AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 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 6 year(s) 10 month(s) later
- Around 87% higher core clock speed: 1968 MHz vs 1050 MHz
- 2.2x more boost clock speed: 2589 MHz vs 1178 MHz
- 3040.4x more texture fill rate: 331.4 GTexel/s vs 109 billion / sec
- Around 23% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1664
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
- 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
- 285.7x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 7.0 GB/s
- Around 71% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16471 vs 9640
- Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 911 vs 766
- 2.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 82703 vs 28498
- Around 44% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 706.665 vs 490.688
- Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 15486 vs 11499
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3728 vs 3698
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3367 vs 3340
- Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 15486 vs 11499
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3728 vs 3698
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3367 vs 3340
- 4.9x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1804 vs 369
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 30 Jul 2021 vs 19 September 2014 |
| Core clock speed | 1968 MHz vs 1050 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2589 MHz vs 1178 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 331.4 GTexel/s vs 109 billion / sec |
| Pipelines | 2048 vs 1664 |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm vs 28 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB vs 4 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 7.0 GB/s |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 16471 vs 9640 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 911 vs 766 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 82703 vs 28498 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 706.665 vs 490.688 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 15486 vs 11499 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3728 vs 3698 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3367 vs 3340 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 15486 vs 11499 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3728 vs 3698 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3367 vs 3340 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1804 vs 369 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
- Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 148 Watt vs 160 Watt
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 148 Watt vs 160 Watt |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
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| Name | AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 16471 | 9640 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 911 | 766 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 82703 | 28498 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 706.665 | 490.688 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 15486 | 11499 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3728 | 3698 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3367 | 3340 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 15486 | 11499 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3728 | 3698 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3367 | 3340 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1804 | 369 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 105.107 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1225.96 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 8.737 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 35.714 |
Compare specifications (specs)
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| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Code name | Navi 23 XT | GM204 |
| Launch date | 30 Jul 2021 | 19 September 2014 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $379 | $329 |
| Place in performance rating | 191 | 371 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Price now | $407.76 | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 28.59 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 2589 MHz | 1178 MHz |
| Compute units | 32 | |
| Core clock speed | 1968 MHz | 1050 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 28 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 | 1664 |
| Pixel fill rate | 165.7 GPixel/s | |
| Texture fill rate | 331.4 GTexel/s | 109 billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 160 Watt | 148 Watt |
| Transistor count | 11060 million | 5,200 million |
| CUDA cores | 1664 | |
| Floating-point performance | 3,920 gflops | |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 98 °C | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2 |
| DisplayPort count | 3 | |
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| HDMI | ||
| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
| G-SYNC support | ||
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| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Form factor | Dual-slot | |
| Height | 40 mm (1.6 inches) | 4.376" (11.1 cm) |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 190 mm (7.5 inches) | 10.5" (26.7 cm) |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 450 Watt | 500 Watt |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | 2x 6-pins |
| Width | 110 mm (4.3 inches) | |
| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | |
| SLI options | 4x | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.2 | 12.0 (12_1) |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 256 GB/s | 224 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) | 7.0 GB/s |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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| Adaptive Vertical Sync | ||
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| GeForce ShadowPlay | ||
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| SLI | ||
| Surround | ||
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