AMD started Radeon RX 6650 XT sales 10 May 2022 at a recommended price of $399 . This is a desktop graphics card based on a Navi / RDNA2 architecture and made with 7 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 8 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 17.5 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 280.3 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 4.0 x8 interface. 1x 8-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 176 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about Radeon RX 6650 XT: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking	68
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	30.62
Architecture	Navi / RDNA2 (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Navi 23
Market segment	Desktop
Release date	10 May 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$399

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

Radeon RX 6650 XT's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon RX 6650 XT's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2048	of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Core clock speed	2055 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed	2635 MHz	of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	11,060 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	of 4 (H100 PCIe)
Power consumption (TDP)	176 Watt	of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	337.3	of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Radeon RX 6650 XT and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8
Width	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on Radeon RX 6650 XT: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Memory bus width	128 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	17500 MHz	of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER)
Memory bandwidth	280.3 GB/s	of 3276 (Aldebaran)

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon RX 6650 XT. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	+

API compatibility

APIs supported by Radeon RX 6650 XT, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.5
OpenGL	4.6
OpenCL	2.1
Vulkan	1.3

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Radeon RX 6650 XT. 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.

RX 6650 XT 44.71

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%

RX 6650 XT 17260

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RX 6650 XT 105955

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RX 6650 XT 41739

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%

RX 6650 XT 29796

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RX 6650 XT 167944

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

RX 6650 XT 451929

Gaming performance

Let's see how good Radeon RX 6650 XT is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD	135
1440p	67
4K	37

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

128

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	75−80
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	75−80
Battlefield 5	140−150
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	85−90
Cyberpunk 2077	108
Far Cry 5	90−95
Far Cry New Dawn	100−110
Forza Horizon 4	160−170
Hitman 3	90−95
Horizon Zero Dawn	327
Metro Exodus	120−130
Red Dead Redemption 2	100−110
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	273
Watch Dogs: Legion	133

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	75−80
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	75−80
Battlefield 5	140−150
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	85−90
Cyberpunk 2077	88
Far Cry 5	90−95
Far Cry New Dawn	100−110
Forza Horizon 4	160−170
Hitman 3	90−95
Horizon Zero Dawn	180−190
Metro Exodus	73
Red Dead Redemption 2	100−110
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	222
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	182
Watch Dogs: Legion	100−110

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	75−80
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	75−80
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	85−90
Cyberpunk 2077	78
Far Cry 5	90−95
Forza Horizon 4	160−170
Horizon Zero Dawn	173
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	193
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	107
Watch Dogs: Legion	65

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

100−110

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	85−90
Far Cry New Dawn	100−110

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	50−55
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	70−75
Cyberpunk 2077	44
Far Cry 5	114
Forza Horizon 4	95−100
Hitman 3	60−65
Horizon Zero Dawn	129
Metro Exodus	114
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	124
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	65−70
Watch Dogs: Legion	49

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

75−80

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40
Hitman 3	35−40
Horizon Zero Dawn	60−65
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	42
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	56

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30−35
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−33
Cyberpunk 2077	18
Far Cry 5	27−30
Forza Horizon 4	60−65
Horizon Zero Dawn	72
Metro Exodus	60
Watch Dogs: Legion	23