GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G
vs
MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G and the MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G is based on the AMD RX Vega 64 and has 4096 texture shaders and 64 execution units.

MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G is based on AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT, which has 2048 shaders and 32 execution units.
GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G GPU MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G
AMD RX Vega 64 Based on AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
Vega 10 XT GPU Chip Navi 23 KXT
GCN 5 Architecture RDNA 2
64 Streaming Multiprocessors 32
4096 Shader 2048
64 Render Output Units 64
256 Texture Units 128
0 Raytracing Cores 32

Memory

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type HBM2 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 484 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 280 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
HBM2 Memory Type GDDR6
0.945 GHz Memory Clock 2.190 GHz
1.9 Gbps Memory Speed 17.5 Gbps
484 GB/s Memory bandwidth 280 GB/s
2048 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.247 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G is 2.055 GHz.

1.247 GHz Base Clock 2.055 GHz
1.546 GHz Boost Clock 2.635 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.41 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G is 295 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G has a TDP of 175 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

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

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G has a total of 1 Radial fans.

The MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 70 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G.

The MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED MSI Mystic Light

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G is 280 mm long, 127 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G is 278 mm long, 130 mm high and 51 mm wide.

280 mm Length 278 mm
127 mm Height 130 mm
40 mm Width 51 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 894 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8

Additional data

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G was released in Q3/2017 at a price of 499 $ (Reference).

The MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G was introduced in Q2/2022 at a price of 399 $ (Reference).

GV-RXVEGA64-8GD-B Part-no --
Q3/2017 Release date Q2/2022
499 $ (Reference) Launch Price 399 $ (Reference)
14 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)

MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR6
37 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR6
59 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.

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR6
32 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR6
72 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)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G
8 GB HBM2
64 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR6
54 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G
8 GB HBM2
92 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR6
110 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G
8 GB HBM2
128 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR6
156 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

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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