Radeon RX 6650 XT vs GeForce 7050 + nForce 630a
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 78 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 98 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 62.47 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 17.67 |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | C68 | Navi 23 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 February 2006 (18 years ago) | 10 May 2022 (2 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $399 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | no data | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 425 MHz | 2055 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2635 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 112 million | 11,060 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 176 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 0.85 | 337.3 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 10.79 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 1 | 64 |
| TMUs | 2 | 128 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 32 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCI | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Width | IGP | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 8-pin |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | System Shared | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 2190 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 280.3 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 February 2006 | 10 May 2022 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 7 nm |
RX 6650 XT has an age advantage of 16 years, and a 1185.7% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 7050 + nForce 630a and Radeon RX 6650 XT. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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