Radeon RX 6650 XT
The Radeon RX 6650 XT is a graphics card from AMD that represents the updated Radeon RX 6600 series. This model was designed for mid-level gamers, offering the best combination of price and performance. The start of sales began on May 10, 2022 at a price of $399.
Development
AMD has continued to evolve its RDNA 2 architecture in an effort to improve the performance and power efficiency of graphics cards. The development of the Radeon RX 6650 XT was focused on increasing performance over its predecessor, the Radeon RX 6600 XT, while maintaining an affordable price tag.
Announcement and release date
The announcement of the Radeon RX 6650 XT took place in April 2022, and the start of sales on May 10, 2022.
Architecture
The Radeon RX 6650 XT is based on the Navi 23 GPU built using the 7nm process technology. The GPU includes all the major innovations of the RDNA 2 architecture, such as high-performance compute units with support for hardware ray tracing and a new type of cache memory called Infinity Cache, which increases memory bandwidth.
Characteristics
GPU: Navi 23 Manufacturing
process: 7nm
Number of shader processors: 1024
GPU frequency: 2350 MHz
GPU Boost frequency: 2675 MHz
Video memory: 8 GB GDDR6
Video memory bus width: 128 bits
Video memory frequency: 17.5 GHz (effective)
Ports: 3 x DisplayPort 1.4, 1 x HDMI 2.1
Auxiliary power connector: 1 x 8-pin
TDP: 180W
Price
The MSRP for the Radeon RX 6650 XT is $399, which is $20 more than the Radeon RX6600 XT. This makes the graphics card more affordable than other solutions in the mid-range segment.
Gaming performance
At launch, the Radeon RX 6650 XT delivered impressive gaming performance at Full HD resolution. On average, the graphics card was 5-10% faster than the Radeon RX 6600 XT, allowing gamers to enjoy high quality graphics and stable frame rates. Thanks to the FSR scaling technology, users could also enable some ray tracing effects, even at medium graphics settings.
Competitors
The main competitors of the Radeon RX 6650 XT are the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and RTX 3060 Ti graphics cards. Compared to these models, the Radeon RX 6650 XT offered similar performance, but the cost of the AMD solution was more attractive to buyers.
Interesting Facts
The Radeon RX 6650 XT includes 16 ray tracing units, making it one of the few mid-range graphics cards to support this technology.
With increased power consumption (from 160W to 180W), the Radeon RX 6650 XT can unleash the full potential of its GPU, resulting in improved performance.
AMD's Radeon RX 6650 XT is the perfect solution for mid-range gamers looking for the best combination of price and performance. This graphics card offered improved performance over its predecessor, the Radeon RX 6600 XT, and competed with NVIDIA solutions in its segment. At the same time, the Radeon RX 6650 XT has become an affordable option for gamers looking to try out ray tracing effects in modern games.