Radeon RX 6600 XT vs Radeon RX 5700

Radeon RX 6600 XT
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 30 Jul 2021
Radeon RX 6600 XT
Radeon RX 5700
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 7 Jul 2019
Radeon RX 5700

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    109%
  • Radeon RX 5700
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6600 XT

9% 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 Radeon RX 5700

Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)

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 (17 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 6600 XTRadeon RX 5700
GPU NameNavi 23 (Navi 23 XT (215-130000006))vsNavi 10 (Navi 10 Pro)
Fab Process7 nmvs7 nm
Die Size237 mm²vs254 mm²
Transistors11,060 millionvsunknown
Shaders2048vs2304
Raytracing Cores32vsnone
Compute Units32vs36
Core clock1968 MHzvs1465 MHz
ROPs64vs64
TMUs128vs256

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 6600 XTRadeon RX 5700
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 XTRadeon RX 5700
TDP160 wattsvs180 watts
Release Date30 Jul 2021vs7 Jul 2019

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    165.70 GP/s
  • Radeon RX 5700
    104.00 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    331.40 GT/s
  • Radeon RX 5700
    416.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    256.00 GB/s
  • Radeon RX 5700
    448.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    10600.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon RX 5700
    7480.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    86
  • Radeon RX 5700
    74

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

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

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    176
  • Radeon RX 5700
    155

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    109
  • Radeon RX 5700
    102

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    177
  • Radeon RX 5700
    167

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
  • Radeon RX 5700
    106

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    130
  • Radeon RX 5700
    108

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    59
  • Radeon RX 5700
    56

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

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

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    131
  • Radeon RX 5700
    116

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    72
  • Radeon RX 5700
    69

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    115
  • Radeon RX 5700
    116

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
  • Radeon RX 5700
    70

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    87
  • Radeon RX 5700
    74

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    33
  • Radeon RX 5700
    30

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

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

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    74
  • Radeon RX 5700
    68

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    38
  • Radeon RX 5700
    39

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    57
  • Radeon RX 5700
    61

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
  • Radeon RX 5700
    35

FPS (higher is better)