NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation vs AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation and AMD Radeon RX 6650 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation

AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
2.3x more pipelines: 4608 vs 2048
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 7 nm
Around 53% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 176 Watt
Around 11% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 96670 vs 87411

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 Mar 2023 vs 10 May 2022
Pipelines	4608 vs 2048
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 176 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	96670 vs 87411

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT

Around 47% higher core clock speed: 2055 MHz vs 1395 MHz
Around 55% higher boost clock speed: 2635 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Around 38% higher texture fill rate: 337.3 GTexel/s vs 244.1 GTexel/s
Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 2190 MHz, 17.5 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 915 vs 548
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17153 vs 15925

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	2055 MHz vs 1395 MHz
Boost clock speed	2635 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Texture fill rate	337.3 GTexel/s vs 244.1 GTexel/s
Memory clock speed	2190 MHz, 17.5 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	915 vs 548
PassMark - G3D Mark	17153 vs 15925

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

96670

87411

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

548

915

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15925

17153

Name	NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation	AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
Geekbench - OpenCL	96670	87411
PassMark - G2D Mark	548	915
PassMark - G3D Mark	15925	17153
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1860

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation	AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	RDNA 2.0
Code name	AD106	Navi 23
Launch date	21 Mar 2023	10 May 2022
Place in performance rating	97	96
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz	2635 MHz
Core clock speed	1395 MHz	2055 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	7 nm
Pipelines	4608	2048
Pixel fill rate	81.36 GPixel/s	168.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	244.1 GTexel/s	337.3 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	176 Watt
Transistor count	22900 million	11060 million
Compute units		32
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
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Recommended system power (PSU)		450 Watt
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB/s	280.3 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	2190 MHz, 17.5 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6