Radeon RX 6650M vs GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated116
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data22.42
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGP104Navi 23
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date18 October 2018 (6 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores12801792
Core clock speed1506 MHz2068 MHz
Boost clock speed1709 MHz2416 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million11,060 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate136.7270.6
Floating-point processing power4.375 TFLOPS8.659 TFLOPS
ROPs4864
TMUs80112
Ray Tracing Coresno data28

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length250 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5XGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB8 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1001 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s256.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.1
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 October 2018 4 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 7 nm

RX 6650M has an age advantage of 3 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X and Radeon RX 6650M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X is a desktop card while Radeon RX 6650M is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X
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AMD Radeon RX 6650M
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