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 optimal combination of price and performance. Sales started on May 10, 2022 at a price of $399.
Development
AMD continued to develop 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 aimed at increasing performance over the previous model, the Radeon RX 6600 XT, while maintaining an affordable price.
Announcement and release date
The announcement of the Radeon RX 6650 XT took place in April 2022, and sales began 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 key innovations of the RDNA 2 architecture, such as high-performance compute units with support for hardware ray tracing and a new type of Infinity Cache that increases memory bandwidth.
Features
GPU: Navi 23
Process technology: 7 nm
Number of shader processors: 1024
Frequency GPU: 2350 MHz
Frequency GPU Boost: 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
Additional power connector: 1 x 8-pin
TDP: 180 W
Price
The recommended price for the Radeon RX 6650 XT was $399, which is $20 more than the Radeon RX6600 XT. This makes the video card more affordable compared to 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 FSR upscaling technology, users were also able to enable some ray tracing effects, even on medium graphics settings.
Competitors
The main competitors of the Radeon RX 6650 XT are the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and RTX 3060 Ti video 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 160 to 180 W), the Radeon RX 6650 XT can unleash the full potential of its GPU, resulting in improved performance.
AMD's Radeon RX 6650 XT is an excellent solution for mid-range gamers looking for the best combination of price and performance. This graphics card offered improved performance over the previous model, 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.