AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT and AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT 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 - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 13% higher core clock speed: 2055 MHz vs 1825 MHz
  • Around 17% higher boost clock speed: 2635 MHz vs 2250 MHz
  • Around 70% lower typical power consumption: 176 Watt vs 300 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 1825 MHz
Boost clock speed 2635 MHz vs 2250 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 176 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed 2190 MHz, 17.5 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

  • 2.1x more texture fill rate: 720.0 GTexel/s vs 337.3 GTexel/s
  • 2.5x more pipelines: 5120 vs 2048
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1047 vs 906
  • Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26791 vs 17209
  • 2.1x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 20957 vs 9886
  • Around 90% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 164114 vs 86435
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 720.0 GTexel/s vs 337.3 GTexel/s
Pipelines 5120 vs 2048
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 1047 vs 906
PassMark - G3D Mark 26791 vs 17209
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 20957 vs 9886
Geekbench - OpenCL 164114 vs 86435

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
906
1047
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
17209
26791
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
9886
20957
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
86435
164114
Name AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark 906 1047
PassMark - G3D Mark 17209 26791
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 9886 20957
Geekbench - OpenCL 86435 164114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 543.753
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 51.155
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 320.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2566.9
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 17213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 17213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

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 75 76
Launch price (MSRP) $999
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2635 MHz 2250 MHz
Compute units 32 80
Core clock speed 2055 MHz 1825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 674.6 GFLOPS (1:16) 1440 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 21.59 TFLOPS (2:1) 46.08 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 10.79 TFLOPS 23.04 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2048 5120
Pixel fill rate 168.6 GPixel/s 288.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 337.3 GTexel/s 720.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 176 Watt 300 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 Triple-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt 700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 2x 8-pin
Height 50 mm (2 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 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