Radeon RX 6600 vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

Radeon RX 6600
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 13 Oct 2021
Radeon RX 6600
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 19 Jan 2022
Radeon RX 6500 XT

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 6600
    205%
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6600

105% 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 6500 XT

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)

Radeon RX 6600

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).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 6600Radeon RX 6500 XT
GPU NameNavi 23 (Navi 23 XL (215-130000016))vsNavi 24 (Navi 24 XT)
Fab Process7 nmvs6 nm
Die Size237 mm²vs107 mm²
Transistors11,060 millionvs5,400 million
Shaders1792vs1024
Raytracing Cores28vsnone
Compute Units28vs16
Core clock1626 MHzvs2200 MHz
ROPs64vs32
TMUs112vs64

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 6600Radeon RX 6500 XT
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR6
Bus Width128 bitvs64 bit
Memory Speed1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective
vs2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs4096 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 6600Radeon RX 6500 XT
TDP132 wattsvs107 watts
Release Date13 Oct 2021vs19 Jan 2022

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6600
    159.40 GP/s
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    90.08 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6600
    279.00 GT/s
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    180.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 6600
    224.00 GB/s
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    144.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 6600
    8928.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    5765.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600
    69
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    40

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

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

  • Radeon RX 6600
    147
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    74

FPS (higher is better)

Forza Horizon 5

Extreme Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6600
    51
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    23

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600
    148
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    105

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 6500 XT
    64

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • Radeon RX 6600
    107
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    67

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600
    50
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    21

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

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

  • Radeon RX 6600
    108
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    55

FPS (higher is better)

Forza Horizon 5

Extreme Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6600
    49
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    10

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600
    96
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    64

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 6500 XT
    40

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • Radeon RX 6600
    70
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    44

FPS (higher is better)