Radeon RX 6650 XT vs GeForce GTX 970
Summary
Radeon RX 6650 XT
305%
GeForce GTX 970
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6650 XT |
| 205% 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 970 |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon RX 6650 XT
The Radeon RX 6650 XT is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 6650 XT | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 23 (Navi 23 KXT
(215-130000136)) | vs | GM204 (GM204-200-A1) |
| Fab Process | 7 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 237 mm² | vs | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 11,060 million | vs | 5,200 million |
| Shaders | 2048 | vs | 1664 |
| Raytracing Cores | 32 | vs | none |
| Compute Units | 32 | vs | 13 |
| Core clock | 2055 MHz | vs | 1050 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 56 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 104 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 6650 XT | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2190 MHz
17.5 Gbps effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 6650 XT | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| TDP | 176 watts | vs | 148 watts |
| Release Date | 10 May 2022 | vs | 19 Sep 2014 |
Radeon RX 6650 XT
168.60 GP/s
GeForce GTX 970
58.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6650 XT
337.30 GT/s
GeForce GTX 970
109.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6650 XT
280.30 GB/s
GeForce GTX 970
224.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 6650 XT
10790.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 970
3494.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6650 XT
138
GeForce GTX 970
44
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6650 XT
88
GeForce GTX 970
29
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6650 XT
42
GeForce GTX 970
14
FPS (higher is better)