RX 6500M gaming performance
Not really: the RX 6500M runs 48 of 210 games at 60+ FPS on 1080p High in our estimates. Estimated at about 50 W, a typical power limit (TGP) for this chip in gaming laptops.
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Rough estimate Our index for the RX 6500M is interpolated from similar hardware, not taken from a direct test, so treat these numbers as a rough guide. How we estimate
Power limit (TGP): why two RX 6500M laptops differ
Laptop makers can set the RX 6500M anywhere from 35 W to 50 W. Our estimates assume about 50 W. How much the power limit changes the result has not been measured for this chip; a lower limit means fewer FPS.
Check the TGP in the laptop's spec sheet or in reviews before you buy. How to check your laptop's gaming specs.
Similar desktop card
In our estimates the RX 6500M performs about like a desktop GTX 1650 GDDR6 at 1080p.
RX 6500M specs
| Brand | AMD |
|---|---|
| Released | January 2022 |
| Type | Laptop graphics (dedicated) |
| Video memory | 4 GB GDDR6 |
| Memory bus | 64-bit |
| Power limit (TGP) | 35–50 W |
| Typical power limit (our estimate) | 50 W |
| Similar desktop card | GTX 1650 GDDR6 |
| FPSVibe 1080p index (est.) | 13.6 (RTX 4090 = 100 at 1080p), rough estimate |
| FPSVibe performance index (est.) | 9.6 (RTX 4090 = 100, 1440p) |
| FPSVibe 4K index (est.) | 5.3 (RTX 4090 = 100 at 4K), rough estimate |
| Data confidence | Low (rough estimate) |
| Rank | #40 of 41 cards we track |
Rough estimate Our index for the RX 6500M is interpolated from similar hardware, not taken from a direct test, so treat these numbers as a rough guide.
Data sources
Performance index
The index is FPSVibe's own blend of published review results, rescaled onto one scale; it is not copied from any single source. Checked October 16, 2026.
RX 6500M: estimated FPS in every game
Estimated FPS on High settings with the chip at about 50 W and a fast processor (Ryzen 7 7800X3D, 32 GB RAM), so the graphics chip sets the FPS. Laptop processors are often slower, especially in thin laptops.
| Game | 1080p | 1440p | 4K |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terraria | 389 | 224 | Not recommended |
| The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth | 389 | 224 | Not recommended |
| Geometry Dash | 389 | 224 | Not recommended |
| Bloons TD 6 | 389 | 224 | Not recommended |
| Brawlhalla | 389 | 224 | Not recommended |
| Balatro | 389 | 224 | Not recommended |
| Don't Starve Together | 326 | 190 | Not recommended |
| Valorant | 281 | 165 | Not recommended |
| Slay the Spire 2 | 263 | 152 | Not recommended |
| RimWorld | 221 | 152 | Not recommended |
| Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel | 215 | 127 | Not recommended |
| Left 4 Dead 2 | 199 | 115 | Not recommended |
| Roblox | 199 | 115 | Not recommended |
| Minecraft | 177 | 100 | Not recommended |
| GTA IV | 174 | 100 | Not recommended |
| League of Legends | 154 | 91 | Not recommended |
| Team Fortress 2 | 154 | 86 | Not recommended |
| Subnautica | 154 | 91 | Not recommended |
| Among Us | 154 | 91 | Not recommended |
| Garry's Mod | 154 | 86 | Not recommended |
| Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition | 148 | 88 | Not recommended |
| The Sims 4 | 148 | 88 | Not recommended |
| Dead by Daylight | 120 | 69 | Not recommended |
| Limbus Company | 118 | 67 | Not recommended |
| Project Zomboid | 112 | 63 | Not recommended |
| Assassin's Creed Origins | 100 | 56 | Not recommended |
| World of Warships | 100 | 57 | Not recommended |
| Sid Meier's Civilization VI | 95 | 54 | Not recommended |
| Hollow Knight | 86 | 50 | Not recommended |
| Hollow Knight: Silksong | 86 | 50 | Not recommended |
| GTA V | 83 | 48 | Not recommended |
| Dota 2 | 83 | 48 | Not recommended |
| Cities: Skylines | 82 | 48 | Not recommended |
| Fallout 4 | 75 | 43 | Not recommended |
| Overwatch 2 | 74 | 44 | Not recommended |
| Age of Empires IV | 74 | 42 | Not recommended |
| Risk of Rain 2 | 74 | 42 | Not recommended |
| Hearts of Iron IV | 72 | 41 | Not recommended |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 69 | 39 | Not recommended |
| The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition | 68 | 38 | Not recommended |
| Assassin's Creed Unity | 67 | 38 | Not recommended |
| Warframe | 66 | 37 | Not recommended |
| Apex Legends | 64 | 35 | Not recommended |
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 64 | 35 | Not recommended |
| Factorio | 60 | 37 | Not recommended |
| Stardew Valley | 60 | 60 | Not recommended |
| Mortal Kombat 11 | 60 | 39 | Not recommended |
| Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 | 60 | 60 | Not recommended |
| It Takes Two | 59 | 32 | Not recommended |
| PUBG: Battlegrounds | 56 | 31 | Not recommended |
| Destiny 2 | 55 | 30 | Not recommended |
| Far Cry 5 | 55 | 29 | Not recommended |
| Assetto Corsa | 54 | 30 | Not recommended |
| Deep Rock Galactic | 53 | 30 | Not recommended |
| Crusader Kings III | 53 | 30 | Not recommended |
| Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord | 52 | 29 | Not recommended |
| War Thunder | 51 | 28 | Not recommended |
| Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice | 51 | 29 | Not recommended |
| Dark Souls III | 51 | 29 | Not recommended |
| Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 | 51 | 36 | Not recommended |
| Rocket League | 49 | 28 | Not recommended |
| Monster Hunter: World | 49 | 32 | Not recommended |
| Diablo IV | 47 | 27 | Not recommended |
| F1 24 | 47 | 25 | Not recommended |
| Delta Force | 45 | 25 | Not recommended |
| Doom Eternal | 45* | 26 | Not recommended |
| Honkai: Star Rail | 45 | 26 | Not recommended |
| Tekken 7 | 45 | 25 | Not recommended |
| eFootball | 45 | 26 | Not recommended |
| NARAKA: BLADEPOINT | 45 | 26 | Not recommended |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 44 | 23 | Not recommended |
| Lies of P | 44 | 28 | Not recommended |
| Resident Evil 2 | 43 | 24 | Not recommended |
| Manor Lords | 43 | 24 | Not recommended |
| DayZ | 43 | 24 | Not recommended |
| Ready or Not | 42 | 23 | Not recommended |
| Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered | 41 | 23 | Not recommended |
| Genshin Impact | 41 | 23 | Not recommended |
| Death Stranding Director's Cut | 41 | 23 | Not recommended |
| Minecraft Dungeons II | 41 | 23 | Not recommended |
| Valheim | 40 | 23 | Not recommended |
| Far Cry 6 | 40 | 22 | Not recommended |
| Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales | 40 | 23 | Not recommended |
| Assetto Corsa Competizione | 40 | 22 | Not recommended |
| Euro Truck Simulator 2 | 39 | 21 | Not recommended |
| 7 Days to Die | 39 | 21 | Not recommended |
| Call of Duty: Warzone | 38 | 21 | Not recommended |
| Hell Let Loose | 38 | 21 | Not recommended |
| Fortnite | 37 | 20 | Not recommended |
| F1 25 | 36 | 20 | Not recommended |
| Lethal Company | 35 | 20 | Not recommended |
| The Outlast Trials | 35 | 19 | Not recommended |
| Total War: Warhammer III | 34 | 19 | Not recommended |
| Baldur's Gate 3 | 33 | 17 | Not recommended |
| Metro Exodus | 33 | 18 | Not recommended |
| Elden Ring | 32 | 18 | Not recommended |
| Resident Evil Village | 32 | 18 | Not recommended |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 32* | 18 | Not recommended |
| EA Sports FC 26 | 31 | 17 | Not recommended |
| EA Sports FC 25 | 31 | 17 | Not recommended |
| Lost Ark | 31 | 18 | Not recommended |
| EA Sports FC 27 | 31 | 17 | Not recommended |
| Sea of Thieves | 30 | 16 | Not recommended |
| Assassin's Creed Mirage | 30 | 17 | Not recommended |
| Sid Meier's Civilization VII | 29 | 16 | Not recommended |
| Hades II | 29 | 16 | Not recommended |
| World of Warcraft | 29 | 16 | Not recommended |
| Zenless Zone Zero | 29 | 16 | Not recommended |
| Elden Ring Nightreign | 27 | 15 | Not recommended |
| God of War | 27 | 15 | Not recommended |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 27* | 15 | Not recommended |
| Resident Evil 4 | 27* | 15 | Not recommended |
| Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade | 27 | 15 | Not recommended |
| Star Wars Jedi: Survivor | 27 | 14 | Not recommended |
| Black Desert | 27 | 15 | Not recommended |
| R.E.P.O. | 27 | 15 | Not recommended |
| Helldivers 2 | 26 | 14 | Not recommended |
| Path of Exile 2 | 26 | 14 | Not recommended |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 26 | 14 | Not recommended |
| Arena Breakout: Infinite | 26 | 14 | Not recommended |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 25 | 14 | Not recommended |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 | 25 | 14 | Not recommended |
| Red Dead Redemption | 25 | 13 | Not recommended |
| Phasmophobia | 24 | 13 | Not recommended |
| Wuthering Waves | 24 | 13 | Not recommended |
| Final Fantasy XIV Online | 24 | 13 | Not recommended |
| Stronghold 4 | 24 | 13 | Not recommended |
| skate. | 24 | 13 | Not recommended |
| VRChat | 24 | 13 | Not recommended |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 23 | 12 | Not recommended |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 23 | 13 | Not recommended |
| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege | 23 | 13 | Not recommended |
| Battlefield 2042 | 23 | 13 | Not recommended |
| Satisfactory | 23 | 13 | Not recommended |
| Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero | 23 | 12 | Not recommended |
| Need for Speed Unbound | 23 | 13 | Not recommended |
| PEAK | 23 | 12 | Not recommended |
| Arknights: Endfield | 23 | 12 | Not recommended |
| The Finals | 22 | 12 | Not recommended |
| Tekken 8 | 22 | 12 | Not recommended |
| ARC Raiders | 22 | 12 | Not recommended |
| Mycopunk | 22 | 12 | Not recommended |
| Farming Simulator 25 | 22 | 12 | Not recommended |
| Aion 2 | 21 | 12 | Not recommended |
| Forza Horizon 6 | 21 | 12 | Not recommended |
| Marvel Rivals | 20 | 11 | Not recommended |
| Horizon Forbidden West | 20 | 12 | Not recommended |
| Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 | 20 | 10 | Not recommended |
| God of War Ragnarök | 20 | 11 | Not recommended |
| Marvel's Spider-Man 2 | 20 | 12 | Not recommended |
| The Last of Us Part II Remastered | 20 | 12 | Not recommended |
| Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered | 20 | 12 | Not recommended |
| NBA 2K26 | 20 | 11 | Not recommended |
| Sons of the Forest | 20 | 11 | Not recommended |
| NBA 2K27 | 20 | 11 | Not recommended |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 | 20 | 11 | Not recommended |
| Rust | 19 | 11 | Not recommended |
| Street Fighter 6 | 19 | 10 | Not recommended |
| The Last of Us Part I | 19* | 11 | Not recommended |
| Stellar Blade | 19 | 11 | Not recommended |
| Onimusha: Way of the Sword | 19 | 11 | Not recommended |
| RuneScape: Dragonwilds | 19 | 10 | Not recommended |
| BeamNG.drive | 19 | 10 | Not recommended |
| Castlevania: Belmont's Curse | 19 | 11 | Not recommended |
| Alan Wake 2 | 18 | 10 | Not recommended |
| No Man's Sky | 18 | 10 | Not recommended |
| Mortal Kombat 1 | 18 | 9 | Not recommended |
| Forza Motorsport | 18 | 9 | Not recommended |
| Enshrouded | 18 | 10 | Not recommended |
| Hunt: Showdown 1896 | 18 | 11 | Not recommended |
| Schedule I | 18 | 10 | Not recommended |
| Battlefield 6 | 17 | 9 | Not recommended |
| Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced | 17 | 10 | Not recommended |
| Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 | 16 | 8 | Not recommended |
| Final Fantasy VII Rebirth | 16 | 9 | Not recommended |
| Assassin's Creed Shadows | 16 | 9 | Not recommended |
| Planet Zoo 2 | 16 | 8 | Not recommended |
| Escape from Tarkov | 16 | 9 | Not recommended |
| Monster Hunter Wilds | 15 | 8 | Not recommended |
| Starfield | 15 | 8 | Not recommended |
| Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl | 15 | 8 | Not recommended |
| Silent Hill 2 | 15 | 8 | Not recommended |
| Split Fiction | 15 | 8 | Not recommended |
| Control Resonant | 15 | 8 | Not recommended |
| Palworld | 14 | 7 | Not recommended |
| Final Fantasy XVI | 14* | 7 | Not recommended |
| Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls | 14 | 7 | Not recommended |
| Phantom Blade Zero | 14 | 8 | Not recommended |
| Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 | 14 | 7 | Not recommended |
| WARDOGS | 14 | 7 | Not recommended |
| Star Wars: Galactic Racer | 14 | 7 | Not recommended |
| Dragon's Dogma 2 | 13 | 7 | Not recommended |
| Borderlands 4 | 13* | 6 | Not recommended |
| Valor Mortis | 13 | 7 | Not recommended |
| Black Myth: Wukong | 12 | 7 | Not recommended |
| ARK: Survival Ascended | 12 | 6 | Not recommended |
| Kingdom Come: Deliverance II | 12 | 6 | Not recommended |
| Star Wars Outlaws | 11 | 6 | Not recommended |
| Avowed | 11 | 6 | Not recommended |
| Silent Hill: Townfall | 11 | 5 | Not recommended |
| Mortal Shell II | 11 | 5 | Not recommended |
| Star Wars Zero Company | 11 | 6 | Not recommended |
| Mafia: The Old Country | 10 | 5 | Not recommended |
| Halo: Campaign Evolved | 10 | 5 | Not recommended |
| Hell Let Loose: Vietnam | 10 | 5 | Not recommended |
| Cities: Skylines II | 8 | 4 | Not recommended |
| Indiana Jones and the Great Circle | Won't run: this game needs a ray-tracing graphics card | ||
| Doom: The Dark Ages | Won't run: this game needs a ray-tracing graphics card | ||
| Gears of War: E-Day | Won't run: this game needs a ray-tracing graphics card | ||
| Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve | Won't run: this game needs a ray-tracing graphics card | ||
4K is not recommended on the RX 6500M (integrated graphics or 4 GB of video memory or less).
* Your graphics card may run out of video memory at this setting. Lower Textures.
Rough estimate Our index for the RX 6500M is interpolated from similar hardware, not taken from a direct test, so treat these numbers as a rough guide.
Estimated FPS. Numbers come from the FPSVibe model, not measured benchmarks. How we estimate
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RX 6500M FAQs
Is the RX 6500M good for gaming?
It's a basic card for light and older games. Estimated with a fast CPU: 60+ FPS at 1080p High in 48 of 210 popular games, and 27 at 1440p.
Can the RX 6500M run Cyberpunk 2077?
Estimated with a Ryzen 5 5600 and 16 GB RAM: about 34 FPS on Low and 23 FPS on High at 1080p.
How much VRAM does the RX 6500M have?
4 GB. That's tight for new games; lower texture settings help.
RX 6500M vs Arc A370M: which is faster?
The Arc A370M is about 4% faster than the RX 6500M across 210 games at 1440p High in our estimates.
What power limit (TGP) should a RX 6500M laptop have?
RX 6500M laptops run from 35 W to 50 W. Look for 50 W or more: a lower limit means fewer FPS.
Which desktop card is the RX 6500M like?
About a desktop GTX 1650 GDDR6 at 1080p, in our estimates at about 50 W.