Radeon RX 6650 XT vs GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Radeon RX 6650 XT
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 10 May 2022
Radeon RX 6650 XT
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 1 Dec 2020
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    100%
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    111%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6650 XT

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 RTX 3060 Ti

11% higher gaming performance.
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)

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

HWBench recommends GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

The GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (18 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 6650 XTGeForce RTX 3060 Ti
GPU NameNavi 23 (Navi 23 KXT (215-130000136))vsGA104 (GA104-200-A1)
Fab Process7 nmvs8 nm
Die Size237 mm²vs392 mm²
Transistors11,060 millionvs17,400 million
Shaders2048vs4864
Raytracing Cores32vsnone
Compute Units32vs38
Core clock2055 MHzvs1410 MHz
ROPs64vs80
TMUs128vs152

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 6650 XTGeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR6
Bus Width128 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed2190 MHz
17.5 Gbps effective
vs1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs8192 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 6650 XTGeForce RTX 3060 Ti
TDP176 wattsvs200 watts
Release Date10 May 2022vs1 Dec 2020

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    168.60 GP/s
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    133.20 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    337.30 GT/s
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    253.10 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    280.30 GB/s
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    448.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    10790.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    16200.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    94
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    83

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

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

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    188
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    169

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    111
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    116

FPS (higher is better)

Forza Horizon 5

Extreme Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    73
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    89

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    198
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    196

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 RTX 3060 Ti
    153

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    66
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    69

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

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

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    141
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    132

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    80
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    87

FPS (higher is better)

Forza Horizon 5

Extreme Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    61
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    77

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    127
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    136

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 RTX 3060 Ti
    105

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    36
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    43

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

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

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    79
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    80

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    43
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    52

FPS (higher is better)

Forza Horizon 5

Extreme Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    41
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    55

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    64
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    74

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 RTX 3060 Ti
    57

FPS (higher is better)