Radeon RX 6700S vs GeForce GTX 650

Place in performance ranking	620	108
Place by popularity	55	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.36	no data
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	RDNA 2 (2020−2022)
GPU code name	GK107	Navi 23
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	6 September 2012 (11 years ago)	4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$109	no data
Current price	$207 (1.9x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	1792
CUDA cores	384	no data
Core clock speed	1058 MHz	1700 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1890 MHz
Number of transistors	1,270 million	11,060 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	64 Watt	80 Watt
Texture fill rate	33.9 billion/sec	224.0
Floating-point performance	812.5 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 650 and Radeon RX 6700S compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	5.70" (14.5 cm)	no data
Height	4.38" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	One 6-pin	None

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	10 GB
Memory bus width	128-bit GDDR5	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5.0 GB/s	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	80.0 GB/s	224.0 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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 Connectors	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One Mini HDMI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	4 displays	no data
HDMI	+	no data
HDCP	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray	+	no data
3D Gaming	+	no data
3D Vision	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12.0 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.1
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 650 4.53

RX 6700S 38.64
+753%

Radeon RX 6700S outperforms GeForce GTX 650 by 753% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 650 1749

RX 6700S 14922
+753%

Radeon RX 6700S outperforms GeForce GTX 650 by 753% in Passmark.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 650 2270

RX 6700S 24135
+963%

Radeon RX 6700S outperforms GeForce GTX 650 by 963% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	12−14 −858%	115 +858%
1440p	7−8 −857%	67 +857%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

65−70
−709%

550−600

+709%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	65−70 −709%	550−600 +709%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	113 −741%	950−1000 +741%
Battlefield 5	120−130 −747%	1050−1100 +747%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	75−80 −733%	650−700 +733%
Cyberpunk 2077	99 −708%	800−850 +708%
Far Cry 5	80−85 −733%	700−750 +733%
Far Cry New Dawn	95−100 −733%	800−850 +733%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 −745%	1250−1300 +745%
Hitman 3	99 −708%	800−850 +708%
Horizon Zero Dawn	150−160 −733%	1300−1350 +733%
Metro Exodus	110−120 −711%	900−950 +711%
Red Dead Redemption 2	90−95 −706%	750−800 +706%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	227 −737%	1900−1950 +737%
Watch Dogs: Legion	109 −726%	900−950 +726%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	65−70 −709%	550−600 +709%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	93 −706%	750−800 +706%
Battlefield 5	120−130 −747%	1050−1100 +747%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	75−80 −733%	650−700 +733%
Cyberpunk 2077	74 −711%	600−650 +711%
Far Cry 5	80−85 −733%	700−750 +733%
Far Cry New Dawn	95−100 −733%	800−850 +733%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 −745%	1250−1300 +745%
Hitman 3	47 −751%	400−450 +751%
Horizon Zero Dawn	150−160 −733%	1300−1350 +733%
Metro Exodus	110−120 −711%	900−950 +711%
Red Dead Redemption 2	90−95 −706%	750−800 +706%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	183 −747%	1550−1600 +747%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	144 −733%	1200−1250 +733%
Watch Dogs: Legion	95−100 −733%	800−850 +733%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	65−70 −709%	550−600 +709%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	79 −723%	650−700 +723%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	75−80 −733%	650−700 +733%
Cyberpunk 2077	60 −733%	500−550 +733%
Far Cry 5	80−85 −733%	700−750 +733%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 −745%	1250−1300 +745%
Horizon Zero Dawn	150−160 −733%	1300−1350 +733%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	157 −728%	1300−1350 +728%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	84 −733%	700−750 +733%
Watch Dogs: Legion	59 −747%	500−550 +747%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

90−95
−706%

750−800

+706%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	70−75 −711%	600−650 +711%
Far Cry New Dawn	90−95 −733%	750−800 +733%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 −733%	350−400 +733%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	49 −716%	400−450 +716%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	55−60 −747%	500−550 +747%
Cyberpunk 2077	31 −739%	260−270 +739%
Far Cry 5	79 −723%	650−700 +723%
Forza Horizon 4	80−85 −702%	650−700 +702%
Hitman 3	49 −716%	400−450 +716%
Horizon Zero Dawn	80−85 −733%	700−750 +733%
Metro Exodus	70−75 −733%	600−650 +733%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	90−95 −706%	750−800 +706%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55−60 −704%	450−500 +704%
Watch Dogs: Legion	38 −689%	300−310 +689%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

65−70
−733%

550−600

+733%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 −669%	300−310 +669%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35 −744%	270−280 +744%
Hitman 3	30−35 −739%	260−270 +739%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50 −716%	400−450 +716%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−33 −733%	250−260 +733%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50 −661%	350−400 +661%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 −746%	220−230 +746%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 −733%	200−210 +733%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 −740%	210−220 +740%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 −746%	110−120 +746%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −726%	190−200 +726%
Forza Horizon 4	50−55 −733%	450−500 +733%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50 −716%	400−450 +716%
Metro Exodus	40−45 −650%	300−310 +650%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 −742%	160−170 +742%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−35
−753%

290−300

+753%

This is how GTX 650 and RX 6700S compete in popular games:

RX 6700S is 858% faster in 1080p
RX 6700S is 857% faster in 1440p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.53	38.64
Recency	6 September 2012	4 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	10 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	64 Watt	80 Watt