XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 G1 Gaming 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming and the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 G1 Gaming 8G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT and has 2048 texture shaders and 32 execution units.

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 G1 Gaming 8G is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, which has 2560 shaders and 20 execution units.
XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming GPU GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 G1 Gaming 8G
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Navi 23 KXT GPU Chip GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1
RDNA 2 Architecture Pascal
32 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
2048 Shader 2560
64 Render Output Units 64
128 Texture Units 160
32 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

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

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 G1 Gaming 8G can access 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 320 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5X
2.190 GHz Memory Clock 1.251 GHz
17.5 Gbps Memory Speed 10.0 Gbps
280 GB/s Memory bandwidth 320 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming clocks in the base with up to 2.192 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 G1 Gaming 8G is 1.695 GHz.

2.192 GHz Base Clock 1.695 GHz
2.694 GHz Boost Clock 1.860 GHz
2.52 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.84 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming is 175 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 G1 Gaming 8G has a TDP of 180 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

175 W TDP 180 W
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 G1 Gaming 8G has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 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 XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 G1 Gaming 8G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 G1 Gaming 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

Dimensions

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

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 G1 Gaming 8G is 280 mm long, 114 mm high and 41 mm wide.

274 mm Length 280 mm
114 mm Height 114 mm
50 mm Width 41 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

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

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 G1 Gaming 8G was introduced in Q2/2016 at a price of 599 $ (Reference).

RX-665X8TBDY Part-no GV-N1080G1 GAMING-8GD
Q2/2022 Release date Q2/2016
399 $ (Reference) Launch Price 599 $ (Reference)
7 nm Structure size 16 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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