output units (ROPs) 2

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce 6500 2 render output units.

The NVIDIA GeForce 6500 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce 6500.

Clock speeds

Base clock 400 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce 6500 runs at a base clock of 400 MHz.

Memory

Size 256 MB

Type DDR2

Bus width 128-bit

Bandwidth 8.5 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce 6500 is equipped with 256 MB of DDR2 memory, uses a 128-bit memory bus and delivers 8.5 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce 6500 it connects over PCI-E x16.

Board power (TDP) Not recorded

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 PCI-E x16

Market

Launched October 1, 2005

Launch price $99

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce 6 Series

The NVIDIA GeForce 6500 was released on October 1, 2005 and launched at a price of $99.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 38

PassMark G2D 300

Rank #2,593

Samples 26

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce 6500 supports DirectX 9.0c and OpenGL 2.1.

DirectX 9.0c (stated by PassMark)

OpenGL 2.1 (stated by PassMark)

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce 6500. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce 6500. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce 6500.