AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 5700

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT and AMD Radeon RX 5700 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

AMD Radeon RX 5700

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 34% higher core clock speed: 1968 MHz vs 1465 MHz
Around 50% higher boost clock speed: 2589 MHz vs 1725 MHz
1334.1x more texture fill rate: 331.4 GTexel/s vs 248.4 GT/s
Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 160 Watt vs 180 Watt
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16485 vs 14501
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 917 vs 889
Around 23% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 81404 vs 66232
Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 15486 vs 11536
Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 15486 vs 11536
Around 13% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 9579 vs 8501

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 Jul 2021 vs 7 July 2019
Core clock speed	1968 MHz vs 1465 MHz
Boost clock speed	2589 MHz vs 1725 MHz
Texture fill rate	331.4 GTexel/s vs 248.4 GT/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	160 Watt vs 180 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	16485 vs 14501
PassMark - G2D Mark	917 vs 889
Geekbench - OpenCL	81404 vs 66232
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	15486 vs 11536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3728 vs 3723
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3367 vs 3366
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	15486 vs 11536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3728 vs 3723
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3367 vs 3366
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	9579 vs 8501

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 5700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

16485

14501

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

917

889

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

81404

66232

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

15486

11536

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3728

3723

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3367

3366

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

15486

11536

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3728

3723

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3367

3366

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

9579

8501

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT	AMD Radeon RX 5700
PassMark - G3D Mark	16485	14501
PassMark - G2D Mark	917	889
Geekbench - OpenCL	81404	66232
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	15486	11536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3728	3723
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3367	3366
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	15486	11536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3728	3723
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3367	3366
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	9579	8501
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		209.509
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3686.851
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		21.941
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		250
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1036.448

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT	AMD Radeon RX 5700
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	RDNA
Code name	Navi 23 XT	Navi 10
Launch date	30 Jul 2021	7 July 2019
Launch price (MSRP)	$379	$350
Place in performance rating	157	177
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2589 MHz	1725 MHz
Compute units	32	36
Core clock speed	1968 MHz	1465 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	662.8 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	21.21 TFLOPS (2:1)	15.9 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.60 TFLOPS	7.95 TFLOPs
Pipelines	2048
Pixel fill rate	165.7 GPixel/s	110.4 GP/s
Texture fill rate	331.4 GTexel/s	248.4 GT/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	160 Watt	180 Watt
Transistor count	11060 million	10.3 B
Render output units		64
Stream Processors		2304
Texture Units		144
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count	3
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	40 mm (1.6 inches)
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	190 mm (7.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1 x 8-pin and 1x6 pin
Width	110 mm (4.3 inches)
API support
DirectX	12.2	12
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	256 GB/s	448 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
TrueAudio
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready