Radeon RX 6600 vs Radeon RX 5700

Radeon RX 6600
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 13 Oct 2021
Radeon RX 6600
Radeon RX 5700
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 7 Jul 2019
Radeon RX 5700

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 6600
    100%
  • Radeon RX 5700
    109%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6600

48 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon RX 5700 .
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 RX 5700

9% higher gaming performance.
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)

Radeon RX 5700

HWBench recommends Radeon RX 5700

The Radeon RX 5700 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (14 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 6600Radeon RX 5700
GPU NameNavi 23 (Navi 23 XL (215-130000016))vsNavi 10 (Navi 10 Pro)
Fab Process7 nmvs7 nm
Die Size237 mm²vs254 mm²
Transistors11,060 millionvsunknown
Shaders1792vs2304
Raytracing Cores28vsnone
Compute Units28vs36
Core clock1626 MHzvs1465 MHz
ROPs64vs64
TMUs112vs256

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 6600Radeon RX 5700
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR6
Bus Width128 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective
vs1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs8192 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 6600Radeon RX 5700
TDP132 wattsvs180 watts
Release Date13 Oct 2021vs7 Jul 2019

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6600
    159.40 GP/s
  • Radeon RX 5700
    104.00 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6600
    279.00 GT/s
  • Radeon RX 5700
    416.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 6600
    224.00 GB/s
  • Radeon RX 5700
    448.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 6600
    8928.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon RX 5700
    7480.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600
    69
  • Radeon RX 5700
    74

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6600
    147
  • Radeon RX 5700
    155

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600
    148
  • Radeon RX 5700
    167

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 6600
    105
  • Radeon RX 5700
    106

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 6600
    107
  • Radeon RX 5700
    108

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600
    50
  • Radeon RX 5700
    56

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6600
    108
  • Radeon RX 5700
    116

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600
    96
  • Radeon RX 5700
    116

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 6600
    68
  • Radeon RX 5700
    70

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 6600
    70
  • Radeon RX 5700
    74

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600
    27
  • Radeon RX 5700
    30

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6600
    60
  • Radeon RX 5700
    68

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600
    48
  • Radeon RX 5700
    61

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 6600
    33
  • Radeon RX 5700
    35

FPS (higher is better)