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AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT

AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT

314%
314%

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

32%
32%
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT is approximately 282% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Navi 23
Tahiti
Cores
2048
2048
TMUs
128
128
ROPsDifferent
64
32
Memory SizeDifferent
8 GB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
128 bit
384 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
GPU NameDifferent
Navi 23
Tahiti
GPU VariantDifferent
Navi 23 KXT(215-130000136)
Tahiti XT2(215-0821065)
ArchitectureDifferent
RDNA 2.0
GCN 1.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
7 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
11,060 million
4,313 million
DensityDifferent
46.7M / mm²
12.3M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
237 mm²
352 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
BGA-1269
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Release DateDifferent
May 10th, 2022
Jun 22nd, 2012
GenerationDifferent
Navi II(RX 6000)
Southern Islands(HD 7900)
PredecessorDifferent
Navi
Northern Islands
SuccessorDifferent
Navi III
Sea Islands
ProductionDifferent
Active
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
399 USD
499 USD
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 4.0 x8
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
14 in our database
191 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Base ClockDifferent
2055 MHz
1000 MHz
Game ClockDifferent
2410 MHz
N/A
Boost ClockDifferent
2635 MHz
1050 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
2190 MHz17.5 Gbps effective
1500 MHz6 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Memory SizeDifferent
8 GB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
128 bit
384 bit
BandwidthDifferent
280.3 GB/s
288.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Shading Units
2048
2048
TMUs
128
128
ROPsDifferent
64
32
Compute Units
32
32
RT CoresDifferent
32
N/A
L0 CacheDifferent
32 KB per WGP
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
128 KB per Array
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
2 MB
768 KB
L3 CacheDifferent
32 MB
N/A

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Pixel RateDifferent
168.6 GPixel/s
33.60 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
337.3 GTexel/s
134.4 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
21.59 TFLOPS (2:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
10.79 TFLOPS
4.301 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
674.6 GFLOPS (1:16)
1,075.2 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
TDPDifferent
176 W
300 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
450 W
700 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
1x 8-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
D532
109-C38637-00
LengthDifferent
N/A
275 mm10.8 inches
HeightDifferent
N/A
111 mm4.4 inches
WidthDifferent
N/A
38 mm1.5 inches

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6650 XTAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
DirectXDifferent
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 (11_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
2.1
2.1 (1.2)
VulkanDifferent
1.3
1.2.170
Shader ModelDifferent
6.8
6.5 (5.1)

Comparison Summary

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