MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G
vs
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 14CU


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G and the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 14CU, 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.

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 14CU is based on AMD Radeon RX 560 (14 CU), which has 896 shaders and 14 execution units.
MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G GPU SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 14CU
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 560 (14 CU)
Navi 23 KXT GPU Chip Polaris 21 XL
RDNA 2 Architecture GCN 4
32 Streaming Multiprocessors 14
2048 Shader 896
64 Render Output Units 16
128 Texture Units 56
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 SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 14CU can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 96 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
2.190 GHz Memory Clock 1.500 GHz
17.5 Gbps Memory Speed 6.0 Gbps
280 GB/s Memory bandwidth 96 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 SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 14CU is 1.090 GHz.

2.055 GHz Base Clock 1.090 GHz
2.635 GHz Boost Clock 1.226 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 SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 14CU has a TDP of 90 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.

175 W TDP 90 W
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 14CU has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 1 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 SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 14CU supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 1x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports 1
-- 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 SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 14CU is 5120x2880 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 5120x2880
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 SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 14CU is 210 mm long, 112 mm high and 36 mm wide.

278 mm Length 210 mm
130 mm Height 112 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 8

Additional data

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

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 14CU was introduced in Q3/2017 at a price of 99 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no 11267-18
Q2/2022 Release date Q3/2017
399 $ (Reference) Launch Price 99 $ (Reference)
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)

MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G
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)

MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING 8G
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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