AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
- Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
- Around 17% higher core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1968 MHz
- Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 2815 MHz vs 2589 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 7 nm
- Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 107 Watt vs 160 Watt
- Around 12% higher memory clock speed: 2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
| Launch date | 19 Jan 2022 vs 30 Jul 2021 |
| Core clock speed | 2310 MHz vs 1968 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2815 MHz vs 2589 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 6 nm vs 7 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 107 Watt vs 160 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
- Around 84% higher texture fill rate: 331.4 GTexel/s vs 180.2 GTexel/s
- 2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 1024
- 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
- Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 917 vs 817
- Around 73% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16494 vs 9519
- Around 69% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 81433 vs 48153
- Around 95% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 9578 vs 4920
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Texture fill rate | 331.4 GTexel/s vs 180.2 GTexel/s |
| Pipelines | 2048 vs 1024 |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB vs 4 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 917 vs 817 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 16494 vs 9519 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 81433 vs 48153 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 9578 vs 4920 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
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| Name | AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT | AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT |
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| PassMark - G2D Mark | 817 | 917 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 9519 | 16494 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 48153 | 81433 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 4920 | 9578 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 15486 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3728 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3367 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 15486 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3728 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3367 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT | AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | RDNA 2.0 |
| Code name | Navi 24 | Navi 23 XT |
| Launch date | 19 Jan 2022 | 30 Jul 2021 |
| Place in performance rating | 159 | 157 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $379 | |
| Type | Desktop | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 2815 MHz | 2589 MHz |
| Compute units | 16 | 32 |
| Core clock speed | 2310 MHz | 1968 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 6 nm | 7 nm |
| Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 360.3 GFLOPS (1:16) | 662.8 GFLOPS (1:16) |
| Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 11.53 TFLOPS (2:1) | 21.21 TFLOPS (2:1) |
| Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 5.765 TFLOPS | 10.60 TFLOPS |
| Pipelines | 1024 | 2048 |
| Pixel fill rate | 90.08 GPixel/s | 165.7 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate | 180.2 GTexel/s | 331.4 GTexel/s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 107 Watt | 160 Watt |
| Transistor count | 5400 million | 11060 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a | 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort |
| DisplayPort count | 3 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Form factor | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 300 Watt | 450 Watt |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Height | 40 mm (1.6 inches) | |
| Length | 190 mm (7.5 inches) | |
| Width | 110 mm (4.3 inches) | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12.2 |
| OpenCL | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 6.5 |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 143.9 GB/s | 256 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective | 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
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