AMD Radeon RX 6650M vs AMD Radeon RX 580

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6650M and AMD Radeon RX 580 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 6650M

AMD Radeon RX 580

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6650M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 65% higher core clock speed: 2068 MHz vs 1257 MHz
Around 80% higher boost clock speed: 2416 MHz vs 1340 MHz
Around 40% higher texture fill rate: 270.6 GTexel/s vs 192.96 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 14 nm
Around 54% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 185 Watt
Around 71% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15113 vs 8827
Around 70% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 66319 vs 39028

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 18 April 2017
Core clock speed	2068 MHz vs 1257 MHz
Boost clock speed	2416 MHz vs 1340 MHz
Texture fill rate	270.6 GTexel/s vs 192.96 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 185 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	15113 vs 8827
Geekbench - OpenCL	66319 vs 39028

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580

Around 29% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 1792
4x more memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 767 vs 763

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2304 vs 1792
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	767 vs 763

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6650M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 580

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

763

767

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15113

8827

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

66319

39028

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6650M	AMD Radeon RX 580
PassMark - G2D Mark	763	767
PassMark - G3D Mark	15113	8827
Geekbench - OpenCL	66319	39028
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		116.142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1022.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		9.235
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		84.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		607.721
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1005

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6650M	AMD Radeon RX 580
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	GCN 4.0
Code name	Navi 23	Polaris 20
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	18 April 2017
Place in performance rating	94	341
Design		Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation		4th Gen
Launch price (MSRP)		$229
Price now		$169.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		76.21
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2416 MHz	1340 MHz
Compute units	28	36
Core clock speed	2068 MHz	1257 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	541.2 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	17.32 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	8.659 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1792	2304
Pixel fill rate	154.6 GPixel/s	42.88 GP/s
Texture fill rate	270.6 GTexel/s	192.96 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	185 Watt
Transistor count	11060 million	5,700 million
Floating-point performance		6.2 TFLOPs
Render output units		32
Stream Processors		2304
Texture Units		144
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire
Length		241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)		500 Watt
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12
OpenCL	2.1	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB/s	256 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	8000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready