Radeon RX 6600 XT vs GeForce GTX 970
Summary
Radeon RX 6600 XT
261%
GeForce GTX 970
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6600 XT |
| 161% 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 970 |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon RX 6600 XT
The Radeon RX 6600 XT is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (5 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 6600 XT | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 23 (Navi 23 XT
(215-130000006)) | vs | GM204 (GM204-200-A1) |
| Fab Process | 7 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 237 mm² | vs | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 11,060 million | vs | 5,200 million |
| Shaders | 2048 | vs | 1664 |
| Raytracing Cores | 32 | vs | none |
| Compute Units | 32 | vs | 13 |
| Core clock | 1968 MHz | vs | 1050 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 56 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 104 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 6600 XT | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2000 MHz
16 Gbps effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 6600 XT | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| TDP | 160 watts | vs | 148 watts |
| Release Date | 30 Jul 2021 | vs | 19 Sep 2014 |
Radeon RX 6600 XT
165.70 GP/s
GeForce GTX 970
58.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6600 XT
331.40 GT/s
GeForce GTX 970
109.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6600 XT
256.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 970
224.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 6600 XT
10600.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 970
3494.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6600 XT
126
GeForce GTX 970
44
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6600 XT
130
GeForce GTX 970
53
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6600 XT
82
GeForce GTX 970
29
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6600 XT
87
GeForce GTX 970
42
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6600 XT
40
GeForce GTX 970
14
FPS (higher is better)