AMD Radeon RX 6600 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6600, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6600 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
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
140
81
66
45
122
74
65
45
The Witcher 3
125
108
74
38
139
109
81
42
Counter-Strike 2
202
142
96
52
198
150
107
56
Far Cry 6
110
98
73
42
103
95
72
39
Hogwarts Legacy
76
62
47
22
74
64
44
25
COD Modern Warfare 3
103
95
66
42
90
84
61
38
Ghost of Tsushima
80
63
45
23
72
59
41
24
Cyberpunk 2077
80
71
42
18
80
72
45
18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
137
118
85
39
120
113
79
42
Avg FPS
1080p High117111
1080p Ultra9391
1440p Ultra6666
4K Ultra3637
DeviationLowHigh

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600
10197
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
10047
Time Spy1042310201
Solar Bay4497345966
Port Royal58206128
Fire Strike2647829129
Night Raid98514n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600
58048
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
Background Blur104.1 frames/sn/a
Face Detection79.7 frames/sn/a
Horizon Detection2.05 Gpix/secn/a
Edge Detection2.61 Gpix/secn/a
Gaussian Blur2.59 Gpix/secn/a
Feature Matching0.64 Gpix/secn/a
Stereo Matching257.8 Gpix/secn/a
Particle Physics7635.3 fpsn/a
APIOpenCLn/a
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6600
15100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
17775
G2D Mark8811113
DirectX 11152 fps155 fps
DirectX 1251 fps71 fps
GPU Compute6706 Ops/s9063 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6600
96.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)567.8 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)427.9 fpsn/a
T-Rex1906.1 fpsn/a
ALU 22284.3 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2600 fpsn/a
APIMetaln/a
OSOS Xn/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 13, 2021 June, 24, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Blackwell 2.0
Codename Navi 23 GB207-300
Price 329 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1626 MHz 2317 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2491 MHz 2572 MHz
Shader Units 1792 2560
TMUs 112 80
ROPs 64 32
Execution Units n/a 20
Ray Tracing Cores 28 20
Tensor Cores No 80
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 159 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 279 GTex/s 206 GTex/s
FLOPS 8.9 TFLOPS 13.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 5.0 x8
TGP 132 W 130 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 5 nm
Max temperature n/a 87 °C
Transistor Size 237 mm² 149 mm²
Transistor count 11 billion 16.9 billion
Transistor density 46.41 MTr/mm² 113.42 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 20000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6600
224 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
320 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.3 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 12.0
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1b
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 4

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 the clear winner in this comparison.

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