AMD Radeon RX 6600 vs AMD Radeon RX 580

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6600, vs AMD Radeon RX 580. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6600 and AMD Radeon RX 580
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
76
38
33
15
The Witcher 3
125
108
74
38
52
40
23
13
Counter-Strike 2
202
142
96
52
78
56
37
16
Far Cry 6
110
98
73
42
58
49
34
17
Hogwarts Legacy
76
62
47
22
33
23
20
10
COD Modern Warfare 3
103
95
66
42
47
41
27
15
Ghost of Tsushima
80
63
45
23
33
24
16
9
Cyberpunk 2077
80
71
42
18
30
27
13
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
137
118
85
39
60
51
31
18
Avg FPS
1080p High11752
1080p Ultra9339
1440p Ultra6626
4K Ultra3613
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600
10197
AMD Radeon RX 580
4176
Time Spy104234353
Solar Bay44973n/a
Port Royal5820527
Fire Strike2647814979
Night Raid9851456876
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600
58048
AMD Radeon RX 580
40514
Background Blur104.1 frames/s59.5 frames/s
Face Detection79.7 frames/s33.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.05 Gpix/sec1.56 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.61 Gpix/sec3.1 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.59 Gpix/sec2.92 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.64 Gpix/sec0.33 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching257.8 Gpix/sec161.8 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics7635.3 fps5395.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6600
15100
AMD Radeon RX 580
8831
G2D Mark881767
DirectX 11152 fps60 fps
DirectX 1251 fps43 fps
GPU Compute6706 Ops/s3529 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6600
96.4 fps
AMD Radeon RX 580
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 AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 13, 2021 April, 18, 2017
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture RDNA 2.0 GCN 4.0
Codename Navi 23 Polaris 20
Price 329 229

GPU

GPU Frequency 1626 MHz 1257 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2491 MHz 1340 MHz
Shader Units 1792 2304
TMUs 112 144
ROPs 64 32
Ray Tracing Cores 28 No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 16 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 159 Gpix/sec 43 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 279 GTex/s 193 GTex/s
FLOPS 8.9 TFLOPS 6.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 132 W 185 W
Process TSMC GlobalFoundries
Process tech. 7 nm 14 nm
Transistor Size 237 mm² 232 mm²
Transistor count 11 billion 5 billion
Transistor density 46.41 MTr/mm² 21.55 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 128 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6600
224 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 580
256 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

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 6600 the clear winner in this comparison.

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