PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB
vs
MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The PowerColor Hellhound 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 MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G 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.

GPU

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

The MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G is based on the graphics chip Navi 23 KXT, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB GPU MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G
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 graphics memory of the PowerColor Hellhound 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 MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G is 17.5 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.190 GHz.

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

1.925 GHzDeviation vs GPU group-6 % Base Clock 2.055 GHz
2.689 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 2 % Boost Clock 2.635 GHz
2.49 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 3 % Avg (Game) Clock 2.41 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 180 WDeviation vs GPU group+ 2 %.

The MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 175 WDeviation vs GPU group-1 %.

180 WDeviation vs GPU group+ 2 % 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 PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

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

The MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G 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 Hellhound 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 MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Addressable LED 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 / Encode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 8 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 8 Lanes interface.

220 mm Length 235 mm
132 mm Height 125 mm
45 mm Width 47 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 675 g
PCIe 4.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8

Additional data

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

The MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G came on the market in Q2/2022 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.

AXRX 6650 XT 8GBD6-3DHL/OC Part-no --
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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