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AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT vs ASRock Radeon RX 7600 Challenger Pro 8GB OC

AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT 8 GB GDDR6 · 2.64 GHz · 180 W Speed index 9/100

The AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT has 2048 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.64 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 10.79 TFLOPS.

ASRock Radeon RX 7600 Challenger Pro 8GB OC
ASRock Radeon RX 7600 Challenger Pro 8GB OC 8 GB GDDR6 · 2.70 GHz · 165 W Speed index 18/100

The ASRock Radeon RX 7600 Challenger Pro 8GB OC has 2048 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.70 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 22.08 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the ASRock Radeon RX 7600 Challenger Pro 8GB OC is 105 % faster than the AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT.

AMD Radeon RX 6650 XTASRock Radeon RX 7600 Challenger Pro 8GB OC
Speed index
9/100
18/100
FP32
10.79 TFLOPS
22.08 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.64 GHz
2.70 GHz
Memory Size
8 GB GDDR6
8 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
280 GB/s
288 GB/s
TDP
180 W
165 W
Launch Price
399 $
269 $
273 pts
271 pts

GPU

GPUAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTASRock Radeon RX 7600 Challenger Pro 8GB OC
Based onAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTAMD Radeon RX 7600
GPU ChipNavi 23 KXTNavi 33 XL
Streaming Multiprocessors3232
Shader20482048
Render Output Units6464
Texture Units128128
Raytracing Cores3232
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The AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 32 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ASRock Radeon RX 7600 Challenger Pro 8GB OC is based on the RDNA 3 architecture and is equipped with 32 execution units.

Memory

MemoryAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTASRock Radeon RX 7600 Challenger Pro 8GB OC
Memory Size8 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR6
Memory Clock2.190 GHz2.250 GHz
Memory Speed17.5 Gbps18.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth280 GB/s288 GB/s
Memory Interface128 bit128 bit
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The AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.190 GHz clocks.

The ASRock Radeon RX 7600 Challenger Pro 8GB OC has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.250GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTASRock Radeon RX 7600 Challenger Pro 8GB OC
Base Clock2.055 GHz1.770 GHz
Boost Clock2.635 GHz2.695 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock2.41 GHz2.28 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT has a turbo clock of 2.635 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASRock Radeon RX 7600 Challenger Pro 8GB OC is 2.695 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTASRock Radeon RX 7600 Challenger Pro 8GB OC
TDP180 W165 W
Tjunction max100 °CUnknown
PCIe-Power1 x 8-Pin1 x 8-Pin
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The AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 100 °C.

The ASRock Radeon RX 7600 Challenger Pro 8GB OC is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is Unknown.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTASRock Radeon RX 7600 Challenger Pro 8GB OC
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 1--3 x 90 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT are cooled with a Air cooling.

The ASRock Radeon RX 7600 Challenger Pro 8GB OC is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTASRock Radeon RX 7600 Challenger Pro 8GB OC
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.11x HDMI 2.1a
DisplayPort3x DP 1.4a3x DP 1.4a
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The AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The ASRock Radeon RX 7600 Challenger Pro 8GB OC supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTASRock Radeon RX 7600 Challenger Pro 8GB OC
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingYesYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The ASRock Radeon RX 7600 Challenger Pro 8GB OC supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTASRock Radeon RX 7600 Challenger Pro 8GB OC
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP9Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
AV1DecodeDecode / Encode
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Dimensions

DimensionsAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTASRock Radeon RX 7600 Challenger Pro 8GB OC
Length--303 mm
Height--131 mm
Width--45 mm
Width (Slots)--3 Slots
Weight--830 g
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASRock Radeon RX 7600 Challenger Pro 8GB OC is -- and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTASRock Radeon RX 7600 Challenger Pro 8GB OC
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 8PCIe 4 x 8
Release dateQ2/2022Q2/2025
Launch Price399 $269 $
Structure size7 nm6 nm
Part-no--RX7600 CLP 8GO
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT was released in Q2/2022.

The ASRock Radeon RX 7600 Challenger Pro 8GB OC published in Q2/2025 is manufactured with a structure width of 6 nanometers.

Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score ASRock Radeon RX 7600 Challenger Pro 8GB OC +13.4 %

  1. 4,562
  2. 5,175

Port Royal (Raytracing) ASRock Radeon RX 7600 Challenger Pro 8GB OC +18.9 %

  1. 4,673
  2. 5,555

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing) ASRock Radeon RX 7600 Challenger Pro 8GB OC +20.2 %

  1. 1,637
  2. 1,968

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p) AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT +50.0 %

  1. 30 fps (avg)
  2. 20 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) ASRock Radeon RX 7600 Challenger Pro 8GB OC +32.4 %

  1. 37 fps (avg)
  2. 49 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) ASRock Radeon RX 7600 Challenger Pro 8GB OC +23.7 %

  1. 59 fps (avg)
  2. 73 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

2560x1440 (1440p) ASRock Radeon RX 7600 Challenger Pro 8GB OC +15.6 %

  1. 32 fps (avg)
  2. 37 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) ASRock Radeon RX 7600 Challenger Pro 8GB OC +6.9 %

  1. 72 fps (avg)
  2. 77 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

  1. 54 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 110 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 156 fps (avg)
  2. no data

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT +2.5 %

  1. 85,142
  2. 83,088

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan ASRock Radeon RX 7600 Challenger Pro 8GB OC +2.8 %

  1. 92,863
  2. 95,440

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. 116,428
  2. no data

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