AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
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
133
73
58
38
99
62
49
35
The Witcher 3
121
96
68
34
107
86
62
34
Counter-Strike 2
185
128
93
49
157
117
82
41
Far Cry 6
104
90
65
35
84
74
57
29
Hogwarts Legacy
68
59
40
23
59
47
33
15
COD Modern Warfare 3
93
86
60
38
69
59
44
30
Ghost of Tsushima
74
61
42
23
53
42
30
18
Cyberpunk 2077
73
64
37
18
58
52
32
13
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
124
107
76
37
92
85
58
33
Avg FPS
1080p High10886
1080p Ultra8569
1440p Ultra6050
4K Ultra3328
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
9026
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
7378
Time Spy96527571
Solar Bay3750334179
Port Royal46034134
Fire Strike2866819768
Night Raid11484284918
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
84088
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
78934
Background Blur208 frames/s144.4 frames/s
Face Detection114.6 frames/s75.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.91 Gpix/sec3.08 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.71 Gpix/sec4.25 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.38 Gpix/sec4.21 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.94 Gpix/sec0.93 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching306 Gpix/sec354.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics11198.1 fps8559.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
16471
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
14124
G2D Mark911747
DirectX 11163 fps110 fps
DirectX 1261 fps53 fps
GPU Compute7706 Ops/s5513 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
116.8 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
89.8 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)690.3 fps477.6 fps
Car Chasen/a423 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)525.1 fps370.8 fps
T-Rex2173.5 fps1884.9 fps
ALU 22886.2 fps2192.3 fps
Driver Overhead 2487.2 fps281.3 fps
APIMetalOpenGL
OSOS XWindows
Tessellationn/a2405.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced July, 30, 2021 January, 15, 2019
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Turing
Codename Navi 23 TU106
Price 379 349

GPU

GPU Frequency 1968 MHz 1365 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2589 MHz 1680 MHz
Shader Units 2048 1920
TMUs 128 120
ROPs 64 48
Execution Units n/a 30
Ray Tracing Cores 32 30
Tensor Cores No 240
L1 cache 128 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 166 Gpix/sec 81 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 331 GTex/s 202 GTex/s
FLOPS 10.6 TFLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 160 W 160 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 237 mm² 445 mm²
Transistor count 11 billion 10 billion
Transistor density 46.41 MTr/mm² 22.47 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 128 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
256 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
336 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 7.5
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

Results

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