Radeon RX 6650M XT vs RX 6500 XT

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 6500 XT with Radeon RX 6650M XT, including specs and performance data.

RX 6500 XT
2022
8 GB GDDR6, 107 Watt
24.83

RX 6650M XT outperforms RX 6500 XT by an impressive 78% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking22084
Place by popularity83not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation58.69no data
Power efficiency15.9125.31
ArchitectureRDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameNavi 24Navi 23
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date19 January 2022 (2 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data

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 cores10242048
Core clock speed2610 MHz2068 MHz
Boost clock speed2815 MHz2416 MHz
Number of transistors5,400 million11,060 million
Manufacturing process technology6 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)107 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate180.2309.2
Floating-point processing power5.765 TFLOPS9.896 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs64128
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).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4PCIe 4.0 x8
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 amount8 GB8 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2248 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth143.9 GB/s256.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4aNo outputs
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
OpenCL2.22.1
Vulkan1.31.3

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RX 6500 XT 24.83
RX 6650M XT 44.30
+78.4%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RX 6500 XT 9569
RX 6650M XT 17070
+78.4%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD62
−77.4%
110−120
+77.4%
1440p28
−60.7%
45−50
+60.7%
4K16
−68.8%
27−30
+68.8%

Cost per frame, $

1080p3.21no data
1440p7.11no data
4K12.44no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 72
+3500%
2−3
−3500%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50−55
+1700%
3−4
−1700%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 51
−76.5%
90−95
+76.5%
Battlefield 5 80−85
−72.8%
140−150
+72.8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+2400%
2−3
−2400%
Cyberpunk 2077 54
+2600%
2−3
−2600%
Far Cry 5 55−60
−75.4%
100−105
+75.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
−69.2%
110−120
+69.2%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
−72.4%
250−260
+72.4%
Hitman 3 50−55
+1150%
4−5
−1150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 110−120
+1325%
8−9
−1325%
Metro Exodus 85−90
−76.5%
150−160
+76.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 60−65
−71.9%
110−120
+71.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 80−85
+2000%
4−5
−2000%
Watch Dogs: Legion 100−110
+268%
27−30
−268%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50−55
+1700%
3−4
−1700%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 43
−74.4%
75−80
+74.4%
Battlefield 5 80−85
−72.8%
140−150
+72.8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+2400%
2−3
−2400%
Cyberpunk 2077 34
+1600%
2−3
−1600%
Far Cry 5 55−60
−75.4%
100−105
+75.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
−69.2%
110−120
+69.2%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
−72.4%
250−260
+72.4%
Hitman 3 50−55
+1150%
4−5
−1150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 110−120
+1325%
8−9
−1325%
Metro Exodus 85−90
−76.5%
150−160
+76.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 60−65
−71.9%
110−120
+71.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 107
+2575%
4−5
−2575%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
+489%
9−10
−489%
Watch Dogs: Legion 100−110
+268%
27−30
−268%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50−55
+1700%
3−4
−1700%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 31
−77.4%
55−60
+77.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+2400%
2−3
−2400%
Cyberpunk 2077 30
+1400%
2−3
−1400%
Far Cry 5 55−60
−75.4%
100−105
+75.4%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
−72.4%
250−260
+72.4%
Hitman 3 50−55
+1150%
4−5
−1150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 92
+1050%
8−9
−1050%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 83
+1975%
4−5
−1975%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 54
+500%
9−10
−500%
Watch Dogs: Legion 25
−12%
27−30
+12%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 60−65
−71.9%
110−120
+71.9%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 45−50
−70.2%
80−85
+70.2%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
−71.1%
65−70
+71.1%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
−73.1%
45−50
+73.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 23
−73.9%
40−45
+73.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
−60.7%
45−50
+60.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 17 0−1
Far Cry 5 27−30
−60.7%
45−50
+60.7%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
−77.3%
250−260
+77.3%
Hitman 3 27−30
+383%
6−7
−383%
Horizon Zero Dawn 66
+3200%
2−3
−3200%
Metro Exodus 57
−75.4%
100−105
+75.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 56
−69.6%
95−100
+69.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−33
−66.7%
50−55
+66.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 140−150
−71.4%
240−250
+71.4%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+1950%
2−3
−1950%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 24−27
−66.7%
40−45
+66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
−57.9%
30−33
+57.9%
Hitman 3 10
−60%
16−18
+60%
Horizon Zero Dawn 120−130
−73.2%
220−230
+73.2%
Metro Exodus 27−30
−60.7%
45−50
+60.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 28
−60.7%
45−50
+60.7%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
−71.4%
24−27
+71.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 4
−75%
7−8
+75%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−71.4%
24−27
+71.4%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
−76.5%
60−65
+76.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 25
−60%
40−45
+60%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10
−60%
16−18
+60%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
+950%
2−3
−950%

This is how RX 6500 XT and RX 6650M XT compete in popular games:

  • RX 6650M XT is 77% faster in 1080p
  • RX 6650M XT is 61% faster in 1440p
  • RX 6650M XT is 69% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 1080p resolution and the Low Preset, the RX 6500 XT is 3500% faster.
  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 6650M XT is 12% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RX 6500 XT is ahead in 28 tests (97%)
  • RX 6650M XT is ahead in 1 test (3%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 24.83 44.30
Chip lithography 6 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 107 Watt 120 Watt

RX 6500 XT has a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 12.1% lower power consumption.

RX 6650M XT, on the other hand, has a 78.4% higher aggregate performance score.

The Radeon RX 6650M XT is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 6500 XT in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 6500 XT is a desktop card while Radeon RX 6650M XT is a notebook one.


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