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AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT vs MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE

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.

MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE 4 GB GDDR5 · 1.22 GHz · 120 W Speed index 2/100

The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE has 1024 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.22 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 2.49 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT is 333 % faster than the MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE.

AMD Radeon RX 6650 XTMSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE
Speed index
9/100
2/100
FP32
10.79 TFLOPS
2.49 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.64 GHz
1.22 GHz
Memory Size
8 GB GDDR6
4 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
280 GB/s
112 GB/s
TDP
180 W
120 W
Launch Price
399 $
229 $

GPU

GPUAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTMSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE
Based onAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
GPU ChipNavi 23 KXTGM206-300-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors328
Shader20481024
Render Output Units6432
Texture Units12864
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 MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 8 execution units.

Memory

MemoryAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTMSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE
Memory Size8 GB4 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR5
Memory Clock2.190 GHz1.753 GHz
Memory Speed17.5 Gbps7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth280 GB/s112 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 MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE has a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.753GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTMSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE
Base Clock2.055 GHz1.152 GHz
Boost Clock2.635 GHz1.216 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock2.41 GHz1.20 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 MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE is 1.216 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTMSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE
TDP180 W120 W
Tjunction max100 °C98 °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 MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 98 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTMSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 1--2 x 100 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 MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTMSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.11x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort3x DP 1.4a3x DP 1.2
DVI--1
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The AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTMSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE
Max. resolution7680x43204096x2160
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_1
RaytracingYesNo
DLSS / FSRYesNo
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 MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTMSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeNo
VP8Decode / EncodeDecode
VP9Decode / EncodeNo
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 XTMSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE
Length--267 mm
Height--139 mm
Width--40 mm
Width (Slots)--2 Slots
Weight--833 g
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTMSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 8PCIe 3 x 16
Release dateQ2/2022Q3/2015
Launch Price399 $229 $
Structure size7 nm28 nm
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT was released in Q2/2022.

The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE published in Q3/2015 is manufactured with a structure width of 28 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 +350.3 %

  1. 4,562
  2. 1,013

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)

  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 +358.7 %

  1. 85,142
  2. 18,560

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT +338.5 %

  1. 92,863
  2. 21,178

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. 116,428
  2. no data

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