AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
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
107
67
53
36
The Witcher 3
123
98
66
37
115
96
69
37
Counter-Strike 2
196
133
95
49
170
126
92
45
Far Cry 6
105
94
69
38
88
78
63
32
Hogwarts Legacy
72
57
44
21
61
50
38
19
COD Modern Warfare 3
97
87
61
37
76
66
46
31
Ghost of Tsushima
78
63
44
24
58
46
34
17
Cyberpunk 2077
74
63
40
20
62
59
32
14
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
124
112
79
40
102
91
66
32
Avg FPS
1080p High11193
1080p Ultra8775
1440p Ultra6255
4K Ultra3429
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
9282
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
8193
Time Spy99198326
Solar Bay3869837029
Port Royal48824708
Fire Strike2938220182
Night Raid11589771905
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
90831
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
94459
Background Blur220.1 frames/s153.5 frames/s
Face Detection128.3 frames/s90 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.94 Gpix/sec4.1 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.13 Gpix/sec5.77 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.68 Gpix/sec4.35 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.94 Gpix/sec1.01 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching408.2 Gpix/sec385.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics10694.7 fps12770 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
17133
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
13262
G2D Mark914589
DirectX 11169 fps110 fps
DirectX 1261 fps58 fps
GPU Compute7820 Ops/s5759 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
116.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
100.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)817.2 fps537.5 fps
Car Chase718.6 fps465 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)586 fps398.2 fps
T-Rex2660.2 fps1964.8 fps
ALU 23188.1 fps2748.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2287.1 fps256.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2225.32932.7

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced May, 10, 2022 January, 12, 2021
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ampere
Codename Navi 23 GA106 (GN20-E3)
Price 399 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 2055 MHz 816-1387 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2635 MHz 1283-1703 MHz
Shader Units 2048 3840
TMUs 128 120
ROPs 64 48
Execution Units n/a 30
Ray Tracing Cores 32 30
Tensor Cores No 120
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 169 Gpix/sec 62-82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 337 GTex/s 154-204 GTex/s
FLOPS 10.8 TFLOPS 9.9-13.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 176 W 60-140 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 7 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 237 mm² 300 mm²
Transistor count 11 billion 13.25 billion
Transistor density 46.41 MTr/mm² 44.17 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 12000-14000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
280.3 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
336 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 8.6
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

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