AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • 2.2x more core clock speed: 1968 MHz vs 885 MHz
  • 2.2x more boost clock speed: 2589 MHz vs 1185 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16491 vs 11748
  • Around 90% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 917 vs 483
  • Around 4% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 81426 vs 78123
  • Around 40% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 9579 vs 6841
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 Jul 2021 vs 29 January 2019
Core clock speed 1968 MHz vs 885 MHz
Boost clock speed 2589 MHz vs 1185 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 16491 vs 11748
PassMark - G2D Mark 917 vs 483
Geekbench - OpenCL 81426 vs 78123
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 9579 vs 6841

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q

  • Around 13% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 2048
  • Around 39% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 160 Watt
  • 7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 17328 vs 15486
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8912 vs 3728
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8055 vs 3367
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 17328 vs 15486
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8912 vs 3728
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8055 vs 3367
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 2304 vs 2048
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt vs 160 Watt
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 17328 vs 15486
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8912 vs 3728
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8055 vs 3367
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 17328 vs 15486
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8912 vs 3728
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8055 vs 3367

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
16491
11748
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
917
483
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
81426
78123
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15486
17328
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3728
8912
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3367
8055
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15486
17328
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3728
8912
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3367
8055
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
9579
6841
Name AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q
PassMark - G3D Mark 16491 11748
PassMark - G2D Mark 917 483
Geekbench - OpenCL 81426 78123
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 15486 17328
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3728 8912
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3367 8055
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 15486 17328
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3728 8912
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3367 8055
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 9579 6841
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 168.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1935.102
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 22.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 111.023
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1001.496

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 Turing
Code name Navi 23 XT TU106
Launch date 30 Jul 2021 29 January 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $379
Place in performance rating 157 178
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2589 MHz 1185 MHz
Compute units 32
Core clock speed 1968 MHz 885 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 115 Watt
Transistor count 11060 million 10,800 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort No outputs
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)
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin None
Width 110 mm (4.3 inches)

API support

DirectX 12.2 12.0
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