AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT, vs AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT and AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
112
59
47
28
133
73
58
38
The Witcher 3
94
75
49
29
121
96
68
34
Counter-Strike 2
158
108
73
35
185
128
93
49
Far Cry 6
90
73
55
26
104
90
65
35
Hogwarts Legacy
53
43
31
17
68
59
40
23
COD Modern Warfare 3
76
67
45
29
93
86
60
38
Ghost of Tsushima
61
44
34
15
74
61
42
23
Cyberpunk 2077
55
51
28
13
73
64
37
18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
103
88
57
29
124
107
76
37
Avg FPS
1080p High89108
1080p Ultra6885
1440p Ultra4760
4K Ultra2533
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
7012
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
9026
Time Spy76339652
Solar Bayn/a37503
Port Royaln/a4603
Fire Strike2231028668
Night Raid86630114842
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
66629
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
84088
Background Blur123.2 frames/s208 frames/s
Face Detection71.4 frames/s114.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.85 Gpix/sec2.91 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.1 Gpix/sec3.71 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.48 Gpix/sec3.38 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.62 Gpix/sec0.94 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching253.9 Gpix/sec306 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics7670.6 fps11198.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
13492
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
16471
G2D Mark870911
DirectX 1196 fps163 fps
DirectX 1252 fps61 fps
GPU Compute6338 Ops/s7706 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
92.1 fps
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
116.8 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)533 fps690.3 fps
Car Chase465.4 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)387.4 fps525.1 fps
T-Rex1882.8 fps2173.5 fps
ALU 22438.2 fps2886.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2198.3 fps487.2 fps
APIOpenGLMetal
OSWindowsOS X
Tessellation2278.9n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 21, 2020 July, 30, 2021
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 1.0 RDNA 2.0
Codename Navi 10 Navi 23
Price 279 379

GPU

GPU Frequency 1130 MHz 1968 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1560 MHz 2589 MHz
Shader Units 2304 2048
TMUs 144 128
ROPs 64 64
Ray Tracing Cores No 32
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache n/a 128 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 100 Gpix/sec 166 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 225 GTex/s 331 GTex/s
FLOPS 7.2 TFLOPS 10.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 150 W 160 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 7 nm
Transistor Size 251 mm² 237 mm²
Transistor count 10 billion 11 billion
Transistor density 39.84 MTr/mm² 46.41 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1500 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 12000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
288 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
256 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No No

Results

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