GeForce 6500 and Radeon X1650 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 6500 vs Radeon X1650
GeForce 6500
39
Radeon X1650
73
GeForce 6500
Radeon X1650
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code name
NV44 A2
RV516
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2005
November 2007
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
None
Core clock speed
400 MHz
635 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
110 nm
80 nm
Number of transistors
75 million
107 million
Texture fill rate
1.600
2.540
Memory type
DDR2
DDR2
Maximum RAM amount
128 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
532 MHz
784 MHz
Memory bandwidth
8.512 GB/s
6.272 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
9.0c (9_3)
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
2.1
2.0
Shader Model
3.0
3.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A