PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB
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XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB and the XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT and has 2048 texture shaders and 32 execution units.

XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming is based on AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT, which has 2048 shaders and 32 execution units.
PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB 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 PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 280 GB/s.

The XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 280 GB/s.

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 PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB clocks in the base with up to 1.925 GHzDeviation vs GPU group-6 %. The base frequency of the XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming is 2.192 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 7 %.

1.925 GHzDeviation vs GPU group-6 % Base Clock 2.192 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 7 %
2.694 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 2 % Boost Clock 2.694 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 2 %
2.52 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 5 % Avg (Game) Clock 2.52 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 5 %
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB is 180 WDeviation vs GPU group+ 2 %. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming has a TDP of 175 WDeviation vs GPU group-1 % and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

180 WDeviation vs GPU group+ 2 % TDP 175 WDeviation vs GPU group-1 %
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

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

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB.

The XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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 PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming 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 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 Decode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB is 251 mm long, 133 mm high and 54 mm wide.

The XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming is 274 mm long, 114 mm high and 50 mm wide.

251 mm Length 274 mm
133 mm Height 114 mm
54 mm Width 50 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8

Additional data

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB was released in Q2/2022 at a price of 399 $ (Reference).

The XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming was introduced in Q2/2022 at a price of 399 $ (Reference).

AXRX 6650 XT 8GBD6-3DHE/OC 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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