Radeon RX 6600 XT vs GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB

Radeon RX 6600 XT
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 30 Jul 2021
Radeon RX 6600 XT
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 4 Jan 2022
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    171%
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6600 XT

71% 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 GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB

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)

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 (15 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 6600 XTGeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
GPU NameNavi 23 (Navi 23 XT (215-130000006))vsGA106 (GA106-150-A1)
Fab Process7 nmvs8 nm
Die Size237 mm²vs276 mm²
Transistors11,060 millionvs13,250 million
Shaders2048vs2560
Raytracing Cores32vsnone
Compute Units32vs20
Core clock1968 MHzvs1552 MHz
ROPs64vs48
TMUs128vs80

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 6600 XTGeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR6
Bus Width128 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed2000 MHz
16 Gbps effective
vs1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs8192 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 6600 XTGeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
TDP160 wattsvs130 watts
Release Date30 Jul 2021vs4 Jan 2022

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    165.70 GP/s
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    85.30 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    331.40 GT/s
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    142.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    256.00 GB/s
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    224.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    10600.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    9098.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    86
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    56

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

Ultra high Quality, TAA, bahrain,DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    176
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    115

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    109
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    71

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    177
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    123

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 3050 8 GB
    90

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    59
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    43

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

Ultra high Quality, TAA, bahrain,DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    131
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    86

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    72
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    51

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    115
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    80

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 3050 8 GB
    60

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    33
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    26

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    38
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    6

FPS (higher is better)

Forza Horizon 5

Extreme Quality, Raytracing, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    28
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    32

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    57
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    41

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 3050 8 GB
    31

FPS (higher is better)