Radeon RX 6600 vs Radeon R9 295X2
Summary
Radeon RX 6600
201%
Radeon R9 295X2
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6600 |
| 101% higher gaming performance. |
| 368 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 295X2 . |
| 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 Radeon R9 295X2 |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports TrueAudio |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 (2 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 6600 | | Radeon R9 295X2 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 23 (Navi 23 XL
(215-130000016)) | vs | Vesuvius (Vesuvius XT) |
| Fab Process | 7 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 237 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 11,060 million | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 1792 | vs | 2816 |
| Raytracing Cores | 28 | vs | none |
| Compute Units | 28 | vs | 44 |
| Core clock | 1626 MHz | vs | 1018 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 112 | vs | 176 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 6600 | | Radeon R9 295X2 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 512 bit x2 |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 6600 | | Radeon R9 295X2 | |
|---|
| TDP | 132 watts | vs | 500 watts |
| Release Date | 13 Oct 2021 | vs | 29 Apr 2014 |
Radeon RX 6600
159.40 GP/s
Radeon R9 295X2
130.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6600
279.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 295X2
358.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6600
224.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 295X2
640.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 6600
8928.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 295X2
11466.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6600
107
Radeon R9 295X2
48
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6600
70
Radeon R9 295X2
39
FPS (higher is better)