Home GPU comparison Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 and AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT - Which is better?

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 vs AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT

61 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
VS
32 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070, 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 5070 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 5070
vs
Radeon RX 6650 XT

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
192
140
127
98
132
74
61
39
The Witcher 3
212
180
134
70
123
98
66
37
Counter-Strike 2
284
215
157
82
196
133
95
49
Far Cry 6
161
148
127
82
105
94
69
38
Hogwarts Legacy
137
115
92
50
72
57
44
21
COD Modern Warfare 3
181
172
133
88
97
87
61
37
Ghost of Tsushima
123
107
88
56
78
63
44
24
Cyberpunk 2077
161
141
99
44
74
63
40
20
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
250
241
181
101
124
112
79
40
Avg FPS
1080p High189111
1080p Ultra16287
1440p Ultra12662
4K Ultra7534
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
22974
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
9282
Time Spy226139919
Solar Bay10376838698
Port Royal143124882
Fire Strike5779329382
Night Raid172986115897
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
190967
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
90831
Background Blur254.4 frames/s220.1 frames/s
Face Detection180.6 frames/s128.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection7.91 Gpix/sec2.94 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection10.2 Gpix/sec4.13 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur10.7 Gpix/sec3.68 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.84 Gpix/sec0.94 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching975.7 Gpix/sec408.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics27816.5 fps10694.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
29057
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
17133
G2D Mark1297914
DirectX 11277 fps169 fps
DirectX 12108 fps61 fps
GPU Compute15779 Ops/s7820 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
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 5070
30221
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
53037
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
23474
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
n/a
Image Classification (SP)12270n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)30237n/a
Horizon Detection35585n/a
Face Detection (HP)62662n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)145190n/a
Text Classification (SP)4198n/a
Machine Translation (HP)6233n/a
Object Detection (SP)16709n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)58300n/a
Style Transfer (SP)246598n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
6148.6
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 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 GB205-300 Navi 23
Price n/a 399

GPU

GPU Frequency 2325 MHz 2055 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2512 MHz 2635 MHz
Shader Units 6144 2048
TMUs 192 128
ROPs 80 64
Execution Units 48 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 48 32
Tensor Cores 192 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 48000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 201 Gpix/sec 169 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 482 GTex/s 337 GTex/s
FLOPS 30.9 TFLOPS 10.8 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 250 W 176 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 7 nm
Transistor Size 263 mm² 237 mm²
Transistor count 31.1 billion 11 billion
Transistor density 118.25 MTr/mm² 46.41 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2190 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 17500 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
672 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 5070 the clear winner in this comparison.

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