AMD Radeon RX 7600 vs 6650 XT
AMD Radeon RX 7600
Navi 33
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
Navi 23
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
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)
Key differences
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 resolutionsGames
| 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 |
| 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 apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| 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 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| 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 |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 985 | 926 |
| DirectX 11 | 172 FPS | 168 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 56 FPS | 62 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 8738 Ops/s | 7442 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| 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 |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Radeon RX 7600 and 6650 XTGeneral
| 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)
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
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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