NVIDIA RTX A4500 vs AMD Radeon RX 6600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A4500 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).

NVIDIA RTX A4500

AMD Radeon RX 6600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A4500

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 32% higher texture fill rate: 369.6 GTexel/s vs 279.0 GTexel/s
4x more pipelines: 7168 vs 1792
2.5x more maximum memory size: 20 GB vs 8 GB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1059 vs 875
Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 21602 vs 15146
Around 96% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 142463 vs 72643
Around 58% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 12768 vs 8083

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 Nov 2021 vs 13 Oct 2021
Texture fill rate	369.6 GTexel/s vs 279.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines	7168 vs 1792
Maximum memory size	20 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1059 vs 875
PassMark - G3D Mark	21602 vs 15146
Geekbench - OpenCL	142463 vs 72643
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	12768 vs 8083

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6600

Around 55% higher core clock speed: 1626 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Around 51% higher boost clock speed: 2491 MHz vs 1650 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
Around 52% lower typical power consumption: 132 Watt vs 200 Watt

Core clock speed	1626 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Boost clock speed	2491 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	132 Watt vs 200 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A4500
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6600

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1059

875

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

21602

15146

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

142463

72643

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

12768

8083

Name	NVIDIA RTX A4500	AMD Radeon RX 6600
PassMark - G2D Mark	1059	875
PassMark - G3D Mark	21602	15146
Geekbench - OpenCL	142463	72643
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	12768	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)

	NVIDIA RTX A4500	AMD Radeon RX 6600
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 2.0
Code name	GA102	Navi 23 XL
Launch date	23 Nov 2021	13 Oct 2021
Place in performance rating	41	40
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz	2491 MHz
Core clock speed	1050 MHz	1626 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	739.2 GFLOPS (1:32)	558.0 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	23.65 TFLOPS (1:1)	17.86 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	23.65 TFLOPS	8.928 TFLOPS
Pipelines	7168	1792
Pixel fill rate	158.4 GPixel/s	159.4 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	369.6 GTexel/s	279.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	132 Watt
Transistor count	28300 million	11060 million
Compute units		28
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count		3
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
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	1x 8-pin	1x 8-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	110 mm (4.3 inches)
Height		40 mm (1.6 inches)
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	20 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	640.0 GB/s	224 GB/s
Memory bus width	320 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6