MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G vs GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1650 D6 WINDFORCE OC 4G

GPU comparison with benchmarks In the gpu comparison between the MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G and the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1650 D6 WINDFORCE OC 4G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and has 1024 texture shaders and 16 execution units. GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1650 D6 WINDFORCE OC 4G is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (GDDR6), which has 896 shaders and 14 execution units.
MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G	GPU	GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1650 D6 WINDFORCE OC 4G
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT	Based on	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (GDDR6)
Navi 24 XT	GPU Chip	TU117-300-A1 / TU106-125-A1 / TU116-150-KA-A1
RDNA 2	Architecture	Turing
16	Streaming Multiprocessors	14
1024	Shader	896
32	Render Output Units	32
64	Texture Units	56
16	Raytracing Cores	0

Memory The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 144 GB/s. The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1650 D6 WINDFORCE OC 4G can access 4 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.
4 GB	Memory Size	4 GB
GDDR6	Memory Type	GDDR6
2.250 GHz	Memory Clock	1.500 GHz
18.0 Gbps	Memory Speed	12.0 Gbps
144 GB/s	Memory bandwidth	192 GB/s
64 bit	Memory Interface	128 bit

Clock Speeds The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G clocks in the base with up to 2.200 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1650 D6 WINDFORCE OC 4G is 1.410 GHz.
2.200 GHz	Base Clock	1.410 GHz
2.815 GHz	Boost Clock	1.650 GHz
2.61 GHz	Avg (Game) Clock	1.59 GHz
Yes	Overclocking	Yes

Thermal Design The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G is 107 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector. The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1650 D6 WINDFORCE OC 4G has a TDP of 75 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.
107 W	TDP	75 W
--	TDP (up)	--
97 °C	Tjunction max	92 °C
1 x 6-Pin	PCIe-Power	1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G has a total of 2 Axial fans. The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1650 D6 WINDFORCE OC 4G has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Axial	Fan-Type	Axial
2 x 80 mm	Fan 1	2 x 80 mm
--	Fan 2	--
Air cooling	Cooler-Type	Air cooling
0 dB	Noise (Idle)	dB
--	Noise (Load)	--

Connectivity In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 2 screens can be connected to the MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G. The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1650 D6 WINDFORCE OC 4G supports a maximum of 3 screens.
2	Max. Displays	3
2.3	HDCP-Version	2.2
1x HDMI v2.1	HDMI Ports	1x HDMI v2.0b
1x DP v1.4a	DP Ports	1x DP v1.4
--	DVI Ports	1
--	VGA Ports	--
--	USB-C Ports	--

Featureset The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels. The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1650 D6 WINDFORCE OC 4G is 7680x4320 pixels.
7680x4320	Max. resolution	7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate)	DirectX	12_1
Yes	Raytracing	No
Yes	DLSS / FSR	Yes
No LED lighting	LED	No LED lighting

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

Dimensions The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G is 172 mm long, 112 mm high and 42 mm wide. The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1650 D6 WINDFORCE OC 4G is 191 mm long, 112 mm high and 36 mm wide.
172 mm	Length	191 mm
112 mm	Height	112 mm
42 mm	Width	36 mm
2 PCIe-Slots	Width (Slots)	2 PCIe-Slots
452 g	Weight	--
PCIe 4.0 x 4	GPU Interface	PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G was released in Q1/2022 at a price of 199 $ (Reference). The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1650 D6 WINDFORCE OC 4G was introduced in Q2/2020 at a price of 149 $ (Reference).
--	Part-no	GV-N1656WF2OC-4GD
Q1/2022	Release date	Q2/2020
199 $ (Reference)	Launch Price	149 $ (Reference)
6 nm	Structure size	12 nm
data sheet	Documents	data sheet

MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G
2.200 GHz, 4 GB (107 W TDP)

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GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1650 D6 WINDFORCE OC 4G
1.410 GHz, 4 GB (75 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


	MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G 4 GB GDDR6	2274
	GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1650 D6 WINDFORCE OC 4G 4 GB GDDR6	1681

Port Royal (Raytracing)


	MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G 4 GB GDDR6	467

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)


	MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G 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)


	MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G 4 GB GDDR6	14 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G 4 GB GDDR6	19 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G 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.

1920x1080 (1080p)


	MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G 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


	MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G 4 GB GDDR6	49896
	GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1650 D6 WINDFORCE OC 4G 4 GB GDDR6	41229

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan


	MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G 4 GB GDDR6	55054
	GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1650 D6 WINDFORCE OC 4G 4 GB GDDR6	38441

Geekbench 6 - Metal


	MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G 4 GB GDDR6	50239

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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)


	MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G 4 GB GDDR6	5.77
	GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1650 D6 WINDFORCE OC 4G 4 GB GDDR6	2.96

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MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1650 D6 WINDFORCE OC 4G

GPU comparison with benchmarks

GPU

Memory

Clock Speeds

Thermal Design

Cooler & Fans

Connectivity

Featureset

Supported Video Codecs

Dimensions

Additional data

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