NVIDIA RTX A5500 vs AMD Radeon RX 6600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A5500 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, 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.

NVIDIA RTX A5500

AMD Radeon RX 6600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A5500

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 91% higher texture fill rate: 532.8 GTexel/s vs 279.0 GTexel/s
5.7x more pipelines: 10240 vs 1792
3x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 8 GB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 21150 vs 15122
2.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 177067 vs 71351

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 Mar 2022 vs 13 Oct 2021
Texture fill rate	532.8 GTexel/s vs 279.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines	10240 vs 1792
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	21150 vs 15122
Geekbench - OpenCL	177067 vs 71351

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6600

Around 51% higher core clock speed: 1626 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Around 50% higher boost clock speed: 2491 MHz vs 1665 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
Around 74% lower typical power consumption: 132 Watt vs 230 Watt
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 875 vs 794

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1626 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Boost clock speed	2491 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	132 Watt vs 230 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	875 vs 794

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A5500
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6600

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

794

875

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

21150

15122

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

177067

71351

Name	NVIDIA RTX A5500	AMD Radeon RX 6600
PassMark - G2D Mark	794	875
PassMark - G3D Mark	21150	15122
Geekbench - OpenCL	177067	71351
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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		8084

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A5500	AMD Radeon RX 6600
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 2.0
Code name	GA102	Navi 23 XL
Launch date	22 Mar 2022	13 Oct 2021
Place in performance rating	37	35
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz	2491 MHz
Core clock speed	1080 MHz	1626 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1,066 GFLOPS (1:32)	558.0 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	34.10 TFLOPS (1:1)	17.86 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	34.10 TFLOPS	8.928 TFLOPS
Pipelines	10240	1792
Pixel fill rate	159.8 GPixel/s	159.4 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	532.8 GTexel/s	279.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	230 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	24 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	768.0 GB/s	224 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6