AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 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 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 44% higher core clock speed: 1968 MHz vs 1365 MHz
  • Around 54% higher boost clock speed: 2589 MHz vs 1680 MHz
  • Around 7% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1920
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16471 vs 14119
  • Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 911 vs 746
  • Around 16% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 82703 vs 71402
  • Around 45% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1804 vs 1242
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 Jul 2021 vs 7 January 2019
Core clock speed 1968 MHz vs 1365 MHz
Boost clock speed 2589 MHz vs 1680 MHz
Pipelines 2048 vs 1920
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 16471 vs 14119
PassMark - G2D Mark 911 vs 746
Geekbench - OpenCL 82703 vs 71402
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1804 vs 1242

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

  • 7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
  • Around 62% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1141.283 vs 706.665
  • Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20094 vs 15486
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7442 vs 3728
  • Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6714 vs 3367
  • Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20094 vs 15486
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7442 vs 3728
  • Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6714 vs 3367
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1141.283 vs 706.665
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20094 vs 15486
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 7442 vs 3728
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6714 vs 3367
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20094 vs 15486
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 7442 vs 3728
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6714 vs 3367

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
16471
14119
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
911
746
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
82703
71402
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
706.665
1141.283
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15486
20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3728
7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3367
6714
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15486
20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3728
7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3367
6714
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1804
1242
Name AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
PassMark - G3D Mark 16471 14119
PassMark - G2D Mark 911 746
Geekbench - OpenCL 82703 71402
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 706.665 1141.283
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 15486 20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3728 7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3367 6714
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 15486 20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3728 7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3367 6714
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1804 1242
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 217.04
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3119.736
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 21.707
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 133.975

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 Turing
Code name Navi 23 XT TU106
Launch date 30 Jul 2021 7 January 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $379 $349
Place in performance rating 191 161
Type Desktop Desktop
Price now $349.99
Value for money (0-100) 62.74

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2589 MHz 1680 MHz
Compute units 32
Core clock speed 1968 MHz 1365 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 12 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 1920
Pixel fill rate 165.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 331.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 160 Watt 160 Watt
Transistor count 11060 million 10,800 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
DisplayPort count 3 2
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) 229 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 8-pin
Width 110 mm (4.3 inches)

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6