XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming
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XFX Speedster ZERO Radeon RX 6950 XT RGB EKWB Waterblock Limited Edition


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming and the XFX Speedster ZERO Radeon RX 6950 XT RGB EKWB Waterblock Limited Edition, 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.

XFX Speedster ZERO Radeon RX 6950 XT RGB EKWB Waterblock Limited Edition is based on AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT, which has 5120 shaders and 80 execution units.
XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming GPU XFX Speedster ZERO Radeon RX 6950 XT RGB EKWB Waterblock Limited Edition
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
Navi 23 KXT GPU Chip Navi 21 KXTX
RDNA 2 Architecture RDNA 2
32 Streaming Multiprocessors 80
2048 Shader 5120
64 Render Output Units 128
128 Texture Units 320
32 Raytracing Cores 80

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 XFX Speedster ZERO Radeon RX 6950 XT RGB EKWB Waterblock Limited Edition can access 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.190 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
17.5 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
280 GB/s Memory bandwidth 512 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 XFX Speedster ZERO Radeon RX 6950 XT RGB EKWB Waterblock Limited Edition is 2.210 GHz.

2.192 GHz Base Clock 2.210 GHz
2.694 GHz Boost Clock 2.565 GHz
2.52 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.34 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 XFX Speedster ZERO Radeon RX 6950 XT RGB EKWB Waterblock Limited Edition has a TDP of 405 W and is supplied with the required energy via 3 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

175 W TDP 405 W
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 3 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The XFX Speedster ZERO Radeon RX 6950 XT RGB EKWB Waterblock Limited Edition has 0 -- fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type --
3 x 90 mm Fan 1 --
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Water cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 0 dB

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 XFX Speedster ZERO Radeon RX 6950 XT RGB EKWB Waterblock Limited Edition 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 2x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports 1

Featureset

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

The maximum resolution of the XFX Speedster ZERO Radeon RX 6950 XT RGB EKWB Waterblock Limited Edition is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED Addressable LED

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

The XFX Speedster ZERO Radeon RX 6950 XT RGB EKWB Waterblock Limited Edition is 300 mm long, 160 mm high and 25 mm wide.

274 mm Length 300 mm
114 mm Height 160 mm
50 mm Width 25 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 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 XFX Speedster ZERO Radeon RX 6950 XT RGB EKWB Waterblock Limited Edition was introduced in Q2/2022 at a price of 1,099 $ (Reference).

RX-665X8TBDY Part-no RX-695XAWBD9
Q2/2022 Release date Q2/2022
399 $ (Reference) Launch Price 1,099 $ (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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

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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