MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G
vs
ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger ITX 8GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G and the ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger ITX 8GB, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT and has 2048 texture shaders and 32 execution units.

ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger ITX 8GB is based on AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT, which has 2048 shaders and 32 execution units.
MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G GPU ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger ITX 8GB
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
Navi 23 KXT GPU Chip Navi 23 XT
RDNA 2 Architecture RDNA 2
32 Streaming Multiprocessors 32
2048 Shader 2048
64 Render Output Units 64
128 Texture Units 128
32 Raytracing Cores 32

Memory

The MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 280 GB/s.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger ITX 8GB can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.190 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
17.5 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
280 GB/s Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G clocks in the base with up to 2.055 GHz. The base frequency of the ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger ITX 8GB is 1.968 GHz.

2.055 GHz Base Clock 1.968 GHz
2.635 GHz Boost Clock 2.589 GHz
2.41 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.36 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G is 175 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger ITX 8GB has a TDP of 160 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

175 W TDP 160 W
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger ITX 8GB has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 1 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 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 MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger ITX 8GB supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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 2x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

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

The maximum resolution of the ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger ITX 8GB is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
MSI Mystic Light LED Addressable LED

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
Decode AV1 Decode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

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

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger ITX 8GB is 179 mm long, 124 mm high and 40 mm wide.

278 mm Length 179 mm
130 mm Height 124 mm
51 mm Width 40 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
894 g Weight 510 g
PCIe 4.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8

Additional data

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

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger ITX 8GB was introduced in Q3/2021 at a price of 379 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no RX6600XT CLI 8G
Q2/2022 Release date Q3/2021
399 $ (Reference) Launch Price 379 $ (Reference)
7 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)

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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