AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
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
132
74
61
39
99
62
49
35
The Witcher 3
123
98
66
37
107
86
62
34
Counter-Strike 2
196
133
95
49
157
117
82
41
Far Cry 6
105
94
69
38
84
74
57
29
Hogwarts Legacy
72
57
44
21
59
47
33
15
COD Modern Warfare 3
97
87
61
37
69
59
44
30
Ghost of Tsushima
78
63
44
24
53
42
30
18
Cyberpunk 2077
74
63
40
20
58
52
32
13
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
124
112
79
40
92
85
58
33
Avg FPS
1080p High11186
1080p Ultra8769
1440p Ultra6250
4K Ultra3428
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
9282
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
7378
Time Spy99197571
Solar Bay3869834179
Port Royal48824134
Fire Strike2938219768
Night Raid11589784918
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
90831
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
78934
Background Blur220.1 frames/s144.4 frames/s
Face Detection128.3 frames/s75.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.94 Gpix/sec3.08 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.13 Gpix/sec4.25 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.68 Gpix/sec4.21 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.94 Gpix/sec0.93 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching408.2 Gpix/sec354.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics10694.7 fps8559.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
17133
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
14124
G2D Mark914747
DirectX 11169 fps110 fps
DirectX 1261 fps53 fps
GPU Compute7820 Ops/s5513 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
116.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
89.8 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)817.2 fps477.6 fps
Car Chase718.6 fps423 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)586 fps370.8 fps
T-Rex2660.2 fps1884.9 fps
ALU 23188.1 fps2192.3 fps
Driver Overhead 2287.1 fps281.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2225.32405.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced May, 10, 2022 January, 15, 2019
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Turing
Codename Navi 23 TU106
Price 399 349

GPU

GPU Frequency 2055 MHz 1365 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2635 MHz 1680 MHz
Shader Units 2048 1920
TMUs 128 120
ROPs 64 48
Execution Units n/a 30
Ray Tracing Cores 32 30
Tensor Cores No 240
L1 cache 128 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 169 Gpix/sec 81 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 337 GTex/s 202 GTex/s
FLOPS 10.8 TFLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 176 W 160 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 237 mm² 445 mm²
Transistor count 11 billion 10 billion
Transistor density 46.41 MTr/mm² 22.47 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2190 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 128 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 17500 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
280.3 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
336 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 Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

Results

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