AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
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
122
74
65
45
The Witcher 3
123
98
66
37
139
109
81
42
Counter-Strike 2
196
133
95
49
198
150
107
56
Far Cry 6
105
94
69
38
103
95
72
39
Hogwarts Legacy
72
57
44
21
74
64
44
25
COD Modern Warfare 3
97
87
61
37
90
84
61
38
Ghost of Tsushima
78
63
44
24
72
59
41
24
Cyberpunk 2077
74
63
40
20
80
72
45
18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
124
112
79
40
120
113
79
42
Avg FPS
1080p High111111
1080p Ultra8791
1440p Ultra6266
4K Ultra3437
DeviationLowHigh

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
9282
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
10047
Time Spy991910201
Solar Bay3869845966
Port Royal48826128
Fire Strike2938229129
Night Raid115897n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
90831
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
Background Blur220.1 frames/sn/a
Face Detection128.3 frames/sn/a
Horizon Detection2.94 Gpix/secn/a
Edge Detection4.13 Gpix/secn/a
Gaussian Blur3.68 Gpix/secn/a
Feature Matching0.94 Gpix/secn/a
Stereo Matching408.2 Gpix/secn/a
Particle Physics10694.7 fpsn/a
APIOpenCLn/a
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
17133
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
17775
G2D Mark9141113
DirectX 11169 fps155 fps
DirectX 1261 fps71 fps
GPU Compute7820 Ops/s9063 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
116.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)817.2 fpsn/a
Car Chase718.6 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)586 fpsn/a
T-Rex2660.2 fpsn/a
ALU 23188.1 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2287.1 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation2225.3n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced May, 10, 2022 June, 24, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Blackwell 2.0
Codename Navi 23 GB207-300
Price 399 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 2055 MHz 2317 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2635 MHz 2572 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 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 169 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 337 GTex/s 206 GTex/s
FLOPS 10.8 TFLOPS 13.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 5.0 x8
TGP 176 W 130 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 5 nm
Max temperature n/a 87 °C
Transistor Size 237 mm² 149 mm²
Transistor count 11 billion 16.9 billion
Transistor density 46.41 MTr/mm² 113.42 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2190 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 17500 MB/s 20000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
280.3 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
320 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.3 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 12.0
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1b
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 4

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
6 (54.55%)
5 (45.45%)
Total Votes: 11

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