MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X OC vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Full Specs

Summary

2,048 Shaders 2.67GHz	2,560 Shaders 2.57GHz
8GB GDDR6280.3GB/s	8GB GDDR6224GB/s
Peak·FP32·FP16 10.93 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 13.16 TFLOPS
Form Factor PCIe Card	Form Factor PCIe Card
TDP 180W	TDP 130W
Power Connectors 1x 8-Pin	Power Connectors 1x 8-Pin

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP16 Tensor FP4 FP4 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP8-16 FP8-16 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP8-32 FP8-32 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP16-16 FP16-16 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP16-32 FP16-32 Tensor Sparse FP64 BF16 Tensor BF16 BF16 Tensor Sparse Tensor TF32 Tensor INT8 Memory Bandwidth TDP

Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X OC21.86 TFLOPSFP16

x1

GeForce RTX 5050421.1 TFLOPSFP4 Tensor Sparse

x19.26

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed2669MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC	Clock Speed2570MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 21.86 TFLOPSFP16	Peak OPS 421.1 TFLOPSFP4 Tensor Sparse
-	Tensor FP4 210.5 TFLOPS FP4 Tensor Sparse 421.1 TFLOPS
-	Tensor FP8-16 105.3 TFLOPS FP8-16 Tensor Sparse 210.5 TFLOPS Tensor FP8-32 52.63 TFLOPS FP8-32 Tensor Sparse 105.3 TFLOPS
-	Tensor FP16-16 52.63 TFLOPS FP16-16 Tensor Sparse 105.3 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 26.32 TFLOPS FP16-32 Tensor Sparse 52.63 TFLOPS
-	BF16 13.16 TFLOPS Tensor BF16 26.32 TFLOPS BF16 Tensor Sparse 52.63 TFLOPS
Tensor TF32 -	Tensor TF32 13.16 TFLOPS
FP32 10.93 TFLOPS	FP32 13.16 TFLOPS
FP64 683.3 GFLOPS	FP64 205.6 GFLOPS
-	Tensor INT8 105.3 TOPS
Ray -	Ray 39.91 TOPS
Pixel Rate 170.8 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 82.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 341.6 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 205.6 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 2,048 Shaders	Shaders 2,560 Shaders
TMUs 128 TMUs	TMUs 80 TMUs
ROPs 64 ROPs	ROPs 32 ROPs
Tensor Cores -	Tensor Cores 80 T-Cores
RT Cores 32 RT-Cores	RT Cores 20 RT-Cores
CUs 32 CUs	SMs 20 SMs

Clocks

Base Clock 2.06GHz	Base Clock 2.31GHz
Boost Clock 2.67GHz	Boost Clock 2.57GHz

Cache

L0 Cache 32KB/WGP	L0 Cache -
L1 128KB/Array	L1 64KB/SM Tex
L2 Cache 2MB shared	L2 Cache 32MB shared
L3 Cache 32MB shared	L3 Cache -
L3 Bandwidth 832GB/s	L3 Bandwidth -

Memory

8GB GDDR6	8GB GDDR6
Memory Bus 128-bit	Memory Bus 128-bit
Memory Speed 17.5GT/s	Memory Speed 14GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 280.3GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 224GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Power & Thermals

TDP 180W	TDP 130W
Max Temp 110°C Max	Max Temp 87°C Max

Video Output

Max Resolution 7680x4320	Max Resolution 7680x4320
Refresh Rate Calculator 7680x4320 Resolution8K UHD Refresh Rate 120Hz	Refresh Rate Calculator 7680x4320 Resolution8K UHD Refresh Rate 165Hz
Multi-Monitor 4	Multi-Monitor 4
Adaptive Sync - FreeSync	Adaptive Sync G-Sync FreeSync
DSC Supported	DSC Supported
HDCP HDCP 2.3	HDCP HDCP 2.3

Ports

3x DisplayPort 1.4 1x HDMI 2.1

3x DisplayPort 2.1 1x HDMI 2.1

API Support

Shader Model 6.5	Shader Model 6.8
DirectX DirectX 12 Direct3D 12_2	DirectX DirectX 12 Direct3D 12_3
OpenGL 4.6 OpenCL 2.1 Vulkan 1.2	OpenGL 4.6 OpenCL 3 Vulkan 1.3
CUDA - GFX 10.3 PureVideo HD - VDPAU -	CUDA 12.8 GFX - PureVideo HD VP13 VDPAU Feature Set M

Encoder

Encoder VCN 3.0	Encoder NVENC 9
Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) -	Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) AV1

Decoder

Decoder VCN 3.0	Decoder NVDEC 6
Codec MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 JPEG VC-1 - VP9 AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) AV1	Codec MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 - VC-1 VP8 VP9 AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) AV1

Card

Form Factor PCIe Card	Form Factor PCIe Card
PCIe PCIe 4.0 x8 2.3-Slots	PCIe PCIe 5.0 x16 -
Height 125mm (4.92") Width 235mm (9.25") Depth 47mm (1.85")	-
Cooling Open-Air 2x Fans	Cooling Open-Air 2x Fans
Power Connectors 1x 8-Pin	Power Connectors 1x 8-Pin
Multi-GPU Multi-GPU Support Supported Multi-GPU Type Bridgeless	Multi-GPU -

Chip

Manufacturer MSI	Manufacturer NVIDIA
Chip Designer AMD	Chip Designer NVIDIA
Architecture RDNA 2	Architecture Blackwell
Family Radeon RX 6000	Family GeForce 50
Branding	Branding
Codename Dimgrey Cavefish	Codename NV197
Chip Variant Navi 23 XL	Chip Variant -
Market Segment Desktop	Market Segment Desktop
Release Date May 10, 2022	Release Date Jun 24, 2025

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N7	Fabrication Node 4NP
Die Size 237mm²	Die Size -
Transistor Count 11.1B	Transistor Count -
Transistor Density 46.67 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density -

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