AMD Radeon RX 6600 vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6600, vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6600 and AMD Radeon RX 7900 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
235
160
141
106
The Witcher 3
125
108
74
38
252
224
162
88
Counter-Strike 2
202
142
96
52
318
217
157
83
Far Cry 6
110
98
73
42
191
171
153
97
Hogwarts Legacy
76
62
47
22
147
125
101
54
COD Modern Warfare 3
103
95
66
42
225
223
163
109
Ghost of Tsushima
80
63
45
23
151
127
107
70
Cyberpunk 2077
80
71
42
18
179
158
108
48
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
137
118
85
39
267
256
196
100
Avg FPS
1080p High117218
1080p Ultra93185
1440p Ultra66143
4K Ultra3684
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600
10197
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
24670
Time Spy1042326936
Solar Bay44973103478
Port Royal582014245
Fire Strike2647867268
Night Raid98514171243
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600
58048
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
203754
Background Blur104.1 frames/s419.8 frames/s
Face Detection79.7 frames/s240.5 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.05 Gpix/sec8.72 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.61 Gpix/sec12 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.59 Gpix/sec9.88 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.64 Gpix/sec1.71 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching257.8 Gpix/sec701.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics7635.3 fps26631.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6600
15100
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
28850
G2D Mark8811214
DirectX 11152 fps339 fps
DirectX 1251 fps108 fps
GPU Compute6706 Ops/s17495 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6600
96.4 fps
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
323.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)567.8 fps1653.2 fps
Car Chasen/a1525.6 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)427.9 fps1206.5 fps
T-Rex1906.1 fps5517 fps
ALU 22284.3 fps8007.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2600 fps340 fps
APIMetalOpenGL
OSOS XWindows
Tessellationn/a6975.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 13, 2021 December, 13, 2023
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture RDNA 2.0 RDNA 3.0
Codename Navi 23 Navi 31
Price 329 899

GPU

GPU Frequency 1626 MHz 1387 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2491 MHz 2394 MHz
Shader Units 1792 5376
TMUs 112 336
ROPs 64 192
Ray Tracing Cores 28 84
Tensor Cores No n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core 256 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 159 Gpix/sec 460 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 279 GTex/s 804 GTex/s
FLOPS 8.9 TFLOPS 51.5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 132 W 300 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 237 mm² 529 mm²
Transistor count 11 billion 57 billion
Transistor density 46.41 MTr/mm² 107.75 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2500 MHz
Bus 128 bit 320 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 20000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 20 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6600
224 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
800 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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