AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 6600

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT and AMD Radeon RX 6600 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 5% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1626 MHz
  • Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 2544 MHz vs 2491 MHz
  • Around 97% higher texture fill rate: 549.5 GTexel/s vs 279.0 GTexel/s
  • Around 93% higher pipelines: 3456 vs 1792
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 7 nm
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1091 vs 874
  • Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22410 vs 15166
  • Around 74% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 126402 vs 72446
  • 2.1x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 16990 vs 8083
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 25 Aug 2023 vs 13 Oct 2021
Core clock speed 1700 MHz vs 1626 MHz
Boost clock speed 2544 MHz vs 2491 MHz
Texture fill rate 549.5 GTexel/s vs 279.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines 3456 vs 1792
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 7 nm
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 1091 vs 874
PassMark - G3D Mark 22410 vs 15166
Geekbench - OpenCL 126402 vs 72446
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 16990 vs 8083

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6600

  • Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 132 Watt vs 245 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 132 Watt vs 245 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6600

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1091
874
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
22410
15166
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
126402
72446
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
16990
8083
Name AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT AMD Radeon RX 6600
PassMark - G2D Mark 1091 874
PassMark - G3D Mark 22410 15166
Geekbench - OpenCL 126402 72446
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 16990 8083
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 19713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 26778
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 69225
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 19713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 26778
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 69225

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT AMD Radeon RX 6600

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 3.0 RDNA 2.0
Code name Navi 32 Navi 23 XL
Launch date 25 Aug 2023 13 Oct 2021
Place in performance rating 36 38
Launch price (MSRP) $329
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2544 MHz 2491 MHz
Compute units 54 28
Core clock speed 1700 MHz 1626 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 7 nm
Pipelines 3456 1792
Pixel fill rate 244.2 GPixel/s 159.4 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 549.5 GTexel/s 279.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 245 Watt 132 Watt
Transistor count 28100 million 11060 million
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

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 3
DisplayPort support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot Dual-slot
Height 50 mm, 2 inches 40 mm (1.6 inches)
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
Length 267 mm, 10.5 inches 190 mm (7.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 550 Watt 300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin 1x 8-pin
Width 135 mm, 5.3 inches 110 mm (4.3 inches)

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.2
OpenCL 2.2 2.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 432.0 GB/s 224 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 128 bit
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6