MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming
vs
MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (Maxwell 2.0) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 341 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G OC 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 MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming has the GM200-310-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

The MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G OC is based on the graphics chip Navi 23 KXT, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming GPU MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Based on AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
GM200-310-A1 GPU Chip Navi 23 KXT
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture RDNA 2
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 32
2816 Shader 2048
96 Render Output Units 64
176 Texture Units 128
0 Raytracing Cores 32

Memory

The graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming clocks at 1.775 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.1 Gbps.

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

6 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.775 GHz Memory Clock 2.190 GHz
7.1 Gbps Memory Speed 17.5 Gbps
341 GB/s Memory bandwidth 280 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.178 GHz Base Clock 2.055 GHz
1.279 GHz Boost Clock 2.669 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.45 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 250 W.

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

250 W TDP 175 W
-- TDP (up) --
91 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

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

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 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 4 screens can be operated with the MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming.

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

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.2 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.

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

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
No 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 / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
No h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode / Encode
No VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

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

269 mm Length 235 mm
140 mm Height 125 mm
40 mm Width 47 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 721 g
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming has been manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers since Q2/2015.

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

-- Part-no --
Q2/2015 Release date Q2/2022
849 $ Launch Price 399 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 7 nm
-- 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)

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)

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

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G OC MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G OC
8 GB GDDR6
158 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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