AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT vs AMD Radeon RX Vega

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT and AMD Radeon RX Vega 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 - 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 Vega

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 97% higher core clock speed: 1968 MHz vs 1000 MHz
2.2x more boost clock speed: 2589 MHz vs 1200 MHz
1078.8x more texture fill rate: 331.4 GTexel/s vs 307.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 14 nm
Around 41% lower typical power consumption: 160 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16471 vs 12297
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 911 vs 882
Around 21% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 82703 vs 68096
7.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 15486 vs 2094
Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3728 vs 2391
7.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 15486 vs 2094
Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3728 vs 2391

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 Jul 2021 vs 1 April 2017
Core clock speed	1968 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Boost clock speed	2589 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate	331.4 GTexel/s vs 307.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	160 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	16471 vs 12297
PassMark - G2D Mark	911 vs 882
Geekbench - OpenCL	82703 vs 68096
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	15486 vs 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3728 vs 2391
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	15486 vs 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3728 vs 2391

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega

2x more pipelines: 4096 vs 2048
Around 83% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1291.445 vs 706.665
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8455 vs 3367
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8455 vs 3367

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	4096 vs 2048
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1291.445 vs 706.665
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8455 vs 3367
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	8455 vs 3367

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

16471

12297

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

911

882

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

82703

68096

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

706.665

1291.445

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

15486

2094

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3728

2391

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3367

8455

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

15486

2094

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3728

2391

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3367

8455

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT	AMD Radeon RX Vega
PassMark - G3D Mark	16471	12297
PassMark - G2D Mark	911	882
Geekbench - OpenCL	82703	68096
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	706.665	1291.445
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	15486	2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3728	2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3367	8455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	15486	2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3728	2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3367	8455
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1804
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		205.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3986.188
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		17.999
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		215.468

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT	AMD Radeon RX Vega
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	GCN 1.3
Code name	Navi 23 XT	Greenland
Launch date	30 Jul 2021	1 April 2017
Launch price (MSRP)	$379	$599.99
Place in performance rating	191	243
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Price now		$409.99
Value for money (0-100)		38.94
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2589 MHz	1200 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	1968 MHz	1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	662.8 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	21.21 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.60 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2048	4096
Pixel fill rate	165.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	331.4 GTexel/s	307.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	160 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	11060 million
Floating-point performance		9,830 gflops
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	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	190 mm (7.5 inches)	267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Width	110 mm (4.3 inches)
API support
DirectX	12.2
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	256 GB/s	512 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	2048 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	HBM2