PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB
vs
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT (RDNA 2) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 280 GB/s.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Ampere) and has 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

GPU

The PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB has the Navi 23 KXT graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 2 architecture.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 is based on the graphics chip GA106-300-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB GPU ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Navi 23 KXT GPU Chip GA106-300-A1
RDNA 2 Architecture Ampere
32 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
2048 Shader 3584
64 Render Output Units 48
128 Texture Units 112
32 Raytracing Cores 28

Memory

The graphics memory of the PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB clocks at 2.190 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 17.5 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 is 15.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.875 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.190 GHz Memory Clock 1.875 GHz
17.5 Gbps Memory Speed 15.0 Gbps
280 GB/s Memory bandwidth 360 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.925 GHz Base Clock 1.320 GHz
2.635 GHz Boost Clock 1.807 GHz
2.41 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.78 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 180 W.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 170 W.

180 W TDP 170 W
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 35 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

With the PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 Decode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 8 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

200 mm Length 200 mm
111 mm Height 123 mm
39 mm Width 38 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q2/2022.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 came on the market in Q1/2021 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

AXRX 6650 XT 8GBD6-3DH Part-no DUAL-RTX3060-12G
Q2/2022 Release date Q1/2021
399 $ (Reference) Launch Price 329 $
7 nm Structure size 8 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)

PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
37 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
36 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
59 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
56 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)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
9 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
32 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
72 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
59 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)

PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
54 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
52 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
110 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
95 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
156 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
132 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

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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