Radeon RX 6650 XT vs Radeon VII

Radeon RX 6650 XT
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 10 May 2022
Radeon RX 6650 XT
Radeon VII
Memory: 16384Mb HBM2DESKTOP
Release date: 7 Feb 2019
Radeon VII

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    110%
  • Radeon VII
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6650 XT

10% higher gaming performance.
119 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon VII .
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 Radeon VII

Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports TrueAudio
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

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 (9 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 6650 XTRadeon VII
GPU NameNavi 23 (Navi 23 KXT (215-130000136))vsVega 20 (Vega 20 XT)
Fab Process7 nmvs7 nm
Die Size237 mm²vs331 mm²
Transistors11,060 millionvs13,230 million
Shaders2048vs3840
Raytracing Cores32vsnone
Compute Units32vs60
Core clock2055 MHzvs1450 MHz
ROPs64vs64
TMUs128vs240

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 6650 XTRadeon VII
Memory TypeGDDR6vsHBM2
Bus Width128 bitvs4096 bit
Memory Speed2190 MHz
17.5 Gbps effective
vs1000 MHz
2000 MHz effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs16384 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 6650 XTRadeon VII
TDP176 wattsvs295 watts
Release Date10 May 2022vs7 Feb 2019

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    168.60 GP/s
  • Radeon VII
    115.20 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    337.30 GT/s
  • Radeon VII
    432.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    280.30 GB/s
  • Radeon VII
    1024.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    10790.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon VII
    13824.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    94
  • Radeon VII
    70

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

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

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    188
  • Radeon VII
    172

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
  • Radeon VII
    117

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    66
  • Radeon VII
    56

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

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

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    141
  • Radeon VII
    132

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
  • Radeon VII
    82

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    36
  • Radeon VII
    35

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

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

  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    79
  • Radeon VII
    80

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
  • Radeon VII
    44

FPS (higher is better)