AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 6600

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT and AMD Radeon RX 6600 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 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 6950 XT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
  • Around 14% higher core clock speed: 1860 MHz vs 1626 MHz
  • 2.6x more texture fill rate: 739.2 GTexel/s vs 279.0 GTexel/s
  • 2.9x more pipelines: 5120 vs 1792
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1047 vs 879
  • Around 86% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 28130 vs 15124
  • 2.8x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4233 vs 1493
  • 2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 174317 vs 72885
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 May 2022 vs 13 Oct 2021
Core clock speed 1860 MHz vs 1626 MHz
Texture fill rate 739.2 GTexel/s vs 279.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines 5120 vs 1792
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 1047 vs 879
PassMark - G3D Mark 28130 vs 15124
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4233 vs 1493
Geekbench - OpenCL 174317 vs 72885

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6600

  • Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 2491 MHz vs 2310 MHz
  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 132 Watt vs 335 Watt
Boost clock speed 2491 MHz vs 2310 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 132 Watt vs 335 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6600

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1047
879
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
28130
15124
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
4233
1493
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
174317
72885
Name AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT AMD Radeon RX 6600
PassMark - G2D Mark 1047 879
PassMark - G3D Mark 28130 15124
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4233 1493
Geekbench - OpenCL 174317 72885
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 260.061
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 5472.868
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 20.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 290.312
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1152.228
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 19713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 26778
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 69225
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 19713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 26778
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 69225

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT AMD Radeon RX 6600

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 RDNA 2.0
Code name Navi 21 Navi 23 XL
Launch date 10 May 2022 13 Oct 2021
Place in performance rating 33 36
Launch price (MSRP) $329
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2310 MHz 2491 MHz
Compute units 80 28
Core clock speed 1860 MHz 1626 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 1,478 GFLOPS (1:16) 558.0 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 47.31 TFLOPS (2:1) 17.86 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 23.65 TFLOPS 8.928 TFLOPS
Pipelines 5120 1792
Pixel fill rate 295.7 GPixel/s 159.4 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 739.2 GTexel/s 279.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 335 Watt 132 Watt
Transistor count 26800 million 11060 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 3
DisplayPort support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Triple-slot Dual-slot
Height 50 mm, 2 inches 40 mm (1.6 inches)
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
Length 267 mm, 10.5 inches 190 mm (7.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 700 Watt 300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin 1x 8-pin
Width 120 mm, 4.7 inches 110 mm (4.3 inches)

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.2
OpenCL 2.1 2.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 576.0 GB/s 224 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 128 bit
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6