Radeon RX 6600 XT vs Radeon VII

Radeon RX 6600 XT
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 30 Jul 2021
Radeon RX 6600 XT
Radeon VII
Memory: 16384Mb HBM2DESKTOP
Release date: 7 Feb 2019
Radeon VII

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    100%
  • Radeon VII
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6600 XT

135 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon VII .
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 VII

Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports TrueAudio
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

No clear winner declared

These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (11 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 6600 XTRadeon VII
GPU NameNavi 23 (Navi 23 XT (215-130000006))vsVega 20 (Vega 20 XT)
Fab Process7 nmvs7 nm
Die Size237 mm²vs331 mm²
Transistors11,060 millionvs13,230 million
Shaders2048vs3840
Raytracing Cores32vsnone
Compute Units32vs60
Core clock1968 MHzvs1450 MHz
ROPs64vs64
TMUs128vs240

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 6600 XTRadeon VII
Memory TypeGDDR6vsHBM2
Bus Width128 bitvs4096 bit
Memory Speed2000 MHz
16 Gbps effective
vs1000 MHz
2000 MHz effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs16384 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 6600 XTRadeon VII
TDP160 wattsvs295 watts
Release Date30 Jul 2021vs7 Feb 2019

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    165.70 GP/s
  • Radeon VII
    115.20 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    331.40 GT/s
  • Radeon VII
    432.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    256.00 GB/s
  • Radeon VII
    1024.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    10600.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon VII
    13824.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    86
  • Radeon VII
    70

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

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

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    176
  • Radeon VII
    172

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 VII
    117

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    130
  • Radeon VII
    129

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    59
  • Radeon VII
    56

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

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

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    131
  • Radeon VII
    132

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 VII
    82

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    87
  • Radeon VII
    93

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    33
  • Radeon VII
    35

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

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

  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    74
  • Radeon VII
    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
    40
  • Radeon VII
    44

FPS (higher is better)