AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 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
106
65
53
35
The Witcher 3
123
98
66
37
115
92
65
34
Counter-Strike 2
196
133
95
49
167
123
90
42
Far Cry 6
105
94
69
38
86
80
61
33
Hogwarts Legacy
72
57
44
21
63
53
35
18
COD Modern Warfare 3
97
87
61
37
75
65
45
32
Ghost of Tsushima
78
63
44
24
60
47
33
20
Cyberpunk 2077
74
63
40
20
64
56
34
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
124
112
79
40
98
89
62
33
Avg FPS
1080p High11193
1080p Ultra8774
1440p Ultra6253
4K Ultra3429
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
9282
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
7959
Time Spy99198211
Solar Bay3869835563
Port Royal48824627
Fire Strike2938221866
Night Raid11589784235
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
90831
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
81436
Background Blur220.1 frames/s141.4 frames/s
Face Detection128.3 frames/s84.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.94 Gpix/sec3.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.13 Gpix/sec3.91 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.68 Gpix/sec3.85 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.94 Gpix/sec1.1 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching408.2 Gpix/sec325.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics10694.7 fps11008.8 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
17133
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
14434
G2D Mark914630
DirectX 11169 fps130 fps
DirectX 1261 fps61 fps
GPU Compute7820 Ops/s5961 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
116.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
99.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)817.2 fps597.7 fps
Car Chase718.6 fps531.2 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)586 fps416.7 fps
T-Rex2660.2 fps2221.6 fps
ALU 23188.1 fps2915 fps
Driver Overhead 2287.1 fps258.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2225.32946.5

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced May, 10, 2022 February, 22, 2023
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Entry-level
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename Navi 23 AD107 (GN21-X2)
Price 399 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 2055 MHz 1140-2070 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2635 MHz 1605-2370 MHz
Shader Units 2048 2560
TMUs 128 80
ROPs 64 32
Execution Units n/a 20
Ray Tracing Cores 32 20
Tensor Cores No 80
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 12000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 169 Gpix/sec 51-76 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 337 GTex/s 128-190 GTex/s
FLOPS 10.8 TFLOPS 8.2-12.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 176 W 35-140 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 237 mm² 156 mm²
Transistor count 11 billion 18.9 billion
Transistor density 46.41 MTr/mm² 121.15 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2190 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 128 bit 96 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 17500 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
280.3 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
192 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 8.9
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 3

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