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AMD Radeon RX 6600 vs 5700 XT

Radeon RX 6600
VS
Radeon RX 5700 XT
AMD Radeon RX 6600
Navi 23
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
Navi 10

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the Radeon RX 6600 with 1792 shaders against the 2 years and 3 months older 5700 XT that utilizes 2560 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Gaming performance
  4. Benchmarks
  5. AI
  6. Specs
  7. Comments (4)

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score

Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
8 GB GDDR6
VS
8 GB GDDR6
42.2
(Average)
Value Index
75.7
(Good)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of RX 5700 XT over RX 6600
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 6600
  • Performs better (up to 19%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • Shows 16% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 66 vs 57 FPS
  • Ray-tracing support with 28 dedicated RT cores
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 5700 XT
  • Has 2x higher memory bandwidth: 448 vs 224 GB/s
  • Achieves 41% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (81K vs 58K)
  • Has 43% more shading units (2560 vs 1792)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions
GPU
RX 6600
vs
RX 5700 XT

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
144
78
66
43
131
73
57
35
The Witcher 3
124
104
71
39
113
94
66
36
Counter-Strike 2
197
140
97
50
185
128
91
47
Far Cry 6
110
95
70
41
102
86
64
36
Hogwarts Legacy
74
65
46
24
67
56
39
18
CoD: Modern Warfare III
100
96
64
40
90
85
55
35
Ghost of Tsushima
84
65
49
27
75
58
39
21
Cyberpunk 2077
79
67
43
21
69
62
33
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
131
117
84
40
121
107
72
35
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 116 106
1080p Ultra 92 83
1440p Ultra 66 57
4K Ultra 36 31
Margin of Error Low Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
RX 6600 +19%
10212
RX 5700 XT
8566
Time Spy 10397 9421
Solar Bay 45002 -
Port Royal 5819 -
Fire Strike 26481 27551
Wild Life Extreme 19820 18403
Night Raid 98330 103057
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
RX 6600
58048
RX 5700 XT +41%
81739
Background Blur 104.1 img/sec 148 img/sec
Face Detection 79.7 img/sec 89.5 img/sec
Horizon Detection 2.05 Gpixels/sec 3.52 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 2.61 Gpixels/sec 4.98 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 2.59 Gpixels/sec 4.11 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.64 Gpixels/sec 0.75 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 257.8 Gpixels/sec 295.8 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 7635.3 FPS 10480.7 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU
RX 6600
4786
RX 5700 XT
n/a

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
RX 6600
15044
RX 5700 XT +7%
16032
G2D Mark 895 920
DirectX 11 153 FPS 115 FPS
DirectX 12 51 FPS 63 FPS
GPU Compute 6443 Ops/s 7516 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 15721 & 18342 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
RX 6600
966.59
RX 5700 XT +1%
976.85
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 1115 & 959 samples
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Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
RX 6600
12643
RX 5700 XT +18%
14920
GB6 ML Half Precision
RX 6600
15089
RX 5700 XT +12%
16852
GB6 ML Quantized
RX 6600
9547
RX 5700 XT +24%
11883
Image Classification (SP) 5441 6764
Image Segmentation (HP) 6810 7615
Image Super Resolution (Q) 15043 19081
Face Detection (HP) 19066 20621
Pose Estimation (Q) 58821 73667
Text Classification (SP) 1943 1970
Machine Translation (HP) 2928 2417
Object Detection (SP) 4309 6684
Depth Estimation (Q) 23470 30456
Style Transfer (SP) 132475 147087
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Radeon RX 6600 and 5700 XT

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Build Discrete Discrete
Released October 13, 2021 July 7, 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $329 $399
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture RDNA 2.0 RDNA 1.0
GPU Codename Navi 23 Navi 10
Rival Equivalent - GeForce RTX 3060 - GeForce RTX 3060
Successor - Radeon RX 7600 - Radeon RX 9070
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i5 12400 or above - Intel Core i5 9600K or above
Desktop GPU rating (68th and 65th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1626 MHz 1605 MHz
Boost Clock 2491 MHz 1905 MHz
Shading Units 1792 2560
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 112 160
Render Output Units (ROPs) 64 64
Tensor Cores No No
Ray-tracing Cores 28 No
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster -
L2 Cache 2MB shared 4MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 159 GPixel/s 122 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 279 GTexel/s 305 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
RX 6600
8.9 TFLOPS
RX 5700 XT +10%
9.8 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 132 W 225 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 7 nm 7 nm
Die Size 237 mm² 251 mm²
Transistor Count 11 billion 10 billion
Transistor Density 46.41 MTr/mm² 39.84 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory Clock 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 14000 Mbps 14000 Mbps
Bus 128-bit 256-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
RX 6600
224 GB/s
RX 5700 XT +100%
448 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.1 2.1
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS No No
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a

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rzk March 12, 2026 at 11:41 AM
the only real advantage of the 6600 over the 5700XT is the hardware support for fsr4 and rt, all of the other can be dealt with software and behavior of a knowing user. for example, limiting your fps to 60 by itself already makes the 5700XT consume consistently less than 140w, then you can undervolt, overclock, mess with windows priorities with processlasso, and so on... and altho you can do this to the 6600 as well, it will always have the ~110w hard limit impeding software oc boost mostly, the 224gbs limit wich hurt the already small 8gb vram in higher resolutions (1440p and up), and the 8 pcie lanes limit wich locks it to more modern (more expensive) pcs if you want all it can give or use it as an external gpu. for a set and forget system it is appealing, but i think the 5700XT is the better product if you have the brains.
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User October 24, 2024 at 12:55 PM
If you favor raw performance the RX 5700XT is the winner but by a small margin. However if you favor efficiency and less noise the RX 6600 destroy the 5700XT by a lot for a small performance loss. If you have a small case or inefficient airflow or live at a place where electricity cost is high you better go with the RX6600.
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User December 29, 2025 at 11:47 AM
No you are wrong. Efficiency in watts is very little important and the RX 6600 doesn't destroy the 5700XT in noise levels by a lot but the noise levels that the RX 5700XT and RX 6600 makes is around the same. The RX 5700XT is quiet you need to have thermal paste that is enough to keep the temperature in good levels and airflow in the pc case like every graphics cards need like the RX 6600 to keep the temperature good ( though pc case airflow is less important but it does effect the temperature). The watts difference is very small even if you live in a country that the bill price is high the only thing you need to pay attention is the power supply watts rating.
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Buh May 15, 2026 at 01:26 AM
User, Anything is better than rdna 1 tbh
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