AMD ’s xx50 cards have always been defined by mid-range prices with performance that knocks on the door of high-end graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the RDNA 2.0 graphics card inside the RX 6650 XT, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend. The RX 6650 XT is much more expensive than the RX 5600 XT as it costs a whopping $ 399. Compare this to the RX 5600 XT, which came originally at a price of $ 279. Meanwhile, the NVIDIA closest equivalent card is the RTX 3060 which costs $ 329.
Spec for spec, this RX 6650 XT leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the RX 5600 XT, by boasting 36.8 % more fps. The RX 6650 XT has 8 GB RAM compared to the RX 5600 XT 's 6 GB video memory.
In our synthetic benchmarks, the RX 6650 XT blows past the RX 5600 XT and, amazingly, even the RX 5700 as well. Compared to its NVIDIA 's closest rival, RTX 3060, the RX 6650 XT was 16.4 % faster.
Fortunately, gaming performance was quite impressive. The RX 6650 XT consistently delivers great frame rate increases over the RX 5600 XT and it really justifies an upgrade. For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Forspoken, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Atomic Heart, Halo Infinite, Assassin's Creed Valhalla at 61 fps to 68 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 64 fps.
For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Marvel's Avengers, Cyberpunk 2077, Total War: Warhammer III, Metro Exodus at 63 fps to 64 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 63 fps. For 2160p 4K, we were able to play Death Stranding, Far Cry 5, Resident Evil 4, F1 2019, Apex Legends at 62 fps to 67 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 64 fps.
The RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB might be the high-end flagship of the latest Ada Lovelace set of graphics cards, but their prices keep them out of the reach of most mid-range PC gamers. On the other hand, the RTX 4060 is closer to being reasonably affordable at a price tag of $ 299. NVIDIA ’s xx60 cards have always been defined by mid-range prices with performance that knocks on the door of high-end graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the Ada Lovelace graphics card inside the RTX 4060, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend.
Spec for spec, this RTX 4060 leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the RTX 3060, by boasting 15.6 % more fps. Compared to its AMD 's closest rival, RX 7600, the RTX 4060 was 0.099999999999994 % slower.
For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Forspoken, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Atomic Heart, Halo Infinite, Hogwarts Legacy at 62 fps to 69 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 65 fps. For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Total War: Warhammer III, Marvel's Avengers, Metro Exodus, Cyberpunk 2077 at 61 fps to 65 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 64 fps.
For 2160p 4K, we were able to play Resident Evil 2, Far Cry 5, Resident Evil 4, Far Cry New Dawn, Death Stranding at 62 fps to 65 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 64 fps.
| RX 6650 XT | RTX 4060 | |
|---|---|---|
| Board Number | D532 | PG190 |
| Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a | 1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 12-pin |
| Slot Width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
| Suggested PSU | 450 W | 300 W |
| TDP | 176 W | 115 W |
| RX 6650 XT | RTX 4060 | |
|---|---|---|
| Base Clock | 2055 MHz | 1830 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2635 MHz | 2460 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 2190 MHz 17.5 Gbps effective | 2125 MHz 17 Gbps effective |
| RX 6650 XT | RTX 4060 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Generation | Navi II (RX 6000) | GeForce 40 |
| Launch Price | 399 USD | 299 USD |
| Predecessor | Navi | GeForce 30 |
| Production | Active | Active |
| Release Date | May 10th, 2022 | May 18th, 2023 |
| Reviews | 13 in our database | 38 in our database |
| RX 6650 XT | RTX 4060 | |
|---|---|---|
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| RX 6650 XT | RTX 4060 | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | Ada Lovelace |
| Die Size | 237 mm² | 146 mm² |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| GPU Name | Navi 23 | AD107 |
| GPU Variant | Navi 23 KXT (215-130000136) | AD107-400-A1 |
| Graphics Processor | Navi 23 | AD107 |
| Process Size | 7 nm | 5 nm |
| Transistors | 11,060 million | unknown |
| RX 6650 XT | RTX 4060 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bandwidth | 280.3 GB/s | 272.0 GB/s |
| Memory Bus | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| RX 6650 XT | RTX 4060 | |
|---|---|---|
| L1 Cache | 128 KB per Array | 128 KB (per SM) |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | 24 MB |
| ROPs | 64 | 32 |
| RT Cores | 32 | 24 |
| Shading Units | 2048 | 3072 |
| TMUs | 128 | 96 |
| RX 6650 XT | RTX 4060 | |
|---|---|---|
| Pixel Rate | 168.6 GPixel/s | 78.72 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 337.3 GTexel/s | 236.2 GTexel/s |
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