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AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT vs ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580 TOP-Edition

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.

ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580 TOP-Edition
ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580 TOP-Edition 8 GB GDDR5 · 1.43 GHz · 185 W Speed index 5/100

The ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580 TOP-Edition has 2304 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.43 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.98 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT is 80 % faster than the ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580 TOP-Edition.

AMD Radeon RX 6650 XTASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580 TOP-Edition
Speed index
9/100
5/100
FP32
10.79 TFLOPS
5.98 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.64 GHz
1.43 GHz
Memory Size
8 GB GDDR6
8 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
280 GB/s
256 GB/s
TDP
180 W
185 W
Launch Price
399 $
229 $

GPU

GPUAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580 TOP-Edition
Based onAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTAMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU)
GPU ChipNavi 23 KXTPolaris 20 XT
Streaming Multiprocessors3236
Shader20482304
Render Output Units6432
Texture Units128144
Raytracing Cores32--
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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 ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580 TOP-Edition is based on the GCN 4 architecture and is equipped with 36 execution units.

Memory

MemoryAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580 TOP-Edition
Memory Size8 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR5
Memory Clock2.190 GHz2.000 GHz
Memory Speed17.5 Gbps8.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth280 GB/s256 GB/s
Memory Interface128 bit256 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 ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580 TOP-Edition has a 8 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580 TOP-Edition
Base Clock2.055 GHz1.257 GHz
Boost Clock2.635 GHz1.431 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock2.41 GHz1.41 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 ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580 TOP-Edition is 1.431 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580 TOP-Edition
TDP180 W185 W
Tjunction max100 °C90 °C
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 ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580 TOP-Edition is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 90 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580 TOP-Edition
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 ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580 TOP-Edition is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580 TOP-Edition
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.12x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort3x DP 1.4a2x DP 1.4
DVI--1
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The AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580 TOP-Edition supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580 TOP-Edition
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12
RaytracingYesNo
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingASUS Aura Sync
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The AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580 TOP-Edition supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580 TOP-Edition
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8Decode / EncodeDecode
VP9Decode / EncodeDecode
AV1DecodeNo
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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 XTASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580 TOP-Edition
Length--298 mm
Height--134 mm
Width--53 mm
Width (Slots)--3 Slots
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 ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580 TOP-Edition is -- and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580 TOP-Edition
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 8PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ2/2022Q4/2017
Launch Price399 $229 $
Structure size7 nm14 nm
Part-no--AREZ-STRIX-RX580-T8G-GAMING
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT was released in Q2/2022.

The ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX 580 TOP-Edition published in Q4/2017 is manufactured with a structure width of 14 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 AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT +125.4 %

  1. 4,562
  2. 2,024

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. 4,673
  2. no data

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. 1,637
  2. no data

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)

  1. 30 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 37 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 59 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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) AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT +68.8 %

  1. 54 fps (avg)
  2. 32 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT +77.4 %

  1. 110 fps (avg)
  2. 62 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT +75.3 %

  1. 156 fps (avg)
  2. 89 fps (avg)

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 +88.1 %

  1. 85,142
  2. 45,271

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT +119.2 %

  1. 92,863
  2. 42,366

Geekbench 6 - Metal AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT +160.2 %

  1. 116,428
  2. 44,737

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