AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT vs NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 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 Quadro RTX 8000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 2055 MHz vs 1005 MHz
2.2x more boost clock speed: 2635 MHz vs 1200 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
Around 42% lower typical power consumption: 176 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 912 vs 876

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 May 2022 vs 13 August 2018
Core clock speed	2055 MHz vs 1005 MHz
Boost clock speed	2635 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	176 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	912 vs 876

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000

6.4x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2190 MHz, 17.5 Gbps effective
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19748 vs 17171
Around 69% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 146968 vs 87211

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 2190 MHz, 17.5 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	19748 vs 17171
Geekbench - OpenCL	146968 vs 87211

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

912

876

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

17171

19748

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

87211

146968

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
PassMark - G2D Mark	912	876
PassMark - G3D Mark	17171	19748
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1861	0
Geekbench - OpenCL	87211	146968
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		401.574
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		6432.348
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		43.914
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		215.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2101.927
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		21578
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3290
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		21578
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3290

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Turing
Code name	Navi 23	TU102
Launch date	10 May 2022	13 August 2018
Place in performance rating	96	95
Launch price (MSRP)		$9,999
Type		Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2635 MHz	1200 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	2055 MHz	1005 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	674.6 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	21.59 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.79 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2048
Pixel fill rate	168.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	337.3 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	176 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	11060 million	18,600 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	2x 8-pin
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	280.3 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit
Memory clock speed	2190 MHz, 17.5 Gbps effective	14000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6