Radeon RX 7800 XT vs Radeon RX 6600

Radeon RX 7800 XT
Memory: 16384Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: UNRELEASED
Radeon RX 7800 XT
Radeon RX 6600
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 13 Oct 2021
Radeon RX 6600

Summary

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 7800 XT

Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6600

168 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon RX 7800 XT .
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)

Radeon RX 7800 XT

HWBench recommends Radeon RX 7800 XT

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 7800 XTRadeon RX 6600
GPU NameNavi 32 (Navi 32 XT)vsNavi 23 (Navi 23 XL (215-130000016))
Fab Process5 nmvs7 nm
Die Size346 mm²vs237 mm²
Transistorsunknownvs11,060 million
Shaders3840vs1792
Raytracing Cores60vs28
Compute Units60vs28
Core clock1800 MHzvs1626 MHz
ROPs128vs64
TMUs240vs112

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 7800 XTRadeon RX 6600
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR6
Bus Width256 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective
vs1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective
Memory Size16384 Mbvs8192 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 7800 XTRadeon RX 6600
TDP300 wattsvs132 watts
Release DateUNRELEASEDvs13 Oct 2021

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 7800 XT
    358.40 GP/s
  • Radeon RX 6600
    159.40 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 7800 XT
    672.00 GT/s
  • Radeon RX 6600
    279.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 7800 XT
    576.00 GB/s
  • Radeon RX 6600
    224.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 7800 XT
    43010.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon RX 6600
    8928.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better