MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G
vs
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 590 Gaming 8G (rev. 2.0)


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G and the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 590 Gaming 8G (rev. 2.0), 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.

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 590 Gaming 8G (rev. 2.0) is based on AMD Radeon RX 590, which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G GPU GIGABYTE Radeon RX 590 Gaming 8G (rev. 2.0)
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 590
Navi 23 KXT GPU Chip Polaris 30 XT
RDNA 2 Architecture GCN 4
32 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
2048 Shader 2304
64 Render Output Units 32
128 Texture Units 144
32 Raytracing Cores 0

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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 590 Gaming 8G (rev. 2.0) can access 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
2.190 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
17.5 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
280 GB/s Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 256 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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 590 Gaming 8G (rev. 2.0) is 1.469 GHz.

2.055 GHz Base Clock 1.469 GHz
2.635 GHz Boost Clock 1.560 GHz
2.41 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 590 Gaming 8G (rev. 2.0) has a TDP of 225 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

175 W TDP 225 W
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 98 °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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 590 Gaming 8G (rev. 2.0) has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 590 Gaming 8G (rev. 2.0) supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x 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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 590 Gaming 8G (rev. 2.0) is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
MSI Mystic Light 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 / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 No
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

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

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 590 Gaming 8G (rev. 2.0) is 232 mm long, 116 mm high and 36 mm wide.

278 mm Length 232 mm
130 mm Height 116 mm
51 mm Width 36 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
894 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

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

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 590 Gaming 8G (rev. 2.0) was introduced in Q4/2018 at a price of 279 $.

-- Part-no GV-RX590GAMING-8GD
Q2/2022 Release date Q4/2018
399 $ (Reference) Launch Price 279 $
7 nm Structure size 14 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)

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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)

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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)

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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