AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050

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

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT 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
133
73
58
38
122
74
65
45
The Witcher 3
121
96
68
34
139
109
81
42
Counter-Strike 2
185
128
93
49
198
150
107
56
Far Cry 6
104
90
65
35
103
95
72
39
Hogwarts Legacy
68
59
40
23
74
64
44
25
COD Modern Warfare 3
93
86
60
38
90
84
61
38
Ghost of Tsushima
74
61
42
23
72
59
41
24
Cyberpunk 2077
73
64
37
18
80
72
45
18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
124
107
76
37
120
113
79
42
Avg FPS
1080p High108111
1080p Ultra8591
1440p Ultra6066
4K Ultra3337
DeviationLowHigh

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
9026
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
10047
Time Spy965210201
Solar Bay3750345966
Port Royal46036128
Fire Strike2866829129
Night Raid114842n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
84088
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
Background Blur208 frames/sn/a
Face Detection114.6 frames/sn/a
Horizon Detection2.91 Gpix/secn/a
Edge Detection3.71 Gpix/secn/a
Gaussian Blur3.38 Gpix/secn/a
Feature Matching0.94 Gpix/secn/a
Stereo Matching306 Gpix/secn/a
Particle Physics11198.1 fpsn/a
APIOpenCLn/a
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
16471
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
17775
G2D Mark9111113
DirectX 11163 fps155 fps
DirectX 1261 fps71 fps
GPU Compute7706 Ops/s9063 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
116.8 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)690.3 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)525.1 fpsn/a
T-Rex2173.5 fpsn/a
ALU 22886.2 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2487.2 fpsn/a
APIMetaln/a
OSOS Xn/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced July, 30, 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 379 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1968 MHz 2317 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2589 MHz 2572 MHz
Shader Units 2048 2560
TMUs 128 80
ROPs 64 32
Execution Units n/a 20
Ray Tracing Cores 32 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 166 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 331 GTex/s 206 GTex/s
FLOPS 10.6 TFLOPS 13.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 5.0 x8
TGP 160 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 2000 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 20000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
256 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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