AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT vs SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE

GPU comparison with benchmarks 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. The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE has 1024 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.83 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.79 TFLOPS.

GPU 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 SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 16 execution units.
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT	GPU	SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT	Based on	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Navi 23 KXT	GPU Chip	Navi 24 XT
RDNA 2	Architecture	RDNA 2
32	Streaming Multiprocessors	16
2048	Shader	1024
64	Render Output Units	32
128	Texture Units	64
32	Raytracing Cores	16

Memory 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 SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE has a 4 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.250GHz.
8 GB	Memory Size	4 GB
GDDR6	Memory Type	GDDR6
2.190 GHz	Memory Clock	2.250 GHz
17.5 Gbps	Memory Speed	18.0 Gbps
280 GB/s	Memory bandwidth	144 GB/s
128 bit	Memory Interface	64 bit

Clock Speeds The AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT has a turbo clock of 2.635 GHz. The turbo frequency of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE is 2.825 GHz.
2.055 GHz	Base Clock	2.200 GHz
2.635 GHz	Boost Clock	2.825 GHz
2.41 GHz	Avg (Game) Clock	2.69 GHz
Yes	Overclocking	Yes

Thermal Design 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 SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 97 °C.
180 W	TDP	130 W
--	TDP (up)	--
100 °C	Tjunction max	97 °C
1 x 8-Pin	PCIe-Power	1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans The graphics processor and graphics memory of the AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT are cooled with a Air cooling. The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE is cooled by a Air cooling.
Axial	Fan-Type	Axial
--	Fan 1	1 x 90 mm
--	Fan 2	--
Air cooling	Cooler-Type	Air cooling
0 dB	Noise (Idle)	0 dB
--	Noise (Load)	--

Connectivity The AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3. The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.
4	Max. Displays	2
2.3	HDCP-Version	2.3
1x HDMI v2.1	HDMI Ports	1x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4a	DP Ports	1x DP v1.4a
--	DVI Ports	--
--	VGA Ports	--
--	USB-C Ports	--

Featureset The AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate). The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).
7680x4320	Max. resolution	7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate)	DirectX	12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes	Raytracing	Yes
Yes	DLSS / FSR	Yes
No LED lighting	LED	No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs 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.
Decode / Encode	h264	Decode
Decode / Encode	h265 / HEVC	Decode
Decode	AV1	No
Decode / Encode	VP8	Decode
Decode / Encode	VP9	Decode

Dimensions The AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case. The width of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
--	Length	152 mm
--	Height	110 mm
--	Width	36 mm
--	Width (Slots)	2 PCIe-Slots
--	Weight	--
PCIe 4.0 x 8	GPU Interface	PCIe 4.0 x 4
No	SFF-Ready	No

Additional data Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT was released in Q2/2022. The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE published in Q3/2023 is manufactured with a structure width of 6 nanometers.
--	Part-no	11314-04-20G
Q2/2022	Release date	Q3/2023
399 $	Launch Price	199 $ (Reference)
7 nm	Structure size	6 nm
data sheet	Documents	data sheet

AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
2.055 GHz, 8 GB (180 W TDP)

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SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE
2.200 GHz, 4 GB (130 W TDP)

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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 8 GB GDDR6	4562
	SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 4 GB GDDR6	2278

Port Royal (Raytracing)


	AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT 8 GB GDDR6	4673
	SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 4 GB GDDR6	468

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)


	AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT 8 GB GDDR6	1637
	SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 4 GB GDDR6	141

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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 8 GB GDDR6	30 fps (avg)
	SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 4 GB GDDR6	14 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT 8 GB GDDR6	37 fps (avg)
	SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 4 GB GDDR6	19 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT 8 GB GDDR6	59 fps (avg)
	SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 4 GB GDDR6	31 fps (avg)

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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)


	AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT 8 GB GDDR6	32 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT 8 GB GDDR6	72 fps (avg)
	SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 4 GB GDDR6	30 fps (avg)

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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 8 GB GDDR6	85142
	SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 4 GB GDDR6	50069

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan


	AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT 8 GB GDDR6	92863
	SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 4 GB GDDR6	55245

Geekbench 6 - Metal


	AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT 8 GB GDDR6	116428
	SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 4 GB GDDR6	50413

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FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)


	AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT 8 GB GDDR6	10.79
	SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 4 GB GDDR6	5.79

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GPU comparison with benchmarks

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Thermal Design

Cooler & Fans

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Supported Video Codecs

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