AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 64

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT and AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 58% higher core clock speed: 1968 MHz vs 1247 MHz
  • Around 67% higher boost clock speed: 2589 MHz vs 1546 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 84% lower typical power consumption: 160 Watt vs 295 Watt
  • Around 6% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1890 MHz
  • Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16501 vs 14224
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 912 vs 797
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 15486 vs 14744
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 15486 vs 14744
  • Around 27% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 9572 vs 7515
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 Jul 2021 vs 7 August 2017
Core clock speed 1968 MHz vs 1247 MHz
Boost clock speed 2589 MHz vs 1546 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 160 Watt vs 295 Watt
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1890 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 16501 vs 14224
PassMark - G2D Mark 912 vs 797
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 15486 vs 14744
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3728 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3367 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 15486 vs 14744
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3728 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3367 vs 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 9572 vs 7515

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64

  • Around 19% higher texture fill rate: 395.80 GTexel/s vs 331.4 GTexel/s
  • 4x more pipelines: 8192 vs 2048
  • 2.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 204168 vs 82485
  • Around 88% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1328.033 vs 706.665
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 395.80 GTexel/s vs 331.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines 8192 vs 2048
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 204168 vs 82485
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1328.033 vs 706.665

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX Vega 64

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
16501
14224
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
912
797
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
82485
204168
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
706.665
1328.033
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15486
14744
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3728
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3367
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15486
14744
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3728
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3367
3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
9572
7515
Name AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT AMD Radeon RX Vega 64
PassMark - G3D Mark 16501 14224
PassMark - G2D Mark 912 797
Geekbench - OpenCL 82485 204168
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 706.665 1328.033
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 15486 14744
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3728 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3367 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 15486 14744
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3728 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3367 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 9572 7515
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 195.478
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2129.009
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 14.889
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 129.271

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT AMD Radeon RX Vega 64

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 GCN 5.0
Code name Navi 23 XT Vega 10
Launch date 30 Jul 2021 7 August 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $379 $499
Place in performance rating 171 174
Type Desktop Desktop
Design Radeon RX Vega Series
Price now $449.99
Value for money (0-100) 41.07

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2589 MHz 1546 MHz
Compute units 32 64
Core clock speed 1968 MHz 1247 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 662.8 GFLOPS (1:16) 840 GFLOPs
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 21.21 TFLOPS (2:1) 26.7 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 10.60 TFLOPS 13.4 TFLOPs
Pipelines 2048 8192
Pixel fill rate 165.7 GPixel/s 98.90 GP/s
Texture fill rate 331.4 GTexel/s 395.80 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 160 Watt 295 Watt
Transistor count 11060 million 12,500 million
Floating-point performance 12.7 TFLOPs
Render output units 64
Stream Processors 4096
Texture Units 256

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 3
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Dual-link DVI support
VGA

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) 279 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt 750 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 2x 8-pin
Width 110 mm (4.3 inches)

API support

DirectX 12.2 12
OpenCL 2.1 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s 483.8 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 2048 bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) 1890 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 HBM2

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
FreeSync
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
ZeroCore