AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650
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

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
84
46
33
20
54
31
23
14
The Witcher 3
60
46
27
16
41
35
22
11
Counter-Strike 2
96
67
46
19
74
54
35
13
Far Cry 6
65
55
40
19
44
42
28
14
Hogwarts Legacy
38
29
20
10
24
20
14
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
51
45
29
19
37
31
18
12
Ghost of Tsushima
37
28
21
10
24
18
13
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
36
33
19
n/a
26
22
13
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
69
61
36
18
47
42
27
14
Avg FPS
1080p High6041
1080p Ultra4633
1440p Ultra3021
4K Ultra1511
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
4786
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650
3419
Time Spy49513565
Solar Bay1997912312
Port Royal367n/a
Fire Strike155779684
Night Raid6528146016
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
53081
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650
39481
Background Blur130.3 frames/s66.4 frames/s
Face Detection70.1 frames/s43.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.59 Gpix/sec1.51 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.21 Gpix/sec1.68 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.02 Gpix/sec1.87 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.65 Gpix/sec0.49 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching223 Gpix/sec187.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics7470.5 fps5261.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
9578
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650
7880
G2D Mark810565
DirectX 1190 fps58 fps
DirectX 1238 fps35 fps
GPU Compute4502 Ops/s3058 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
52.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650
47.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)360.9 fps251.1 fps
Car Chase373.9 fps240.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)278.5 fps200.6 fps
T-Rex1305.6 fps931.9 fps
ALU 21331.2 fps1021.5 fps
Driver Overhead 2259.2 fps270.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1300.51151.2

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 19, 2022 April, 23, 2019
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Turing
Codename Navi 24 TU117
Price 199 149

GPU

GPU Frequency 2310 MHz 1485 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2815 MHz 1665 MHz
Shader Units 1024 896
TMUs 64 56
ROPs 32 32
Execution Units n/a 14
Ray Tracing Cores 16 No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 1024 KB/core 1024 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 90 Gpix/sec 53 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 180 GTex/s 93 GTex/s
FLOPS 5.8 TFLOPS 3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x4 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 107 W 75 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 6 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 107 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 5 billion 4 billion
Transistor density 46.73 MTr/mm² 20 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 2248 MHz 2001 MHz
Bus 64 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 18000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB 4 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
143.9 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650
128.1 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 7.5
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS No No

Results

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