MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Ventus 2X 8G OC
vs
XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Ventus 2X 8G OC has 4864 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.70 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 16.49 TFLOPS.

The XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming has 2048 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.69 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 11.03 TFLOPS.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Ventus 2X 8G OC is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 38 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 32 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Ventus 2X 8G OC GPU XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Based on AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
GA104-200-A1 GPU Chip Navi 23 KXT
Ampere Architecture RDNA 2
38 Streaming Multiprocessors 32
4864 Shader 2048
80 Render Output Units 64
152 Texture Units 128
38 Raytracing Cores 32

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Ventus 2X 8G OC is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.190GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 2.190 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 17.5 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 280 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Ventus 2X 8G OC has a turbo clock of 1.695 GHz. The turbo frequency of the XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming is 2.694 GHz.

1.410 GHz Base Clock 2.192 GHz
1.695 GHz Boost Clock 2.694 GHz
1.67 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.52 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Ventus 2X 8G OC has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 93 °C.

The XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.

200 W TDP 175 W
220 W TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Ventus 2X 8G OC are cooled with a Air cooling.

The XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
34 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Ventus 2X 8G OC supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Ventus 2X 8G OC supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming 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 / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Ventus 2X 8G OC is 52 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming is 52 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

232 mm Length 274 mm
124 mm Height 114 mm
52 mm Width 50 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
827 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8

Additional data

Manufactured using the 8 nanometer process, MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Ventus 2X 8G OC was released in Q4/2020.

The XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming published in Q2/2022 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

-- Part-no RX-665X8TBDY
Q4/2020 Release date Q2/2022
439 $ Launch Price 399 $ (Reference)
8 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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

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)

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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