Radeon RX 6650 XT vs Quadro FX 4800 Mac Edition
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 111 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 57.93 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 17.89 |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | GT200B | Navi 23 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 11 November 2008 (17 years ago) | 10 May 2022 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,799 | $399 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 192 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 602 MHz | 2055 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2635 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,400 million | 11,060 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 176 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 38.53 | 337.3 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.4623 TFLOPS | 10.79 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 24 | 64 |
| TMUs | 64 | 128 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 32 |
| L0 Cache | no data | 512 KB |
| L1 Cache | no data | 512 KB |
| L2 Cache | 192 KB | 2 MB |
| L3 Cache | no data | 32 MB |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 8-pin |
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 | GDDR3 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1536 MB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 2190 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s | 280.3 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 1.3 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 11 November 2008 | 10 May 2022 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1536 MB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 176 Watt |
FX 4800 Mac Edition has 17.3% lower power consumption.
RX 6650 XT, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, a 433.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 685.7% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 4800 Mac Edition and Radeon RX 6650 XT. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro FX 4800 Mac Edition is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 6650 XT is a desktop one.
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