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, 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), 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).

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 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16471 vs 14341
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 911 vs 878
Around 25% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 82703 vs 66313
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

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	16471 vs 14341
PassMark - G2D Mark	911 vs 878
Geekbench - OpenCL	82703 vs 66313
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

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5700

Around 47% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1036.448 vs 706.665
Around 3% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1862 vs 1804

Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1036.448 vs 706.665
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1862 vs 1804

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

16471

14341

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

911

878

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

82703

66313

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

706.665

1036.448

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

1804

1862

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT	AMD Radeon RX 5700
PassMark - G3D Mark	16471	14341
PassMark - G2D Mark	911	878
Geekbench - OpenCL	82703	66313
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	706.665	1036.448
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	1804	1862
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

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	191	201
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