Radeon R9 280X vs Radeon RX 6650 XT

Prices and Stock
MSRP $299

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Prices and Stock
MSRP $399

MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G OC Gaming Grafikkarte - AMD RX 6650 XT, GPU 2447/2669 MHz, 8000MB DDR6 Speicher, Memory Speed 17500 MHz, Memory Bus 128bit

ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 6650 XT V2 OC Edition 8GB GDDR6 Grafikkarte (AMD Radeon RX 6650XT,Aura Sync RGB Beleuchtung,PCIe 4.0, 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a,ROG-STRIX-RX6650XT-O8G-V2-GAMING)

Powercolor Red Devil AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT Grafikkarte mit 8GB GDDR6 Speicher

Key Differences

In short — Radeon RX 6650 XT outperforms Radeon R9 280X on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX 6650 XT is 3136 days newer than Radeon R9 280X.

Advantages of Radeon RX 6650 XT

Performs up to 30% better in Escape From Tarkov than Radeon R9 280X - 160 vs 123 FPS
Consumes up to 30% less energy than AMD Radeon R9 280X - 176 vs 250 Watts
Up to 167% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 280X - 8 vs 3 GB

This is a free version of Escape From Tarkov.

Escape From Tarkov

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Radeon R9 280X

Desktop • Oct 8th, 2013

FPS

123

77%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Radeon RX 6650 XT

Desktop • May 10th, 2022

FPS

160

100%

Value, €/FPS

€1.65/FPS

100%

Price, €

€264

100%

FPS and Value Winner

SWFT210 Radeon RX 6650 XT CORE Gaming

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My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Radeon R9 280X

Desktop • Oct 8th, 2013

Radeon RX 6650 XT

Desktop • May 10th, 2022

1920 x 1080

Very High

386

FPS

392

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Maximum

145

FPS

188

FPS

World of Warcraft

1920 x 1080

Ultra

FPS

122

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Ultra

327

FPS

465

FPS

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

1920 x 1080

Epic

FPS

113

FPS

Fortnite

Theoretical Performance

Radeon R9 280X

Desktop • Oct 8th, 2013

Pixel Fillrate

32 GPixel/s

19%

Texel Fillrate

128 GTexel/s

38%

Radeon RX 6650 XT

Desktop • May 10th, 2022

Pixel Fillrate

168.6 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

337.3 GTexel/s

100%

Radeon R9 280X	vs	Radeon RX 6650 XT
Oct 8th, 2013	Release Date	May 10th, 2022
Volcanic Islands	Generation	Navi II
$299	MSRP	$399
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	Power Connectors	1x 8-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
3 GB	Memory	8 GB
GDDR5	Type	GDDR6
384-bit	Bus	128-bit
288 GB/s	Bandwidth	280.3 GB/s
850 MHz	Base Clock Speed	2055 MHz
1000 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	2635 MHz
1500 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	2190 MHz