NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB vs AMD Radeon RX 6600M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB and AMD Radeon RX 6600M 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, 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

  • Around 43% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 1792
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 803 vs 710
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 2560 vs 1792
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 803 vs 710

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6600M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 20% higher core clock speed: 1489 MHz vs 1237 MHz
  • Around 41% higher boost clock speed: 2105 MHz vs 1492 MHz
  • Around 97% higher texture fill rate: 235.8 GTexel/s vs 119.4 GTexel/s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
  • Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13767 vs 10658
  • Around 16% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 65538 vs 56487
  • Around 65% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 8001 vs 4842
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2021 vs 6 Jul 2022
Core clock speed 1489 MHz vs 1237 MHz
Boost clock speed 2105 MHz vs 1492 MHz
Texture fill rate 235.8 GTexel/s vs 119.4 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 13767 vs 10658
Geekbench - OpenCL 65538 vs 56487
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8001 vs 4842

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6600M

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
803
710
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
10658
13767
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
56487
65538
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
4842
8001
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB AMD Radeon RX 6600M
PassMark - G2D Mark 803 710
PassMark - G3D Mark 10658 13767
Geekbench - OpenCL 56487 65538
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4842 8001
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14178
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8612
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8006
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14178
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8612
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8006

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB AMD Radeon RX 6600M

Essentials

Architecture Ampere RDNA 2.0
Code name GA107 Navi 23
Launch date 6 Jul 2022 2021
Place in performance rating 154 155
Type Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1492 MHz 2105 MHz
Core clock speed 1237 MHz 1489 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 7 nm
Pipelines 2560 1792
Pixel fill rate 47.74 GPixel/s 134.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 119.4 GTexel/s 235.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 8700 million 11060 million
Compute units 28
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

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor IGP
Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 144.0 GB/s 256 GB/s
Memory bus width 96 bit 128 bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6