MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G
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XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G has 2048 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.64 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 10.79 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 Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 32 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 Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G GPU XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
Navi 23 KXT GPU Chip Navi 23 KXT
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 MECH 2X 8G is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.190 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
2.190 GHz Memory Clock 2.190 GHz
17.5 Gbps Memory Speed 17.5 Gbps
280 GB/s Memory bandwidth 280 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G has a turbo clock of 2.635 GHz. The turbo frequency of the XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming is 2.694 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 2 %.

2.055 GHz Base Clock 2.192 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 7 %
2.635 GHz Boost Clock 2.694 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 2 %
2.41 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.52 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 5 %
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 100 °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.

175 WDeviation vs GPU group-1 % TDP 175 WDeviation vs GPU group-1 %
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G 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
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G 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 Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G 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 / Encode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G is 47 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 47 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

235 mm Length 274 mm
125 mm Height 114 mm
47 mm Width 50 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
675 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8

Additional data

Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G was released in Q2/2022.

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
Q2/2022 Release date Q2/2022
399 $ (Reference) Launch Price 399 $ (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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