GeForce GTX 970 vs Radeon RX 6650 XT

Prices and Stock
MSRP $329

NVIDIA - GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card …

MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming 4G LE VR Ready Graphics Card

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 GeForce GTX 970 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Radeon RX 6650 XT is 2790 days newer than GeForce GTX 970.

Advantages of GeForce GTX 970

Consumes up to 16% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT - 148 vs 176 Watts

Advantages of Radeon RX 6650 XT

Performs up to 38% better in Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves than GeForce GTX 970 - 90 vs 65 FPS
Up to 11% better value when playing Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves than GeForce GTX 970 - $5.45 vs $6.14 per FPS
Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - 8 vs 4 GB

This is a free version of Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves.

Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

GeForce GTX 970

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

FPS

72%

Value, $/FPS

$6.14/FPS

89%

Price, $

$399

100%

NVIDIA - GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card …

Buy for $399 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 43 minutes ago

Radeon RX 6650 XT

Desktop • May 10th, 2022

FPS

100%

Value, $/FPS

$5.45/FPS

100%

Price, $

$490.87

81%

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 $490.87 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 46 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

GeForce GTX 970

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

Radeon RX 6650 XT

Desktop • May 10th, 2022

1920 x 1080

Very High

340

FPS

350

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Very High

FPS

123

FPS

Counter-Strike 2

1920 x 1080

Best Looking

161

FPS

202

FPS

Dota 2

1920 x 1080

High

577

FPS

709

FPS

Valorant

1920 x 1080

High

100

FPS

130

FPS

Rust

Theoretical Performance

GeForce GTX 970

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

Pixel Fillrate

65.97 GPixel/s

39%

Texel Fillrate

122.5 GTexel/s

36%

Radeon RX 6650 XT

Desktop • May 10th, 2022

Pixel Fillrate

168.6 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

337.3 GTexel/s

100%

GeForce GTX 970	vs	Radeon RX 6650 XT
Sep 19th, 2014	Release Date	May 10th, 2022
GeForce 900	Generation	Navi II
$329	MSRP	$399
1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
2x 6-pin	Power Connectors	1x 8-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
4 GB	Memory	8 GB
GDDR5	Type	GDDR6
256-bit	Bus	128-bit
224.4 GB/s	Bandwidth	280.3 GB/s
1050 MHz	Base Clock Speed	2055 MHz
1178 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	2635 MHz
1753 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	2190 MHz