XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming vs ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming and ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
• GPU Chip
  Navi 23 KXT (RDNA 2) GA106-300-A1
• Execution units
  32 28
• Shader
  2048 3584
• Render Output Units
  64 64
• Texture Units
  128 112

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  8 GB 12 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  17.5 Gbps 1.875 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  280 GB/s 360 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  128 bit 192 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming and ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  2.192 GHz+ 7 % 1.320 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.694 GHz+ 2 % 1.912 GHz+ 7 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.523 GHz+ 5 % 1.882 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  175 W-1 % 170 W
• TDP (up)
  -- 210 W+ 24 %
• Tjunction max
  -- --
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 8-Pin 1 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming and ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Fan 1
  3 x 90 mm 3 x 95 mm
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Noise (Load)
  -- 32-34 dB

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.3 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.1 2x HDMI v2.1
• DP Ports
  3x DP v1.4a 3x DP v1.4a
• DVI Ports
  -- --
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  -- --

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

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_2 (Ultimate) 12_2
• Raytracing
  Yes Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  Yes Yes
• LED
  No LED lighting ASUS Aura Sync

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

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

• Length
  274 mm 300 mm
• Height
  114 mm 134 mm
• Width
  50 mm 54 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- 1123 g

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition and XFX Speedster MERC 308 Radeon RX 6650 XT BLACK Gaming.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 8 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q2/2022 Q1/2021
• Release price
  -- 579 $
• Structure size
  7 nm 8 nm
• Part-no
  RX-665X8TBDY ROG-STRIX-RTX3060-O12G-GAMING
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet