AMD Radeon RX 6600 vs AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

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

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6600 and AMD Radeon RX 5600 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
140
81
66
45
112
59
47
28
The Witcher 3
125
108
74
38
94
75
49
29
Counter-Strike 2
202
142
96
52
158
108
73
35
Far Cry 6
110
98
73
42
90
73
55
26
Hogwarts Legacy
76
62
47
22
53
43
31
17
COD Modern Warfare 3
103
95
66
42
76
67
45
29
Ghost of Tsushima
80
63
45
23
61
44
34
15
Cyberpunk 2077
80
71
42
18
55
51
28
13
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
137
118
85
39
103
88
57
29
Avg FPS
1080p High11789
1080p Ultra9368
1440p Ultra6647
4K Ultra3625
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600
10197
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
7012
Time Spy104237633
Solar Bay44973n/a
Port Royal5820n/a
Fire Strike2647822310
Night Raid9851486630
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600
58048
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
66629
Background Blur104.1 frames/s123.2 frames/s
Face Detection79.7 frames/s71.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.05 Gpix/sec2.85 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.61 Gpix/sec4.1 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.59 Gpix/sec3.48 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.64 Gpix/sec0.62 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching257.8 Gpix/sec253.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics7635.3 fps7670.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6600
15100
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
13492
G2D Mark881870
DirectX 11152 fps96 fps
DirectX 1251 fps52 fps
GPU Compute6706 Ops/s6338 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6600
96.4 fps
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
92.1 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)567.8 fps533 fps
Car Chasen/a465.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)427.9 fps387.4 fps
T-Rex1906.1 fps1882.8 fps
ALU 22284.3 fps2438.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2600 fps198.3 fps
APIMetalOpenGL
OSOS XWindows
Tessellationn/a2278.9

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 13, 2021 January, 21, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 2.0 RDNA 1.0
Codename Navi 23 Navi 10
Price 329 279

GPU

GPU Frequency 1626 MHz 1130 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2491 MHz 1560 MHz
Shader Units 1792 2304
TMUs 112 144
ROPs 64 64
Ray Tracing Cores 28 No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 128 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 159 Gpix/sec 100 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 279 GTex/s 225 GTex/s
FLOPS 8.9 TFLOPS 7.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 132 W 150 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 7 nm
Transistor Size 237 mm² 251 mm²
Transistor count 11 billion 10 billion
Transistor density 46.41 MTr/mm² 39.84 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1500 MHz
Bus 128 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 12000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6600
224 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
288 GB/s

API

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

Results

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