Radeon RX 6600 vs GeForce GTX 970
Summary
Radeon RX 6600
215%
GeForce GTX 970
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6600 |
| 115% higher gaming performance. |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Infinity Cache allows to deliver up to 3.25x the effective memory bandwidth |
| Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR) |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 970 |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon RX 6600
The Radeon RX 6600 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (5 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 6600 | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 23 (Navi 23 XL
(215-130000016)) | vs | GM204 (GM204-200-A1) |
| Fab Process | 7 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 237 mm² | vs | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 11,060 million | vs | 5,200 million |
| Shaders | 1792 | vs | 1664 |
| Raytracing Cores | 28 | vs | none |
| Compute Units | 28 | vs | 13 |
| Core clock | 1626 MHz | vs | 1050 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 56 |
| TMUs | 112 | vs | 104 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 6600 | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 6600 | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| TDP | 132 watts | vs | 148 watts |
| Release Date | 13 Oct 2021 | vs | 19 Sep 2014 |
Radeon RX 6600
159.40 GP/s
GeForce GTX 970
58.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6600
279.00 GT/s
GeForce GTX 970
109.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6600
224.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 970
224.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 6600
8928.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 970
3494.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6600
105
GeForce GTX 970
44
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6600
107
GeForce GTX 970
53
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6600
68
GeForce GTX 970
29
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6600
70
GeForce GTX 970
42
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6600
33
GeForce GTX 970
14
FPS (higher is better)