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AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

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.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GDDR6 · 1.78 GHz · 170 W Speed index 11/100

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 has 3584 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.78 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 12.72 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is 18 % faster than the AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT.

AMD Radeon RX 6650 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Speed index
9/100
11/100
FP32
10.79 TFLOPS
12.72 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.64 GHz
1.78 GHz
Memory Size
8 GB GDDR6
12 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
280 GB/s
360 GB/s
TDP
180 W
170 W
Launch Price
399 $
329 $
269 pts
257 pts

GPU

GPUAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Based onAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
GPU ChipNavi 23 KXTGA106-300-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors3228
Shader20483584
Render Output Units6448
Texture Units128112
Raytracing Cores3228
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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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 28 execution units.

Memory

MemoryAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Memory Size8 GB12 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR6
Memory Clock2.190 GHz1.875 GHz
Memory Speed17.5 Gbps15.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth280 GB/s360 GB/s
Memory Interface128 bit192 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 has a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.875GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Base Clock2.055 GHz1.320 GHz
Boost Clock2.635 GHz1.777 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock2.41 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is 1.777 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
TDP180 W170 W
Tjunction max100 °C93 °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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.11x HDMI 2.1
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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8Decode / EncodeDecode
VP9Decode / EncodeDecode
AV1DecodeDecode
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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 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT is -- wide and therefore needs the space of -- in the case.

The width of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is -- and thus requires the space of -- in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 8PCIe 4.0 x 16
Release dateQ2/2022Q1/2021
Launch Price399 $329 $
Structure size7 nm8 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 published in Q1/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 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 +13.3 %

  1. 4,562
  2. 4,026

Port Royal (Raytracing) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 +8.5 %

  1. 4,673
  2. 5,068

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 +33.0 %

  1. 1,637
  2. 2,177

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 +3.4 %

  1. 30 fps (avg)
  2. 29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT +5.7 %

  1. 37 fps (avg)
  2. 35 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT +7.3 %

  1. 59 fps (avg)
  2. 55 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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

  1. no data
  2. 9 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT +33.3 %

  1. 32 fps (avg)
  2. 24 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT +24.1 %

  1. 72 fps (avg)
  2. 58 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) AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT +5.9 %

  1. 54 fps (avg)
  2. 51 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT +17.0 %

  1. 110 fps (avg)
  2. 94 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT +20.0 %

  1. 156 fps (avg)
  2. 130 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 +4.7 %

  1. 85,142
  2. 89,106

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT +3.8 %

  1. 92,863
  2. 89,506

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. 116,428
  2. no data

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