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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR) vs AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR) 12 GB GDDR6 · 1.78 GHz · 170 W Speed index 11/100

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR) has 3584 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.78 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 12.72 TFLOPS.

AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT 8 GB GDDR6 · 2.64 GHz · 180 W Speed index 9/100

The AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT has 2048 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.64 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 10.79 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR) is 18 % faster than the AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR)AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
Speed index
11/100
9/100
FP32
12.72 TFLOPS
10.79 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.78 GHz
2.64 GHz
Memory Size
12 GB GDDR6
8 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
360 GB/s
280 GB/s
TDP
170 W
180 W
Launch Price
329 $
399 $

GPU

GPUNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR)AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
Based onNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 LHRAMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
GPU ChipGA106-302-A1Navi 23 KXT
Streaming Multiprocessors2832
Shader35842048
Render Output Units4864
Texture Units112128
Raytracing Cores2832
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR) is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 28 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 32 execution units.

Memory

MemoryNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR)AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
Memory Size12 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR6
Memory Clock1.875 GHz2.190 GHz
Memory Speed15.0 Gbps17.5 Gbps
Memory bandwidth360 GB/s280 GB/s
Memory Interface192 bit128 bit
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR) is equipped with a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.875 GHz clocks.

The AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.190GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR)AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
Base Clock1.320 GHz2.055 GHz
Boost Clock1.777 GHz2.635 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock--2.41 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR) has a turbo clock of 1.777 GHz. The turbo frequency of the AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT is 2.635 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR)AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
TDP170 W180 W
Tjunction max93 °C100 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 8-Pin1 x 8-Pin
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR) 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 93 °C.

The AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT 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.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR)AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR) are cooled with a Air cooling.

The AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR)AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.11x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort3x DP 1.4a3x DP 1.4a
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR) supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR)AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingYesYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR) supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR)AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode / Encode
VP9DecodeDecode / Encode
AV1DecodeDecode
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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.

Dimensions

DimensionsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR)AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR) is -- wide and therefore needs the space of -- in the case.

The width of the AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT is -- and thus requires the space of -- in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR)AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 8
Release dateQ3/2021Q2/2022
Launch Price329 $399 $
Structure size8 nm7 nm
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 8 nanometer process, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR) was released in Q3/2021.

The AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT published in Q2/2022 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

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 AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT +13.3 %

  1. 4,026
  2. 4,562

Port Royal (Raytracing) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR) +7.5 %

  1. 5,023
  2. 4,673

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR) +33.0 %

  1. 2,177
  2. 1,637

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) AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT +3.4 %

  1. 29 fps (avg)
  2. 30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT +5.7 %

  1. 35 fps (avg)
  2. 37 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT +7.3 %

  1. 55 fps (avg)
  2. 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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

  1. 9 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p) AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT +33.3 %

  1. 24 fps (avg)
  2. 32 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT +24.1 %

  1. 58 fps (avg)
  2. 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) AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT +5.9 %

  1. 51 fps (avg)
  2. 54 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT +17.0 %

  1. 94 fps (avg)
  2. 110 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT +20.0 %

  1. 130 fps (avg)
  2. 156 fps (avg)

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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR) +4.7 %

  1. 89,106
  2. 85,142

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT +3.8 %

  1. 89,506
  2. 92,863

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. no data
  2. 116,428

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