Radeon RX 5500 XT vs Radeon RX 6650 XT

Prices and Stock
MSRP $169

MSI Gaming Radeon RX 5500 XT Boost Clock: 1845 MHz 128-bit 8GB GDDR6 DP/HDMI Dual Torx 3.0 Fans Crossfire Freesync VR Ready Graphics Card (RX 5500 XT Gaming X 8G)

Prices and Stock
MSRP $399

MSI Gaming Radeon RX 6650 XT 128-bit 8GB GDDR6 DP/HDMI Dual Torx 3.0 Fans FreeSync DirectX 12 VR Ready OC Graphics Card (RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G OC)

PowerColor Red Devil AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT Graphics Card with 8GB GDDR6 Memory

ASRock Radeon RX 6650 XT Steel Legend 8GB OC (RX6650XT SL 8GO) Dos Para Limited Edition

Key Differences

In short, we have a clear winner — Radeon RX 6650 XT outperforms Radeon RX 5500 XT on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Radeon RX 6650 XT is 880 days newer than Radeon RX 5500 XT.

Advantages of Radeon RX 5500 XT

Consumes up to 26% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT - 130 vs 176 Watts

Advantages of Radeon RX 6650 XT

Performs up to 24% better in Rust than Radeon RX 5500 XT - 130 vs 105 FPS
Up to 8% better value when playing Rust than Radeon RX 5500 XT - $3.16 vs $3.42 per FPS
Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT - 8 vs 4 GB

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Rust

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

Radeon RX 5500 XT

Desktop • Dec 12th, 2019

FPS

105

81%

Value, €/FPS

€3.42/FPS

92%

Price, €

€359.46

100%

MSI Gaming Radeon RX 5500 XT Boost Clock: 1845 MHz 128-bit 8GB GDDR6 DP/HDMI Dual Torx 3.0 Fans Crossfire Freesync VR Ready Graphics Card (RX 5500 XT Gaming X 8G)

Buy for €359.46 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 175 minutes ago

Radeon RX 6650 XT

Desktop • May 10th, 2022

FPS

130

100%

Value, €/FPS

€3.16/FPS

100%

Price, €

€410.74

87%

FPS and Value Winner

MSI Gaming Radeon RX 6650 XT 128-bit 8GB GDDR6 DP/HDMI Dual Torx 3.0 Fans FreeSync DirectX 12 VR Ready OC Graphics Card (RX 6650 XT MECH 2X 8G OC)

Buy for €410.74 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 173 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

Radeon RX 5500 XT

Desktop • Dec 12th, 2019

Radeon RX 6650 XT

Desktop • May 10th, 2022

1920 x 1080

Ultra

112

FPS

136

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Maximum

158

FPS

185

FPS

World of Warcraft

1920 x 1080

Ultra

360

FPS

449

FPS

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

1920 x 1080

Very High

342

FPS

350

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

High

566

FPS

658

FPS

Minecraft

Theoretical Performance

Radeon RX 5500 XT

Desktop • Dec 12th, 2019

Pixel Fillrate

59.04 GPixel/s

35%

Texel Fillrate

162.4 GTexel/s

48%

Radeon RX 6650 XT

Desktop • May 10th, 2022

Pixel Fillrate

168.6 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

337.3 GTexel/s

100%

Radeon RX 5500 XT	vs	Radeon RX 6650 XT
Dec 12th, 2019	Release Date	May 10th, 2022
Navi	Generation	Navi II
$169	MSRP	$399
1x HDMI 2.0b, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 8-pin	Power Connectors	1x 8-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
4 GB	Memory	8 GB
GDDR6	Type	GDDR6
128-bit	Bus	128-bit
224 GB/s	Bandwidth	280.3 GB/s
1607 MHz	Base Clock Speed	2055 MHz
1845 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	2635 MHz
1750 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	2190 MHz