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.
Memory
Memory
SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini
Memory Size
8 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Clock
2.190 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
17.5 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
280 GB/s
112 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
128 bit
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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.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini
Base Clock
2.055 GHz
1.190 GHz
Boost Clock
2.694 GHz
1.253 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
2.52 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini
TDP
203 W
120 W
Tjunction max
100 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
1 x 6-Pin
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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.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 90 mm
1 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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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.
Connectivity
Connectivity
SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.2
DVI
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1
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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.
Featureset
Featureset
SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_1
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
Addressable LED
No LED lighting
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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.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
Decode / Encode
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode
No
AV1
Decode
No
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini
Length
260 mm
170 mm
Height
130 mm
122 mm
Width
58 mm
41 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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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.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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