AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 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, 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 40% higher core clock speed: 1968 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Around 60% higher boost clock speed: 2589 MHz vs 1620 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 160 Watt vs 175 Watt
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16485 vs 16171
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 917 vs 824
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3367 vs 3350
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3367 vs 3350
Around 8% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 9579 vs 8877

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 Jul 2021 vs 17 October 2018
Core clock speed	1968 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Boost clock speed	2589 MHz vs 1620 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	160 Watt vs 175 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	16485 vs 16171
PassMark - G2D Mark	917 vs 824
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3728 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3367 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3728 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3367 vs 3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	9579 vs 8877

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

Around 13% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 2048
7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Around 9% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 88586 vs 81404
Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 22615 vs 15486
Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 22615 vs 15486

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2304 vs 2048
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	88586 vs 81404
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	22615 vs 15486
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	22615 vs 15486

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

16485

16171

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

917

824

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

81404

88586

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

15486

22615

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3728

3718

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3367

3350

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

15486

22615

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3728

3718

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3367

3350

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

9579

8877

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
PassMark - G3D Mark	16485	16171
PassMark - G2D Mark	917	824
Geekbench - OpenCL	81404	88586
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	15486	22615
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3728	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3367	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	15486	22615
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3728	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3367	3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	9579	8877
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		252.062
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3729.447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		27.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		154.621
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1303.435

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Turing
Code name	Navi 23 XT	TU106
Launch date	30 Jul 2021	17 October 2018
Launch price (MSRP)	$379	$499
Place in performance rating	157	140
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Price now		$499.99
Value for money (0-100)		42.76
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2589 MHz	1620 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	1968 MHz	1410 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	2304
Pixel fill rate	165.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	331.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	160 Watt	175 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
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	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	256 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)	14000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6