AMD Radeon RX 7600 vs 6650 XT

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the Radeon RX 7600 with 2048 shaders against the 1 year and 1 month older 6650 XT that utilizes 2048 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score

Value for money (Beta)

We use average GPU prices from all manufacturers by default. Enter the current price of a specific card for better accuracy.
Currency
8 GB GDDR6
VS
8 GB GDDR6
68.3
(Good)
Value Index
43.4
(Average)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of RX 6650 XT over RX 7600
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 7600
  • 2x higher maximum theoretical performance (21.7 vs 10.8 TFLOPS)
  • Shows 10% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 67 vs 61 FPS
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 6 nm process technology

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
139
80
68
45
132
73
62
41
The Witcher 3
126
110
75
40
122
100
67
34
Counter-Strike 2
200
144
98
52
192
133
94
51
Far Cry 6
110
98
74
41
105
94
67
37
Hogwarts Legacy
76
63
45
24
69
61
44
23
CoD: Modern Warfare III
101
99
67
40
94
86
61
38
Ghost of Tsushima
82
68
49
26
76
62
41
22
Cyberpunk 2077
78
68
43
19
73
64
37
16
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
133
120
82
39
126
110
76
38
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 116 110
1080p Ultra 94 87
1440p Ultra 67 61
4K Ultra 36 33
Margin of Error Low Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
RX 7600 +9%
10064
9270
Time Spy 10931 9891
Solar Bay 44276 38938
Port Royal 5670 4903
Fire Strike 31177 29359
Wild Life Extreme 19837 18058
Night Raid 120061 115940
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
82731
RX 6650 XT +10%
90831
Background Blur 201.7 img/sec 220.1 img/sec
Face Detection 110.3 img/sec 128.3 img/sec
Horizon Detection 3.05 Gpixels/sec 2.94 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 4.12 Gpixels/sec 4.13 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 3.72 Gpixels/sec 3.68 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.91 Gpixels/sec 0.94 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 266.1 Gpixels/sec 408.2 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 9727.4 FPS 10694.7 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU
4764
RX 6650 XT +17%
5570

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
16447
17092
G2D Mark 985 926
DirectX 11 172 FPS 168 FPS
DirectX 12 56 FPS 62 FPS
GPU Compute 8738 Ops/s 7442 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 6686 & 5344 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
RX 7600 +11%
1262.1
1136.94
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 448 & 487 samples

Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
RX 7600 +15%
20579
17945
GB6 ML Half Precision
RX 7600 +26%
26805
21242
GB6 ML Quantized
RX 7600 +20%
16792
13940
Image Classification (SP) 10305 8220
Image Segmentation (HP) 11405 9263
Image Super Resolution (Q) 25104 20723
Face Detection (HP) 34286 27074
Pose Estimation (Q) 91413 76541
Text Classification (SP) 3906 2796
Machine Translation (HP) 5084 4281
Object Detection (SP) 7217 6880
Depth Estimation (Q) 42955 33354
Style Transfer (SP) 178703 185358
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Radeon RX 7600 and 6650 XT

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Build Discrete Discrete
Released May 24, 2023 May 10, 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $269 $399
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture RDNA 3.0 RDNA 2.0
GPU Codename Navi 33 Navi 23
Rival Equivalent - GeForce RTX 4060 - GeForce RTX 4060
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i5 13500 or above - Intel Core i5 12600K or above
Desktop GPU rating (56th and 62nd place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1720 MHz 2055 MHz
Boost Clock 2655 MHz 2635 MHz
Shading Units 2048 2048
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 128 128
Render Output Units (ROPs) 64 64
Tensor Cores No No
Ray-tracing Cores 32 32
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 2MB shared 2MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 4 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 170 GPixel/s 169 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 340 GTexel/s 337 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
RX 7600 +101%
21.7 TFLOPS
10.8 TFLOPS
Differences in GPUs' instructions per clock make TFLOPS values not directly comparable.

Physical

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 165 W 176 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 6 nm 7 nm
Die Size 204 mm² 237 mm²
Transistor Count 13 billion 11 billion
Transistor Density 63.73 MTr/mm² 46.41 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory Clock 2250 MHz 2190 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 18000 Mbps 17500 Mbps
Bus 128-bit 128-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
RX 7600 +3%
288 GB/s
280.3 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.2 2.1
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No
DisplayPort 2.1 1.4a

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