Radeon RX 6600 XT vs GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

Radeon RX 6600 XT
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 30 Jul 2021
Radeon RX 6600 XT
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 26 Oct 2017
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    142%
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6600 XT

42% 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 1070 Ti

Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon RX 6600 XT

HWBench recommends Radeon RX 6600 XT

The Radeon RX 6600 XT is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (11 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 6600 XTGeForce GTX 1070 Ti
GPU NameNavi 23 (Navi 23 XT (215-130000006))vsGP104 (GP104-300-A1)
Fab Process7 nmvs16 nm
Die Size237 mm²vs314 mm²
Transistors11,060 millionvs7,200 million
Shaders2048vs2432
Raytracing Cores32vsnone
Compute Units32vs19
Core clock1968 MHzvs1607 MHz
ROPs64vs64
TMUs128vs152

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 6600 XTGeForce GTX 1070 Ti
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR5
Bus Width128 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed2000 MHz
16 Gbps effective
vs2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs8192 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 6600 XTGeForce GTX 1070 Ti
TDP160 wattsvs180 watts
Release Date30 Jul 2021vs26 Oct 2017

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    165.70 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    107.70 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    331.40 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    255.80 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    256.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    256.30 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    10600.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    8186.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

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

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    176
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    116

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    109
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    62

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

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

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    126
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    84

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    130
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    106

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

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

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    131
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    86

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    72
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    47

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

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

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    82
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    56

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    87
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    79

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

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

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    74
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    53

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    38
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    30

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

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

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    40
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    29

FPS (higher is better)