AMD Radeon RX 6600 vs AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6600 and AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT 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 - 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), 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6600

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
  • Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 132 Watt vs 160 Watt
  • Around 63% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1152.228 vs 706.665
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 19713 vs 15486
  • 7.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 26778 vs 3728
  • 20.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 69225 vs 3367
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 19713 vs 15486
  • 7.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 26778 vs 3728
  • 20.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 69225 vs 3367
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 Oct 2021 vs 30 Jul 2021
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 132 Watt vs 160 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1152.228 vs 706.665
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 19713 vs 15486
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 26778 vs 3728
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 69225 vs 3367
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 19713 vs 15486
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 26778 vs 3728
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 69225 vs 3367

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

  • Around 21% higher core clock speed: 1968 MHz vs 1626 MHz
  • Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 2589 MHz vs 2491 MHz
  • Around 19% higher texture fill rate: 331.4 GTexel/s vs 279.0 GTexel/s
  • Around 14% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1792
  • Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16471 vs 15097
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 911 vs 882
  • Around 13% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 82703 vs 73020
  • Around 21% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1804 vs 1492
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1968 MHz vs 1626 MHz
Boost clock speed 2589 MHz vs 2491 MHz
Texture fill rate 331.4 GTexel/s vs 279.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines 2048 vs 1792
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 16471 vs 15097
PassMark - G2D Mark 911 vs 882
Geekbench - OpenCL 82703 vs 73020
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1804 vs 1492

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6600
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
15097
16471
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
882
911
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
73020
82703
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1152.228
706.665
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
19713
15486
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
26778
3728
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
69225
3367
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
19713
15486
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
26778
3728
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
69225
3367
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1492
1804
Name AMD Radeon RX 6600 AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark 15097 16471
PassMark - G2D Mark 882 911
Geekbench - OpenCL 73020 82703
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 260.061
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 5472.868
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 20.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 290.312
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1152.228 706.665
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 19713 15486
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 26778 3728
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 69225 3367
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 19713 15486
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 26778 3728
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 69225 3367
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1492 1804

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 6600 AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 RDNA 2.0
Code name Navi 23 XL Navi 23 XT
Launch date 13 Oct 2021 30 Jul 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $329 $379
Place in performance rating 38 191
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2491 MHz 2589 MHz
Compute units 28 32
Core clock speed 1626 MHz 1968 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 558.0 GFLOPS (1:16) 662.8 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 17.86 TFLOPS (2:1) 21.21 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 8.928 TFLOPS 10.60 TFLOPS
Pipelines 1792 2048
Pixel fill rate 159.4 GPixel/s 165.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 279.0 GTexel/s 331.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 132 Watt 160 Watt
Transistor count 11060 million 11060 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 3 3
DisplayPort support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot Dual-slot
Height 40 mm (1.6 inches) 40 mm (1.6 inches)
Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x8
Length 190 mm (7.5 inches) 190 mm (7.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 300 Watt 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 8-pin
Width 110 mm (4.3 inches) 110 mm (4.3 inches)

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s 256 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6