AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT vs AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

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

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 42% higher core clock speed: 1968 MHz vs 1382 MHz
  • Around 62% higher boost clock speed: 2589 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • 809.1x more texture fill rate: 331.4 GTexel/s vs 409.6 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 160 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • Around 6% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1890 MHz
  • Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16488 vs 13013
  • Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 911 vs 742
  • Around 9% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 82495 vs 75767
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 15486 vs 12980
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 15486 vs 12980
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 Jul 2021 vs 27 June 2017
Core clock speed 1968 MHz vs 1382 MHz
Boost clock speed 2589 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Texture fill rate 331.4 GTexel/s vs 409.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 160 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1890 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 16488 vs 13013
PassMark - G2D Mark 911 vs 742
Geekbench - OpenCL 82495 vs 75767
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 15486 vs 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3728 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3367 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 15486 vs 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3728 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3367 vs 3356

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

  • 2x more pipelines: 4096 vs 2048
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 94% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1373.944 vs 706.665
  • 3.9x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 7074 vs 1807
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 4096 vs 2048
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1373.944 vs 706.665
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7074 vs 1807

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
16488
13013
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
911
742
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
82495
75767
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
706.665
1373.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15486
12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3728
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3367
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15486
12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3728
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3367
3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1807
7074
Name AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark 16488 13013
PassMark - G2D Mark 911 742
Geekbench - OpenCL 82495 75767
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 706.665 1373.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 15486 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3728 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3367 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 15486 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3728 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3367 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1807 7074
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 190.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3611.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 17.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 181.113

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 GCN 5.0
Code name Navi 23 XT Vega 10
Launch date 30 Jul 2021 27 June 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $379 $999
Place in performance rating 191 193
Type Desktop Desktop
Price now $999.99
Value for money (0-100) 14.37

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2589 MHz 1600 MHz
Compute units 32
Core clock speed 1968 MHz 1382 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 409.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 160 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 11060 million 12,500 million
Floating-point performance 13,107 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x 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 2x 8-pin
Width 110 mm (4.3 inches)

API support

DirectX 12.2 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 2.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 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