MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G vs AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G and AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
• Execution Units
  28 32
• GPU Chip
  GA106-300-A1 Navi 23 KXT
• Render Output Units
  64 64
• Shader
  3584 2048
• Texture Units
  112 128
• Architecture
  - RDNA 2
• Compute Units
  - 32
• L1 Cache
  - 128 KB
• L2 Cache
  - 2 MB
• L3 Cache
  - 32 MB
• Ray Accelerators
  - 32

Video memory capacity, type, bus width and bandwidth describe different properties. These values alone do not determine graphics performance.

• Memory Bandwidth
  360 GB/s 280 GB/s
• Memory Bus
  192 bit 128 bit
• Memory Size
  12 GB 8 GB
• Memory Speed (legacy frequency label)
  1875 MHz -
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6
• Infinity Cache
  - 32 MB
• Memory Clock
  - 2190 MHz
• Memory Data Rate
  - 17.5 Gbps

Published GPU clock frequencies describe different operating modes. Clock speed alone does not determine graphics performance.

• Base Clock
  1320 MHz 2055 MHz
• Boost Clock
  1777 MHz 2635 MHz
• Game Clock
  - 2410 MHz
• Overclocking
  Yes -

Graphics card power limits and recommended system power supply describe different specifications.

• Maximum Junction Temperature
  - -
• TDP
  170 W 176 W
• TDP (up)
  170 W -
• System Power Supply
  - 500 W (System power requirement)
• Typical Board Power
  - 180 W

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G and AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT.

• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling -
• Fan-Type
  Axial -
• Fan 1
  3 x 90 mm -
• Fan 2
  - -
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent -
• Noise (Load)
  33 dB -

Connectivity and connections.

• DisplayPort Ports
  3 × DisplayPort 1.4a 3 × DisplayPort 1.4a
• DVI Ports
  - -
• HDCP Version
  2.3 -
• HDMI Ports
  1 × HDMI 2.1 1 × HDMI 2.1
• Max. Displays
  4 4
• PCIe Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
• Power Connectors
  1 x 8-Pin 1x8-Pin
• USB-C Ports
  - -
• VGA Ports
  - -

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• DirectX
  12_2 12.2
• DLSS / FSR
  Yes -
• LED
  No LED lighting -
• Max. resolution
  7680 × 4320 7680 × 4320
• Raytracing
  Yes -
• OpenCL
  - 2.1
• OpenGL
  - 4.6
• Shader Model
  - 6.5
• Vulkan
  - 1.3

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• AV1
  Decode Decode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode Decode / Encode

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Height
  120 mm -
• Length
  316 mm -
• Slot Size
  2 PCIe-Slots -
• Weight
  753 g -
• Width
  42 mm -

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT and MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G.

• Documents
  data sheet -
• Launch Price (historical)
  429 $ -
• Part Number
  - -
• Process Technology
  8 nm 7 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2021 2022-05-10

• FP16 (theoretical)
  - 21.59 TFLOPS
• FP32 (theoretical)
  - 10.79 TFLOPS
• FP64 (theoretical)
  - 0.6746 TFLOPS
• Pixel Rate
  - 168.6 GPixel/s
• Texture Rate
  - 337.3 GTexel/s