SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT
vs
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT 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 GeForce GTX 960 Mini is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

GPU

The SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT has the Navi 23 KXT graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 2 architecture.

The ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini is based on the graphics chip GM206-300-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT GPU ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Navi 23 KXT GPU Chip GM206-300-A1
RDNA 2 Architecture Maxwell 2.0
32 Streaming Multiprocessors 8
2048 Shader 1024
64 Render Output Units 32
128 Texture Units 64
32 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT clocks at 2.190 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 17.5 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
2.190 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
17.5 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
280 GB/s Memory bandwidth 112 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.

2.055 GHz Base Clock 1.190 GHz
2.694 GHz Boost Clock 1.253 GHz
2.52 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 203 W.

The ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 120 W.

203 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini has 1 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 90 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 SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT.

The ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.2
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini is 4096x2160 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR No
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 No
Decode AV1 No
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 No

Dimensions

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

The ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.

260 mm Length 170 mm
130 mm Height 122 mm
58 mm Width 41 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q2/2022.

The ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini came on the market in Q1/2015 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.

11319-01-20G Part-no GTX960-MOC-2GD5
Q2/2022 Release date Q1/2015
399 $ (Reference) Launch Price 199 $
7 nm Structure size 28 nm
data sheet Documents --

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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)

SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT
8 GB GDDR6
31 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT
8 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT
8 GB GDDR6
60 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.

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT
8 GB GDDR6
33 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT
8 GB GDDR6
74 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)

SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT
8 GB GDDR6
55 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT
8 GB GDDR6
112 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT
8 GB GDDR6
159 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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