Radeon RX 6650 XT vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Radeon RX 6650 XT
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 10 May 2022
Radeon RX 6650 XT
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Memory: 6144Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 22 Feb 2019
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    189%
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6650 XT

89% higher gaming performance.
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Infinity Cache allows to deliver up to 3.25x the effective memory bandwidth
Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

56 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon RX 6650 XT .
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)
Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS)

Radeon RX 6650 XT

HWBench recommends Radeon RX 6650 XT

The Radeon RX 6650 XT is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (15 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 6650 XTGeForce GTX 1660 Ti
GPU NameNavi 23 (Navi 23 KXT (215-130000136))vsTU116 (TU116-400-A1)
Fab Process7 nmvs12 nm
Die Size237 mm²vs284 mm²
Transistors11,060 millionvs6,600 million
Shaders2048vs1536
Raytracing Cores32vsnone
Compute Units32vs24
Core clock2055 MHzvs1500 MHz
ROPs64vs48
TMUs128vs96

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 6650 XTGeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR6
Bus Width128 bitvs192 bit
Memory Speed2190 MHz
17.5 Gbps effective
vs1500 MHz
12000 MHz effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs6144 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 6650 XTGeForce GTX 1660 Ti
TDP176 wattsvs120 watts
Release Date10 May 2022vs22 Feb 2019

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    168.60 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    84.96 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    337.30 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    169.90 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    280.30 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    288.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    10790.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    5437.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    94
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    44

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    188
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    93

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    111
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    71

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    198
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    105

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    138
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    81

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    66
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    34

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    141
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    71

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    80
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    52

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    127
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    68

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    88
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    52

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    36
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    12

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    79
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    40

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    43
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    25

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    64
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    35

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    42
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    26

FPS (higher is better)