Radeon RX 6650 XT with AMD SAM: +6 % performance for 20 W

Extra tests, Graphics | | Ľubomír Samák

We didn’t make it to the release day of the Radeon RX 6000 refresh, but we’ve got them – performance tests with the Resizable BAR active. Mostly this technology is useful, but in some cases it is harmful. The test results show how AMD tunes this technology across different driver versions, optimizes it, and sometimes breaks and doesn’t fix some things for a change. However, these are outnumbered, and quite overwhelmingly, by improvements.

Cyberpunk 2077 with DXR

Disclaimer: Starting with the Sapphire RX 6650 XT Nitro+ test, we discarded the old results and started collecting new ones. That’s because as part of a game update, the raytracing graphics options changed and it was no longer possible to continue with the previous settings.

Test platform custom scene (Little China); API DirectX 12, graphics setting preset Ultra; extra settings Ray Tracing on (Ultra), FidelityFX sharpening off.

DXR (native)





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  1. Got a PowerColor Hellhound, this card is perfect for 1080p gaming. It’s nice to know you can have more performance with this budget card. Thanks!

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