GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile vs Radeon RX 6650M XT

Place in the ranking	84	54
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	25.37	30.38
Architecture	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	Navi 23	AD106
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	4 January 2022 (2 years ago)	3 January 2023 (1 year 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	4608
Core clock speed	2068 MHz	1395 MHz
Boost clock speed	2416 MHz	1695 MHz
Number of transistors	11,060 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	115 Watt
Texture fill rate	309.2	244.1
Floating-point processing power	9.896 TFLOPS	15.62 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	48
TMUs	128	144
Tensor Cores	no data	144
Ray Tracing Cores	32	36

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 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	no 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 type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	256.0 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

No outputs

Portable Device Dependent

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	6.5	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.1	3.0
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
CUDA	-	8.9

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 6650M XT 44.32

RTX 4070 Mobile 50.87
+14.8%

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 6650M XT 17070

RTX 4070 Mobile 19592
+14.8%

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	110−120 −18.2%	130 +18.2%
1440p	65−70 −15.4%	75 +15.4%
4K	40−45 −15%	46 +15%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−6550%

133
+6550%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −3067%	95−100 +3067%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −4400%	90−95 +4400%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −5700%	116 +5700%
Hitman 3	4−5 −2325%	95−100 +2325%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −2175%	180−190 +2175%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −4150%	170−180 +4150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −386%	130−140 +386%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −3067%	95−100 +3067%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −4400%	90−95 +4400%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −4800%	98 +4800%
Hitman 3	4−5 −2325%	95−100 +2325%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −2175%	180−190 +2175%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −5725%	233 +5725%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −933%	90−95 +933%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −386%	130−140 +386%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −3067%	95−100 +3067%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −4400%	90−95 +4400%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −4250%	87 +4250%
Hitman 3	4−5 −2325%	95−100 +2325%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −2188%	183 +2188%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −5000%	204 +5000%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −1189%	116 +1189%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −218%	89 +218%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	54
Hitman 3	6−7 −900%	60−65 +900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −7050%	143 +7050%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−3800%

75−80
+3800%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −3100%	30−35 +3100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	42

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−1950%

40−45
+1950%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Battlefield 5	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Far Cry 5	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	200−210 +0%	200−210 +0%
Metro Exodus	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	100−105 +0%	100−105 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Battlefield 5	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Far Cry 5	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	200−210 +0%	200−210 +0%
Metro Exodus	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	100−105 +0%	100−105 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	101 +0%	101 +0%
Far Cry 5	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	200−210 +0%	200−210 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

100−105

+0%

100−105

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	75 +0%	75 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Far Cry 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	240−250 +0%	240−250 +0%
Metro Exodus	105 +0%	105 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	134 +0%	134 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	88 +0%	88 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	200−210 +0%	200−210 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Hitman 3	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	190−200 +0%	190−200 +0%
Metro Exodus	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	70 +0%	70 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	23 +0%	23 +0%
Far Cry 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	73 +0%	73 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	33 +0%	33 +0%

This is how RX 6650M XT and RTX 4070 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 4070 Mobile is 18% faster in 1080p
RTX 4070 Mobile is 15% faster in 1440p
RTX 4070 Mobile is 15% faster in 4K

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

in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 4070 Mobile is 7050% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 4070 Mobile is ahead in 29 tests (41%)
there's a draw in 41 test (59%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	44.32	50.87
Recency	4 January 2022	3 January 2023
Chip lithography	7 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	115 Watt

RTX 4070 Mobile has a 14.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 months, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 4.3% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 6650M XT in performance tests.

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