Home GPU comparison Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT - Which is better?

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 vs AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT

42 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
VS
32 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060, vs AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
  7. Comments (0)

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison
Processors:
GeForce RTX 5060
vs
Radeon RX 6650 XT

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
142
94
84
58
132
74
61
39
The Witcher 3
166
137
100
53
123
98
66
37
Counter-Strike 2
238
188
131
74
196
133
95
49
Far Cry 6
125
116
93
53
105
94
69
38
Hogwarts Legacy
94
79
59
30
72
57
44
21
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
108
80
51
97
87
61
37
Ghost of Tsushima
85
71
55
30
78
63
44
24
Cyberpunk 2077
99
89
56
27
74
63
40
20
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
156
141
106
57
124
112
79
40
Avg FPS
1080p High136111
1080p Ultra11487
1440p Ultra8562
4K Ultra4834
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
14096
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
9282
Time Spy137019919
Solar Bay6321438698
Port Royal85954882
Fire Strike3761229382
Night Raid111626115897
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
127848
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
90831
Background Blur209.1 frames/s220.1 frames/s
Face Detection134.3 frames/s128.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.67 Gpix/sec2.94 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.13 Gpix/sec4.13 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.39 Gpix/sec3.68 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec0.94 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching607.8 Gpix/sec408.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18827.5 fps10694.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20940
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
17133
G2D Mark1152914
DirectX 11199 fps169 fps
DirectX 1277 fps61 fps
GPU Compute10977 Ops/s7820 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
116.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a817.2 fps
Car Chasen/a718.6 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a586 fps
T-Rexn/a2660.2 fps
ALU 2n/a3188.1 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a287.1 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a2225.3
Sources: GFXBench 5 [AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20375
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
37358
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
15190
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
n/a
Image Classification (SP)8362n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)22831n/a
Horizon Detection22375n/a
Face Detection (HP)41955n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)84685n/a
Text Classification (SP)3296n/a
Machine Translation (HP)5083n/a
Object Detection (SP)11023n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)38817n/a
Style Transfer (SP)155103n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
3702.71
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 May, 10, 2022
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 RDNA 2.0
Codename GB206-250 Navi 23
Price n/a 399

GPU

GPU Frequency 2280 MHz 2055 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2497 MHz 2635 MHz
Shader Units 3840 2048
TMUs 120 128
ROPs 48 64
Execution Units 30 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 30 32
Tensor Cores 120 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 120 Gpix/sec 169 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 300 GTex/s 337 GTex/s
FLOPS 19.2 TFLOPS 10.8 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 145 W 176 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 7 nm
Transistor Size 181 mm² 237 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 11 billion
Transistor density 120.99 MTr/mm² 46.41 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2190 MHz
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 17500 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
448 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
280.3 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 n/a
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 the clear winner in this comparison.

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