AMD Radeon RX 6600 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6600 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 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 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 8% higher core clock speed: 1626 MHz vs 1500 MHz
  • Around 44% higher boost clock speed: 2491 MHz vs 1725 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
  • Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 132 Watt vs 220 Watt
  • Around 57% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 290.312 vs 184.548
  • Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 26778 vs 13566
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 69225 vs 31930
  • Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 26778 vs 13566
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 69225 vs 31930
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 Oct 2021 vs 1 Sep 2020
Core clock speed 1626 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Boost clock speed 2491 MHz vs 1725 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 132 Watt vs 220 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 290.312 vs 184.548
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 26778 vs 13566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 69225 vs 31930
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 26778 vs 13566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 69225 vs 31930

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

  • Around 14% higher texture fill rate: 317.4 GTexel/s vs 279.0 GTexel/s
  • 3.3x more pipelines: 5888 vs 1792
  • Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22415 vs 15116
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 999 vs 876
  • Around 75% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 124910 vs 71325
  • Around 74% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 452.561 vs 260.061
  • Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 5803.174 vs 5472.868
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 40.794 vs 20.421
  • Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1634.218 vs 1152.228
  • Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 31716 vs 19713
  • Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 31716 vs 19713
  • Around 68% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 13608 vs 8086
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 317.4 GTexel/s vs 279.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines 5888 vs 1792
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 22415 vs 15116
PassMark - G2D Mark 999 vs 876
Geekbench - OpenCL 124910 vs 71325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 452.561 vs 260.061
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 5803.174 vs 5472.868
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 40.794 vs 20.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1634.218 vs 1152.228
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 31716 vs 19713
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 31716 vs 19713
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 13608 vs 8086

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
15116
22415
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
876
999
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
71325
124910
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
260.061
452.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5472.868
5803.174
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20.421
40.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
290.312
184.548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1152.228
1634.218
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
19713
31716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
26778
13566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
69225
31930
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
19713
31716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
26778
13566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
69225
31930
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
8086
13608
Name AMD Radeon RX 6600 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
PassMark - G3D Mark 15116 22415
PassMark - G2D Mark 876 999
Geekbench - OpenCL 71325 124910
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 260.061 452.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 5472.868 5803.174
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 20.421 40.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 290.312 184.548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1152.228 1634.218
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 19713 31716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 26778 13566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 69225 31930
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 19713 31716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 26778 13566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 69225 31930
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8086 13608

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 6600 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ampere
Code name Navi 23 XL GA104
Launch date 13 Oct 2021 1 Sep 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $329 $499
Place in performance rating 36 42
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2491 MHz 1725 MHz
Compute units 28
Core clock speed 1626 MHz 1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 558.0 GFLOPS (1:16) 317.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 17.86 TFLOPS (2:1) 20.31 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 8.928 TFLOPS 20.31 TFLOPS
Pipelines 1792 5888
Pixel fill rate 159.4 GPixel/s 165.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 279.0 GTexel/s 317.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 132 Watt 220 Watt
Transistor count 11060 million 17400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
DisplayPort count 3
DisplayPort support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot Dual-slot
Height 40 mm (1.6 inches) 112 mm (4.4 inches)
Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 190 mm (7.5 inches) 242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU) 300 Watt 550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 12-pin
Width 110 mm (4.3 inches) 112 mm, 4.4 inches

API support

DirectX 12.2 12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL 2.1 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s 448.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6