AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 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).

AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 46% higher core clock speed: 2055 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Around 58% higher boost clock speed: 2635 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Around 33% higher texture fill rate: 337.3 GTexel/s vs 253.1 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
Around 14% lower typical power consumption: 176 Watt vs 200 Watt
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 2190 MHz, 17.5 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)

Launch date	10 May 2022 vs 1 Dec 2020
Core clock speed	2055 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Boost clock speed	2635 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Texture fill rate	337.3 GTexel/s vs 253.1 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	176 Watt vs 200 Watt
Memory clock speed	2190 MHz, 17.5 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

2.4x more pipelines: 4864 vs 2048
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 989 vs 914
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 20394 vs 17137
Around 44% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2671 vs 1859
Around 25% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 109075 vs 87479

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	4864 vs 2048
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	989 vs 914
PassMark - G3D Mark	20394 vs 17137
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2671 vs 1859
Geekbench - OpenCL	109075 vs 87479

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

914

989

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

17137

20394

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1859

2671

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

87479

109075

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
PassMark - G2D Mark	914	989
PassMark - G3D Mark	17137	20394
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1859	2671
Geekbench - OpenCL	87479	109075
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		323.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		4756.579
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		35.311
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		150.943
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1474.189
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		27478
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		27478
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3360

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 23	GA104
Launch date	10 May 2022	1 Dec 2020
Place in performance rating	106	104
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2635 MHz	1665 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	2055 MHz	1410 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	674.6 GFLOPS (1:16)	253.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	21.59 TFLOPS (2:1)	16.20 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.79 TFLOPS	16.20 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2048	4864
Pixel fill rate	168.6 GPixel/s	133.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	337.3 GTexel/s	253.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	176 Watt	200 Watt
Transistor count	11060 million	17400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 12-pin
Length		242 mm (9.5 inches)
Width		112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	2.1	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	280.3 GB/s	448 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2190 MHz, 17.5 Gbps effective	1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6