Radeon RX 6600 vs Radeon RX 590
Summary
Radeon RX 6600
151%
Radeon RX 590
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6600 |
| 51% higher gaming performance. |
| 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 590 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 (12 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 6600 | | Radeon RX 590 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 23 (Navi 23 XL
(215-130000016)) | vs | Polaris 30 (Polaris 30 XTX) |
| Fab Process | 7 nm | vs | 12 nm |
| Die Size | 237 mm² | vs | 244 mm² |
| Transistors | 11,060 million | vs | 5,700 million |
| Shaders | 1792 | vs | 2304 |
| Raytracing Cores | 28 | vs | none |
| Compute Units | 28 | vs | 36 |
| Core clock | 1626 MHz | vs | 1257 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 112 | vs | 144 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 6600 | | Radeon RX 590 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective | vs | 2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 8192 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 6600 | | Radeon RX 590 | |
|---|
| TDP | 132 watts | vs | 0 watts |
| Release Date | 13 Oct 2021 | vs | UNRELEASED |
Radeon RX 6600
159.40 GP/s
Radeon RX 590
49.44 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6600
279.00 GT/s
Radeon RX 590
222.50 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6600
224.00 GB/s
Radeon RX 590
256.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 6600
8928.00 GFLOPs
Radeon RX 590
7119.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6600
69
Radeon RX 590
46
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6600
147
Radeon RX 590
96
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6600
148
Radeon RX 590
93
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6600
105
Radeon RX 590
63
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6600
50
Radeon RX 590
34
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6600
108
Radeon RX 590
72
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6600
96
Radeon RX 590
62
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6600
68
Radeon RX 590
43
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6600
27
Radeon RX 590
19
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6600
60
Radeon RX 590
44
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6600
48
Radeon RX 590
34
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6600
33
Radeon RX 590
21
FPS (higher is better)