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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 vs AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 and AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT sit within a few percent of each other on our index. Treat them as equivalent in raw performance and decide on price, power draw and — for graphics cards — video memory instead.

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
ManufacturerNVIDIAAMD
ArchitectureTuringRDNA 2
Relative performance index102102
Video memory8 GB8 GB
Memory typeGDDR6GDDR6
Memory bus256-bit (better)128-bit
Release year20182022 (better)
Board power175 W (better)180 W
Suggested PSU550 W550 W
Hardware ray tracingYesYes
Upscaling supportDLSS 2, FSR 3FSR 3
DirectX12 Ultimate12 Ultimate

Green marks the stronger figure for that row only — for power draw and PSU requirement, lower is treated as better. Performance indexes are CanMyPcPlay estimates; read how they are derived.

Which should you pick?

  • Check video memory, not just speed. A faster card with less VRAM can perform worse in recent titles at high texture settings.
  • Check power and clearance. Confirm your PSU and case can take the card — the build checker does this.
  • Upscaling support differs. DLSS is NVIDIA-only; FSR and XeSS run more broadly.

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