Radeon RX 6650M XT vs GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile

Place in the ranking	300	82
Place by popularity	17	not in top-100
Power efficiency	28.66	25.48
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2024)	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GA107	Navi 23
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	17 December 2021 (3 years ago)	4 January 2022 (3 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 cores	2048	2048
Core clock speed	1185 MHz	2068 MHz
Boost clock speed	1477 MHz	2416 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	11,060 million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	120 Watt
Texture fill rate	94.53	309.2
Floating-point processing power	6.05 TFLOPS	9.896 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	64
TMUs	64	128
Tensor Cores	256	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	32	32

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 size	large	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	no data	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	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB/s	256.0 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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a	No outputs
HDMI	+	-
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.6	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	2.1
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
CUDA	8.6	-

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	42 −126%	95−100 +126%
1440p	33 −127%	75−80 +127%
4K	25 −120%	55−60 +120%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	36 −167%	95−100 +167%
Cyberpunk 2077	49 −98%	95−100 +98%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65 −85%	110−120 +85%
Counter-Strike 2	30 −220%	95−100 +220%
Cyberpunk 2077	21 −362%	95−100 +362%
Forza Horizon 4	76 −192%	220−230 +192%
Forza Horizon 5	49 −131%	110−120 +131%
Metro Exodus	50−55 −102%	100−110 +102%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 −93.2%	85−90 +93.2%
Valorant	87 −107%	180−190 +107%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65 −85%	110−120 +85%
Counter-Strike 2	27 −256%	95−100 +256%
Cyberpunk 2077	15 −547%	95−100 +547%
Dota 2	85 −56.5%	130−140 +56.5%
Far Cry 5	70 −47.1%	100−110 +47.1%
Fortnite	100−105 −87%	180−190 +87%
Forza Horizon 4	63 −252%	220−230 +252%
Forza Horizon 5	50−55 −126%	110−120 +126%
Grand Theft Auto V	69 −92.8%	130−140 +92.8%
Metro Exodus	50−55 −102%	100−110 +102%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	120−130 −63.3%	200−210 +63.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 −93.2%	85−90 +93.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55−60 −179%	160−170 +179%
Valorant	43 −319%	180−190 +319%
World of Tanks	220−230 −25.1%	270−280 +25.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65 −85%	110−120 +85%
Counter-Strike 2	30−35 −191%	95−100 +191%
Cyberpunk 2077	13 −646%	95−100 +646%
Dota 2	110 −20.9%	130−140 +20.9%
Far Cry 5	60−65 −60.9%	100−110 +60.9%
Forza Horizon 4	56 −296%	220−230 +296%
Forza Horizon 5	33 −242%	110−120 +242%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	120−130 −63.3%	200−210 +63.3%
Valorant	75−80 −137%	180−190 +137%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	37 −127%	80−85 +127%
Grand Theft Auto V	37 −127%	80−85 +127%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	160−170 −4.2%	170−180 +4.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 −171%	45−50 +171%
World of Tanks	120−130 −120%	280−290 +120%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 −105%	75−80 +105%
Counter-Strike 2	16−18 −100%	30−35 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −220%	45−50 +220%
Far Cry 5	45−50 −192%	140−150 +192%
Forza Horizon 4	47 −181%	130−140 +181%
Forza Horizon 5	30−33 −150%	75−80 +150%
Metro Exodus	40−45 −124%	90−95 +124%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 −212%	80−85 +212%
Valorant	45−50 −206%	140−150 +206%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	18−20 −44.4%	24−27 +44.4%
Dota 2	30−35 −184%	90−95 +184%
Grand Theft Auto V	30−35 −184%	90−95 +184%
Metro Exodus	14−16 −171%	35−40 +171%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	55−60 −163%	140−150 +163%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −150%	30−33 +150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35 −184%	90−95 +184%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 −194%	50−55 +194%
Counter-Strike 2	18−20 −44.4%	24−27 +44.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −250%	21−24 +250%
Dota 2	34 −168%	90−95 +168%
Far Cry 5	24−27 −188%	65−70 +188%
Fortnite	21−24 −200%	65−70 +200%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 −168%	75−80 +168%
Forza Horizon 5	14−16 −187%	40−45 +187%
Valorant	21−24 −259%	75−80 +259%

This is how RTX 2050 Mobile and RX 6650M XT compete in popular games:

RX 6650M XT is 126% faster in 1080p
RX 6650M XT is 127% faster in 1440p
RX 6650M XT is 120% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Cyberpunk 2077, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 6650M XT is 646% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, RX 6650M XT surpassed RTX 2050 Mobile in all 64 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	18.02	42.72
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	8 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	120 Watt

RTX 2050 Mobile has 166.7% lower power consumption.

RX 6650M XT, on the other hand, has a 137.1% higher aggregate performance score, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 6650M XT is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.