AMD Radeon RX 6600M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6600M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 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, Technologies. 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 6600M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 40% higher core clock speed: 1489 MHz vs 1063 MHz
  • Around 42% higher boost clock speed: 2105 MHz vs 1480 MHz
  • 1991.6x more texture fill rate: 235.8 GTexel/s vs 118.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 40% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1280
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 16 nm
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13921 vs 7846
  • Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 724 vs 402
  • 2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 66187 vs 30492
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 14178 vs 12767
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8612 vs 3712
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8006 vs 3359
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 14178 vs 12767
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8612 vs 3712
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8006 vs 3359
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2021 vs 27 June 2017
Core clock speed 1489 MHz vs 1063 MHz
Boost clock speed 2105 MHz vs 1480 MHz
Texture fill rate 235.8 GTexel/s vs 118.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1792 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 16 nm
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 13921 vs 7846
PassMark - G2D Mark 724 vs 402
Geekbench - OpenCL 66187 vs 30492
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14178 vs 12767
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8612 vs 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8006 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14178 vs 12767
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8612 vs 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8006 vs 3359

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q

  • Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • 4x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
  • 2.2x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3316 vs 1495
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3316 vs 1495

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6600M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13921
7846
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
724
402
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
66187
30492
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14178
12767
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8612
3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8006
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14178
12767
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8612
3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8006
3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1495
3316
Name AMD Radeon RX 6600M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q
PassMark - G3D Mark 13921 7846
PassMark - G2D Mark 724 402
Geekbench - OpenCL 66187 30492
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14178 12767
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8612 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8006 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14178 12767
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8612 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8006 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1495 3316
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 147.271
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1681.162
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 8.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 98.592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 416.14

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 6600M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 Pascal
Code name Navi 23 GP106
Launch date 2021 27 June 2017
Place in performance rating 169 355
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2105 MHz 1480 MHz
Compute units 28
Core clock speed 1489 MHz 1063 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 471.5 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 15.09 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 7.544 TFLOPS
Pipelines 1792 1280
Pixel fill rate 134.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 235.8 GTexel/s 118.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 80 Watt
Transistor count 11060 million 4,400 million
Floating-point performance 3,789 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
G-SYNC support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None
Laptop size large

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 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s 192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) 8008 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready