AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 6800

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT and AMD Radeon RX 6800 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT

AMD Radeon RX 6800

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 21% higher core clock speed: 2055 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Around 25% higher boost clock speed: 2635 MHz vs 2105 MHz
Around 42% lower typical power consumption: 176 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 2190 MHz, 17.5 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)

Launch date	10 May 2022 vs 28 Oct 2020
Core clock speed	2055 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Boost clock speed	2635 MHz vs 2105 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	176 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed	2190 MHz, 17.5 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800

Around 50% higher texture fill rate: 505.2 GTexel/s vs 337.3 GTexel/s
Around 88% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 2048
2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 985 vs 913
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22146 vs 17174
Around 71% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3186 vs 1860
Around 48% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 129307 vs 87265

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	505.2 GTexel/s vs 337.3 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3840 vs 2048
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	985 vs 913
PassMark - G3D Mark	22146 vs 17174
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3186 vs 1860
Geekbench - OpenCL	129307 vs 87265

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6800

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

913

985

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

17174

22146

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1860

3186

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

87265

129307

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT	AMD Radeon RX 6800
PassMark - G2D Mark	913	985
PassMark - G3D Mark	17174	22146
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1860	3186
Geekbench - OpenCL	87265	129307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		432.118
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		41.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		383.037
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2280.457
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3373
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3373

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT	AMD Radeon RX 6800
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	RDNA 2.0
Code name	Navi 23	Navi 21
Launch date	10 May 2022	28 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating	97	85
Launch price (MSRP)		$579
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2635 MHz	2105 MHz
Compute units	32	60
Core clock speed	2055 MHz	1700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	674.6 GFLOPS (1:16)	1010 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	21.59 TFLOPS (2:1)	32.33 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.79 TFLOPS	16.17 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2048	3840
Pixel fill rate	168.6 GPixel/s	202.1 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	337.3 GTexel/s	505.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	176 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	11060 million	26800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	2x 8-pin
Height		40 mm (1.6 inches)
Length		267 mm (10.5 inches)
Width		120 mm (4.7 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	2.1	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	280.3 GB/s	512.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2190 MHz, 17.5 Gbps effective	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6