Radeon RX 6600 XT vs GeForce RTX 2080

Radeon RX 6600 XT
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 30 Jul 2021
Radeon RX 6600 XT
GeForce RTX 2080
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 20 Aug 2018
GeForce RTX 2080

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    100%
  • GeForce RTX 2080
    109%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6600 XT

40 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce RTX 2080 .
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 RTX 2080

9% higher gaming performance.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)
Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS)

GeForce RTX 2080

HWBench recommends GeForce RTX 2080

The GeForce RTX 2080 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (20 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 6600 XTGeForce RTX 2080
GPU NameNavi 23 (Navi 23 XT (215-130000006))vsTU104 (TU104-400A-A1)
Fab Process7 nmvs12 nm
Die Size237 mm²vs0 mm²
Transistors11,060 millionvsunknown
Shaders2048vs2944
Raytracing Cores32vsnone
Compute Units32vs23
Core clock1968 MHzvs1515 MHz
ROPs64vs64
TMUs128vs184

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 6600 XTGeForce RTX 2080
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR6
Bus Width128 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed2000 MHz
16 Gbps effective
vs1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs8192 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 6600 XTGeForce RTX 2080
TDP160 wattsvs200 watts
Release Date30 Jul 2021vs20 Aug 2018

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    165.70 GP/s
  • GeForce RTX 2080
    106.90 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    331.40 GT/s
  • GeForce RTX 2080
    307.30 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    256.00 GB/s
  • GeForce RTX 2080
    448.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    10600.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce RTX 2080
    9833.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    86
  • GeForce RTX 2080
    66

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

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

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    176
  • GeForce RTX 2080
    183

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    109
  • GeForce RTX 2080
    108

FPS (higher is better)

Forza Horizon 5

Extreme Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    68
  • GeForce RTX 2080
    91

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    177
  • GeForce RTX 2080
    174

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 RTX 2080
    121

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    130
  • GeForce RTX 2080
    154

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    59
  • GeForce RTX 2080
    57

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

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

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    131
  • GeForce RTX 2080
    124

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    72
  • GeForce RTX 2080
    79

FPS (higher is better)

Forza Horizon 5

Extreme Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    55
  • GeForce RTX 2080
    72

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    115
  • GeForce RTX 2080
    125

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 RTX 2080
    84

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    87
  • GeForce RTX 2080
    111

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    33
  • GeForce RTX 2080
    36

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

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

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    74
  • GeForce RTX 2080
    70

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    38
  • GeForce RTX 2080
    47

FPS (higher is better)

Forza Horizon 5

Extreme Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    36
  • GeForce RTX 2080
    49

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    57
  • GeForce RTX 2080
    70

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 RTX 2080
    46

FPS (higher is better)