Radeon RX 6650 XT vs GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated80
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data62.60
Power efficiencyno data17.40
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGA107Navi 23
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date11 May 2021 (3 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.

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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 cores20482048
Core clock speed712 MHz2055 MHz
Boost clock speed1057 MHz2635 MHz
Number of transistorsno data11,060 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt176 Watt
Texture fill rate67.65337.3
Floating-point processing power4.329 TFLOPS10.79 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs64128
Tensor Cores64no data
Ray Tracing Cores1632

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x8
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1375 MHz2190 MHz
Memory bandwidth176.0 GB/s280.3 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.66.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.02.1
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.6-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 May 2021 10 May 2022
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 176 Watt

RTX 3050 Max-Q has 402.9% lower power consumption.

RX 6650 XT, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 months, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q and Radeon RX 6650 XT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q is a notebook card while Radeon RX 6650 XT is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q
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AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
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