MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING X 8G vs Intel Arc Pro A50. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING X 8G and Intel Arc Pro A50, chip, information processing units.

• Architecture
  RDNA 2 Generation 12.7
• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT -
• Execution Units
  32 1024
• GPU Chip
  Navi 23 KXT DG2-128
• Render Output Units
  64 32
• RT Cores
  32 8
• Shader
  2048 128
• Texture Units
  128 64
• L1 Cache
  - No
• L2 Cache
  - 4 MB

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

• Memory Bandwidth
  280 GB/s 192 GB/s
• Memory Bus
  128 bit 96 bit
• Memory Clock
  2190 MHz 2000 MHz
• Memory Data Rate
  17.5 Gbps 16 Gbps
• Memory Size
  8 GB 6 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6

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

• Base Clock
  2055 MHz 2000 MHz
• Boost Clock
  2694 MHz + 2% 2350 MHz
• Game Clock
  2523 MHz + 5% -
• Overclocking
  Yes -

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

• Maximum Junction Temperature
  - -
• TDP
  175 W-1 % 75 W
• TDP (up)
  - -
• System Power Supply
  - 250 W (PSU recommendation)

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING X 8G and Intel Arc Pro A50.

• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling -
• Fan-Type
  Axial -
• Fan 1
  2 x 100 mm -
• Fan 2
  - -
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent -
• Noise (Load)
  - -

Connectivity and connections.

• DisplayPort Ports
  3 × DisplayPort 1.4a 4x mini-DisplayPort 2.0
• DVI Ports
  - -
• HDCP Version
  2.3 -
• HDMI Ports
  1 × HDMI 2.1 -
• Max. Displays
  4 -
• PCIe Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x8
• Power Connectors
  1 x 8-Pin No
• USB-C Ports
  - -
• VGA Ports
  - -

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

• DirectX
  12_2 (Ultimate) 12_2
• DLSS / FSR
  Yes -
• LED
  MSI Mystic Light -
• Max. resolution
  7680 × 4320 3840 × 2160
• Raytracing
  Yes -
• OpenCL
  - 3.0
• OpenGL
  - 4.6
• Shader Model
  - 6.6
• Vulkan
  - 1.3

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

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

• Height
  130 mm -
• Length
  278 mm -
• Slot Size
  3 PCIe-Slots -
• Weight
  894 g -
• Width
  51 mm -

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU Intel Arc Pro A50 and MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT GAMING X 8G.

• Documents
  data sheet -
• Launch Price (historical)
  - -
• Part Number
  - -
• Process Technology
  7 nm 6 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2022 Q3/2022

• FP16 (theoretical)
  - 9.626 TFLOPS
• FP32 (theoretical)
  - 4.813 TFLOPS
• FP64 (theoretical)
  - 1,203 GFLOPS
• Pixel Rate
  - 75.20 GPixel/s
• Texture Rate
  - 150.4 GTexel/s