Radeon RX 6500 vs RX 6650 XT

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 6650 XT with Radeon RX 6500, including specs and performance data.

RX 6650 XT
2022
8 GB GDDR6, 176 Watt
44.67
+125%

RX 6650 XT outperforms RX 6500 by a whopping 125% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking80278
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation62.58no data
Power efficiency17.38no data
ArchitectureRDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)no data
GPU code nameNavi 23no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date10 May 2022 (2 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$399 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores2048no data
Core clock speed2055 MHzno data
Boost clock speed2635 MHzno data
Number of transistors11,060 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology7 nmno data
Power consumption (TDP)176 Wattno data
Texture fill rate337.3no data
Floating-point processing power10.79 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs128no data
Ray Tracing Cores32no data

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x8no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno data

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 typeGDDR6no data
Maximum RAM amount8 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed2190 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth280.3 GB/sno 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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4ano data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)no data
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.1no data
Vulkan1.3-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 44.67
+125%
RX 6500 19.85

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

RX 6650 XT 17212
+125%
RX 6500 7649

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 HD138
+130%
60−65
−130%
1440p64
+137%
27−30
−137%
4K35
+150%
14−16
−150%

Cost per frame, $

1080p2.89no data
1440p6.23no data
4K11.40no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 128
+300%
30−35
−300%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 90−95
+114%
40−45
−114%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 75−80
+133%
30−35
−133%
Battlefield 5 140−150
+120%
65−70
−120%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 85−90
+123%
40−45
−123%
Cyberpunk 2077 108
+238%
30−35
−238%
Far Cry 5 90−95
+104%
45−50
−104%
Far Cry New Dawn 100−110
+106%
50−55
−106%
Forza Horizon 4 200−210
+65%
120−130
−65%
Hitman 3 95−100
+146%
35−40
−146%
Horizon Zero Dawn 180−190
+88.5%
95−100
−88.5%
Metro Exodus 130−140
+128%
60−65
−128%
Red Dead Redemption 2 100−105
+88.7%
50−55
−88.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 160−170
+155%
65−70
−155%
Watch Dogs: Legion 130−140
+49.5%
90−95
−49.5%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 90−95
+114%
40−45
−114%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 75−80
+133%
30−35
−133%
Battlefield 5 140−150
+120%
65−70
−120%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 85−90
+123%
40−45
−123%
Cyberpunk 2077 88
+175%
30−35
−175%
Far Cry 5 90−95
+104%
45−50
−104%
Far Cry New Dawn 100−110
+106%
50−55
−106%
Forza Horizon 4 200−210
+65%
120−130
−65%
Hitman 3 95−100
+146%
35−40
−146%
Horizon Zero Dawn 180−190
+88.5%
95−100
−88.5%
Metro Exodus 130−140
+98.6%
65−70
−98.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2 100−105
+88.7%
50−55
−88.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 222
+236%
65−70
−236%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 90−95
+104%
45−50
−104%
Watch Dogs: Legion 130−140
+49.5%
90−95
−49.5%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 90−95
+114%
40−45
−114%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 75−80
+133%
30−35
−133%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 85−90
+154%
35−40
−154%
Cyberpunk 2077 78
+144%
30−35
−144%
Far Cry 5 90−95
+104%
45−50
−104%
Forza Horizon 4 200−210
+65%
120−130
−65%
Hitman 3 95−100
+140%
40−45
−140%
Horizon Zero Dawn 173
+131%
75−80
−131%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 193
+127%
85−90
−127%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 107
+138%
45−50
−138%
Watch Dogs: Legion 65
−40%
90−95
+40%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 100−105
+150%
40−45
−150%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 85−90
+151%
35−40
−151%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
+130%
30−33
−130%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
+145%
20−22
−145%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 50−55
+183%
18−20
−183%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+152%
21−24
−152%
Cyberpunk 2077 44
+300%
10−12
−300%
Far Cry 5 50−55
+126%
21−24
−126%
Forza Horizon 4 240−250
+120%
110−120
−120%
Hitman 3 60−65
+150%
24−27
−150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 129
+135%
55−60
−135%
Metro Exodus 114
+128%
50−55
−128%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 124
+125%
55−60
−125%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65−70
+127%
30−33
−127%
Watch Dogs: Legion 200−210
+76.1%
110−120
−76.1%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 75−80
+157%
30−33
−157%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 45−50
+156%
18−20
−156%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+144%
16−18
−144%
Hitman 3 35−40
+147%
14−16
−147%
Horizon Zero Dawn 190−200
+90.3%
100−110
−90.3%
Metro Exodus 55−60
+181%
21−24
−181%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 56
+180%
20−22
−180%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
+167%
12−14
−167%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 27−30
+190%
10−11
−190%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−33
+150%
12−14
−150%
Cyberpunk 2077 18
+350%
4−5
−350%
Far Cry 5 27−30
+145%
10−12
−145%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
+133%
27−30
−133%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 64
+137%
27−30
−137%
Watch Dogs: Legion 23
+188%
8−9
−188%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+128%
18−20
−128%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Hitman 3 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%

This is how RX 6650 XT and RX 6500 compete in popular games:

  • RX 6650 XT is 130% faster in 1080p
  • RX 6650 XT is 137% faster in 1440p
  • RX 6650 XT is 150% faster in 4K

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

  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 6650 XT is 350% faster.
  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 6500 is 40% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RX 6650 XT is ahead in 51 test (76%)
  • RX 6500 is ahead in 1 test (1%)
  • there's a draw in 15 tests (22%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 44.67 19.85

RX 6650 XT has a 125% higher aggregate performance score.

The Radeon RX 6650 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 6500 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 6650 XT is a desktop card while Radeon RX 6500 is a notebook one.


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