ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming D 4GB OC
vs
MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming D 4GB OC is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT (RDNA 2) and has 4 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 144 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT (RDNA 2) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 280 GB/s.

GPU

The ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming D 4GB OC has the Navi 24 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 2 architecture.

The MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G is based on the graphics chip Navi 23 KXT, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming D 4GB OC GPU MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
Navi 24 XT GPU Chip Navi 23 KXT
RDNA 2 Architecture RDNA 2
16 Streaming Multiprocessors 32
1024 Shader 2048
32 Render Output Units 64
64 Texture Units 128
16 Raytracing Cores 32

Memory

The graphics memory of the ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming D 4GB OC clocks at 2.250 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 18.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G is 17.5 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.190 GHz.

4 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.250 GHz Memory Clock 2.190 GHz
18.0 Gbps Memory Speed 17.5 Gbps
144 GB/s Memory bandwidth 280 GB/s
64 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

2.200 GHz Base Clock 2.055 GHz
2.820 GHz Boost Clock 2.635 GHz
2.65 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.41 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming D 4GB OC is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 107 W.

The MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 175 W.

107 W TDP 175 W
-- TDP (up) --
97 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming D 4GB OC is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 2 screens can be operated with the ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming D 4GB OC.

The MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

2 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
1x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming D 4GB OC it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming D 4GB OC is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 4 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 8 Lanes interface.

240 mm Length 235 mm
129 mm Height 125 mm
42 mm Width 47 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
459 g Weight 675 g
PCIe 4.0 x 4 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8

Additional data

The ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming D 4GB OC has been manufactured with a structure width of 6 nanometers since Q1/2022.

The MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G came on the market in Q2/2022 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.

RX6500XT PGD 4GO Part-no --
Q1/2022 Release date Q2/2022
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 399 $ (Reference)
6 nm Structure size 7 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
32 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

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)

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