Radeon RX 7700 vs RX 6650 XT

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 6650 XT and Radeon RX 7700, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RX 6650 XT
2022
8 GB GDDR6, 176 Watt
44.67

RX 7700 outperforms RX 6650 XT by a substantial 31% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking8040
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation62.60no data
Power efficiency17.4020.01
ArchitectureRDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameNavi 23Navi 32
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date10 May 2022 (2 years ago)2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 $479

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 cores20483072
Core clock speed2055 MHz1900 MHz
Boost clock speed2635 MHz2600 MHz
Number of transistors11,060 million28,100 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)176 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate337.3499.2
Floating-point processing power10.79 TFLOPS31.95 TFLOPS
ROPs6496
TMUs128192
Ray Tracing Cores3248

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 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin1x 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 amount8 GB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed2190 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth280.3 GB/s432.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
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 Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.12.2
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 6650 XT 44.67
RX 7700 58.39
+30.7%

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 6650 XT 17213
RX 7700 22501
+30.7%

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 HD138
−30.4%
180−190
+30.4%
1440p64
−25%
80−85
+25%
4K35
−28.6%
45−50
+28.6%

Cost per frame, $

1080p2.892.66
1440p6.235.99
4K11.4010.64

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 128
−25%
160−170
+25%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 90−95
−27.7%
120−130
+27.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 75−80
−29.9%
100−105
+29.9%
Battlefield 5 140−150
−25.9%
180−190
+25.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 85−90
−23.6%
110−120
+23.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 108
−29.6%
140−150
+29.6%
Far Cry 5 90−95
−27.7%
120−130
+27.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 100−110
−28.4%
140−150
+28.4%
Forza Horizon 4 200−210
−28.1%
260−270
+28.1%
Hitman 3 95−100
−25%
120−130
+25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 180−190
−27.1%
230−240
+27.1%
Metro Exodus 130−140
−24.1%
170−180
+24.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2 100−105
−30%
130−140
+30%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 160−170
−25%
210−220
+25%
Watch Dogs: Legion 130−140
−25%
170−180
+25%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 90−95
−27.7%
120−130
+27.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 75−80
−29.9%
100−105
+29.9%
Battlefield 5 140−150
−25.9%
180−190
+25.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 85−90
−23.6%
110−120
+23.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 88
−25%
110−120
+25%
Far Cry 5 90−95
−27.7%
120−130
+27.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 100−110
−28.4%
140−150
+28.4%
Forza Horizon 4 200−210
−28.1%
260−270
+28.1%
Hitman 3 95−100
−25%
120−130
+25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 180−190
−27.1%
230−240
+27.1%
Metro Exodus 130−140
−24.1%
170−180
+24.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2 100−105
−30%
130−140
+30%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 222
−30.6%
290−300
+30.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 90−95
−30.4%
120−130
+30.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 130−140
−25%
170−180
+25%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 90−95
−27.7%
120−130
+27.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 75−80
−29.9%
100−105
+29.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 85−90
−23.6%
110−120
+23.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 78
−28.2%
100−105
+28.2%
Far Cry 5 90−95
−27.7%
120−130
+27.7%
Forza Horizon 4 200−210
−28.1%
260−270
+28.1%
Hitman 3 95−100
−25%
120−130
+25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 173
−27.2%
220−230
+27.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 193
−29.5%
250−260
+29.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 107
−21.5%
130−140
+21.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 65
−23.1%
80−85
+23.1%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 100−105
−30%
130−140
+30%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 85−90
−25%
110−120
+25%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
−30.4%
90−95
+30.4%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
−22.4%
60−65
+22.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 50−55
−27.5%
65−70
+27.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
−22.6%
65−70
+22.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 44
−25%
55−60
+25%
Far Cry 5 50−55
−25%
65−70
+25%
Forza Horizon 4 240−250
−24%
300−310
+24%
Hitman 3 60−65
−25%
75−80
+25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 129
−24%
160−170
+24%
Metro Exodus 114
−22.8%
140−150
+22.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 124
−29%
160−170
+29%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65−70
−25%
85−90
+25%
Watch Dogs: Legion 200−210
−26.2%
260−270
+26.2%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 75−80
−29.9%
100−105
+29.9%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 45−50
−30.4%
60−65
+30.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
−28.2%
50−55
+28.2%
Hitman 3 35−40
−21.6%
45−50
+21.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn 190−200
−27.6%
250−260
+27.6%
Metro Exodus 55−60
−27.1%
75−80
+27.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 56
−25%
70−75
+25%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
−25%
40−45
+25%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 27−30
−20.7%
35−40
+20.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−33
−16.7%
35−40
+16.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 18
−16.7%
21−24
+16.7%
Far Cry 5 27−30
−29.6%
35−40
+29.6%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
−27%
80−85
+27%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 64
−25%
80−85
+25%
Watch Dogs: Legion 23
−30.4%
30−33
+30.4%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
−22%
50−55
+22%

This is how RX 6650 XT and RX 7700 compete in popular games:

  • RX 7700 is 30% faster in 1080p
  • RX 7700 is 25% faster in 1440p
  • RX 7700 is 29% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 44.67 58.39
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 176 Watt 200 Watt

RX 6650 XT has 13.6% lower power consumption.

RX 7700, on the other hand, has a 30.7% higher aggregate performance score, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 7700 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 6650 XT in performance tests.


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