AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB 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.

AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 40% higher core clock speed: 2055 MHz vs 1470 MHz
Around 60% higher boost clock speed: 2635 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Around 50% higher texture fill rate: 337.3 GTexel/s vs 224.4 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
Around 5% lower typical power consumption: 176 Watt vs 184 Watt
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 2190 MHz, 17.5 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 909 vs 836
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17244 vs 15911
Around 23% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 9891 vs 8024

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 May 2022 vs 7 Dec 2021
Core clock speed	2055 MHz vs 1470 MHz
Boost clock speed	2635 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Texture fill rate	337.3 GTexel/s vs 224.4 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	176 Watt vs 184 Watt
Memory clock speed	2190 MHz, 17.5 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	909 vs 836
PassMark - G3D Mark	17244 vs 15911
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	9891 vs 8024

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

Around 6% higher pipelines: 2176 vs 2048
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB

Pipelines	2176 vs 2048
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

909

836

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

17244

15911

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

9891

8024

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	909	836
PassMark - G3D Mark	17244	15911
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	9891	8024
Geekbench - OpenCL	85955

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Turing
Code name	Navi 23	TU106
Launch date	10 May 2022	7 Dec 2021
Place in performance rating	75	72
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2635 MHz	1650 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	2055 MHz	1470 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	674.6 GFLOPS (1:16)	224.4 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	21.59 TFLOPS (2:1)	14.36 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.79 TFLOPS	7.181 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2048	2176
Pixel fill rate	168.6 GPixel/s	79.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	337.3 GTexel/s	224.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	176 Watt	184 Watt
Transistor count	11060 million	10800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 8-pin
Height		35 mm, 1.4 inches
Length		229 mm, 9 inches
Width		113 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.1	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	280.3 GB/s	336.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	2190 MHz, 17.5 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6