Radeon RX 6650M XT: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Radeon RX 6650M XT provides good gaming and benchmark performance at 41.05% of a leader's which is GeForce RTX 4090.
Summary
AMD started Radeon RX 6650M XT sales 4 January 2022. This is a laptop graphics card based on a RDNA 2 architecture and made with 7 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamers. 8 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 18 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 256.0 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via PCIe 4.0 x8 interface. Power consumption is at 120 Watt.
Primary details
Some basic facts about Radeon RX 6650M XT: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in the ranking | 98 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | RDNA 2 (2020−2023) | |
| GPU code name | Navi 23 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Release date | 4 January 2022 (2 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Radeon RX 6650M XT's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon RX 6650M 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) |
| Boost clock speed | 2162 MHz | of 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
| Number of transistors | 11,060 million | of 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | of 4 nm (H100 PCIe) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 309.2 | of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Floating-point processing power | 9.896 gflops | of 96.77 (GeForce RTX TITAN Ada) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Radeon RX 6650M 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).
| Laptop size | large | |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on Radeon RX 6650M 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 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X) |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 18000 MHz | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
| Memory bandwidth | 256.0 GB/s | of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Shared memory | - |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon RX 6650M 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 | No outputs |
API compatibility
APIs supported by Radeon RX 6650M XT, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12.0 Ultimate (12_2) | |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | |
| Vulkan | 1.2 |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of Radeon RX 6650M XT. 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.
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.
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Gaming performance
Let's see how good Radeon RX 6650M 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.
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3 |
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 3−4 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 2−3 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3 | |
| Hitman 3 | 4−5 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 8−9 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 4−5 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 27−30 |
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 3−4 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 2−3 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3 | |
| Hitman 3 | 4−5 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 8−9 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 4−5 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 9−10 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 27−30 |
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 3−4 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 2−3 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3 | |
| Hitman 3 | 4−5 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 8−9 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 4−5 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 9−10 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 27−30 |
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | |
| Hitman 3 | 6−7 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 2−3 |
1440p
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3 |
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 1−2 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 0−1 |
4K
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3 |
NVIDIA equivalent
According to our data, the closest NVIDIA alternative to Radeon RX 6650M XT is RTX A5000 Mobile, which is faster by 1% and higher by 3 positions in our ranking.
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