AMD Radeon RX 6600 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6600 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 - 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 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 19% higher core clock speed: 1626 MHz vs 1365 MHz
  • Around 48% higher boost clock speed: 2491 MHz vs 1680 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 132 Watt vs 160 Watt
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15138 vs 14150
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 872 vs 748
  • Around 1% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 72102 vs 71655
  • Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 260.061 vs 217.59
  • Around 76% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 5472.868 vs 3103.927
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 290.312 vs 134.68
  • 3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 26778 vs 7442
  • 10.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 69225 vs 6714
  • 3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 26778 vs 7442
  • 10.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 69225 vs 6714
  • Around 8% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 8084 vs 7483
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 Oct 2021 vs 7 January 2019
Core clock speed 1626 MHz vs 1365 MHz
Boost clock speed 2491 MHz vs 1680 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 132 Watt vs 160 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 15138 vs 14150
PassMark - G2D Mark 872 vs 748
Geekbench - OpenCL 72102 vs 71655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 260.061 vs 217.59
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 5472.868 vs 3103.927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 290.312 vs 134.68
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 26778 vs 7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 69225 vs 6714
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 26778 vs 7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 69225 vs 6714
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8084 vs 7483

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

  • Around 7% higher pipelines: 1920 vs 1792
  • 8x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
  • Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 21.666 vs 20.421
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20094 vs 19713
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20094 vs 19713
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 1920 vs 1792
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 21.666 vs 20.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1155.956 vs 1152.228
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20094 vs 19713
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20094 vs 19713

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
15138
14150
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
872
748
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
72102
71655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
260.061
217.59
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5472.868
3103.927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20.421
21.666
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
290.312
134.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1152.228
1155.956
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
19713
20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
26778
7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
69225
6714
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
19713
20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
26778
7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
69225
6714
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
8084
7483
Name AMD Radeon RX 6600 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
PassMark - G3D Mark 15138 14150
PassMark - G2D Mark 872 748
Geekbench - OpenCL 72102 71655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 260.061 217.59
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 5472.868 3103.927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 20.421 21.666
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 290.312 134.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1152.228 1155.956
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 19713 20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 26778 7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 69225 6714
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 19713 20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 26778 7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 69225 6714
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8084 7483

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 6600 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 Turing
Code name Navi 23 XL TU106
Launch date 13 Oct 2021 7 January 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $329 $349
Place in performance rating 38 158
Type Desktop Desktop
Price now $349.99
Value for money (0-100) 62.74

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2491 MHz 1680 MHz
Compute units 28
Core clock speed 1626 MHz 1365 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 558.0 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 17.86 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 8.928 TFLOPS
Pipelines 1792 1920
Pixel fill rate 159.4 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 279.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 132 Watt 160 Watt
Transistor count 11060 million 10,800 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x 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) 300 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 224 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6