AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

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

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
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
132
85
77
55
The Witcher 3
123
98
66
37
152
123
91
47
Counter-Strike 2
196
133
95
49
226
170
122
67
Far Cry 6
105
94
69
38
114
104
81
47
Hogwarts Legacy
72
57
44
21
86
70
55
26
COD Modern Warfare 3
97
87
61
37
109
99
69
45
Ghost of Tsushima
78
63
44
24
82
66
48
30
Cyberpunk 2077
74
63
40
20
92
83
51
23
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
124
112
79
40
139
129
97
52
Avg FPS
1080p High111126
1080p Ultra87103
1440p Ultra6277
4K Ultra3444
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
9282
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
11980
Time Spy991911708
Solar Bay3869854344
Port Royal48826969
Fire Strike2938229561
Night Raid115897109366
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
90831
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
115518
Background Blur220.1 frames/s185.1 frames/s
Face Detection128.3 frames/s108.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.94 Gpix/sec5.35 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.13 Gpix/sec7.17 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.68 Gpix/sec5.54 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.94 Gpix/sec1.15 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching408.2 Gpix/sec478 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics10694.7 fps15183 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
17133
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
20395
G2D Mark914988
DirectX 11169 fps163 fps
DirectX 1261 fps79 fps
GPU Compute7820 Ops/s10075 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
116.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
143 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)817.2 fps733.4 fps
Car Chase718.6 fps614.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)586 fps523.6 fps
T-Rex2660.2 fps2676.1 fps
ALU 23188.1 fps3657.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2287.1 fps282.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2225.33670

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced May, 10, 2022 December, 2, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ampere
Codename Navi 23 GA104
Price 399 399

GPU

GPU Frequency 2055 MHz 1410 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2635 MHz 1665 MHz
Shader Units 2048 4864
TMUs 128 152
ROPs 64 80
Execution Units n/a 38
Ray Tracing Cores 32 38
Tensor Cores No 152
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 169 Gpix/sec 133 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 337 GTex/s 253 GTex/s
FLOPS 10.8 TFLOPS 16.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 176 W 200 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 7 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 237 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 11 billion 17 billion
Transistor density 46.41 MTr/mm² 43.37 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2190 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 128 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 17500 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
280.3 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
448 GB/s

API

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

Results

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