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AMD Radeon RX 6600 vs 6500 XT

Radeon RX 6600
VS
Radeon RX 6500 XT
AMD Radeon RX 6600
Navi 23
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Navi 24

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the Radeon RX 6600 8 GB with 1792 shaders against the 4 months newer 6500 XT 4 GB that utilizes 1024 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

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)

We use average GPU prices from all manufacturers by default. Enter the current price of a specific card for better accuracy.
Currency
8 GB GDDR6
VS
4 GB GDDR6
42.2
(Average)
Value Index
22.7
(Mediocre)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of RX 6500 XT over RX 6600
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 6600
  • Performs significantly better (up to 2.1x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • Shows 2.2x higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 66 vs 30 FPS
  • 53% higher maximum theoretical performance (8.9 vs 5.8 TFLOPS)
  • Includes 4 GB more video memory
  • Has 56% higher memory bandwidth: 224 vs 143.9 GB/s
  • Has 75% more shading units (1792 vs 1024)
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 6500 XT
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 6 nm process technology

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions
GPU
RX 6600
vs
RX 6500 XT

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
144
78
66
43
84
46
33
22
The Witcher 3
124
104
71
39
60
50
28
14
Counter-Strike 2
197
140
97
50
95
67
44
18
Far Cry 6
110
95
70
41
64
54
40
16
Hogwarts Legacy
74
65
46
24
36
28
21
12
CoD: Modern Warfare III
100
96
64
40
54
42
33
18
Ghost of Tsushima
84
65
49
27
39
29
21
10
Cyberpunk 2077
79
67
43
21
36
30
18
-
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
131
117
84
40
70
61
36
19
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 116 60
1080p Ultra 92 45
1440p Ultra 66 30
4K Ultra 36 15
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 +114%
10212
RX 6500 XT
4763
Time Spy 10397 4942
Solar Bay 45002 20010
Port Royal 5819 368
Fire Strike 26481 15575
Wild Life Extreme 19820 8990
Night Raid 98330 65355
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
RX 6600 +9%
58048
RX 6500 XT
53081
Background Blur 104.1 img/sec 130.3 img/sec
Face Detection 79.7 img/sec 70.1 img/sec
Horizon Detection 2.05 Gpixels/sec 1.59 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 2.61 Gpixels/sec 2.21 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 2.59 Gpixels/sec 2.02 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.64 Gpixels/sec 0.65 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 257.8 Gpixels/sec 223 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 7635.3 FPS 7470.5 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 +136%
4786
RX 6500 XT
2030

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
RX 6600 +56%
15044
RX 6500 XT
9617
G2D Mark 895 817
DirectX 11 153 FPS 90 FPS
DirectX 12 51 FPS 38 FPS
GPU Compute 6443 Ops/s 4296 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 15721 & 3351 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
RX 6600 +128%
966.59
RX 6500 XT
424.41
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 1115 & 119 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 +22%
12643
RX 6500 XT
10359
GB6 ML Half Precision
RX 6600 +17%
15089
RX 6500 XT
12861
GB6 ML Quantized
RX 6600 +22%
9547
RX 6500 XT
7842
Image Classification (SP) 5441 3867
Image Segmentation (HP) 6810 5136
Image Super Resolution (Q) 15043 11758
Face Detection (HP) 19066 14844
Pose Estimation (Q) 58821 42787
Text Classification (SP) 1943 1986
Machine Translation (HP) 2928 2665
Object Detection (SP) 4309 4251
Depth Estimation (Q) 23470 19707
Style Transfer (SP) 132475 101802
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Radeon RX 6600 and 6500 XT

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Build Discrete Discrete
Released October 13, 2021 January 19, 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $329 $199
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 2.0 RDNA 2.0
GPU Codename Navi 23 Navi 24
Rival Equivalent - GeForce RTX 3060 - GeForce RTX 3050
Successor - Radeon RX 7600 -
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i5 12400 or above - Intel Core i5 12400 or above
Desktop GPU rating (68th and 79th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1626 MHz 2310 MHz
Boost Clock 2491 MHz 2815 MHz
Shading Units 1792 1024
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 112 64
Render Output Units (ROPs) 64 32
Tensor Cores No No
Ray-tracing Cores 28 16
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 2MB shared 1024KB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 159 GPixel/s 90 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 279 GTexel/s 180 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
RX 6600 +53%
8.9 TFLOPS
RX 6500 XT
5.8 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x4
TGP 132 W 107 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 7 nm 6 nm
Die Size 237 mm² 107 mm²
Transistor Count 11 billion 5 billion
Transistor Density 46.41 MTr/mm² 46.73 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Size 8 GB 4 GB
Memory Clock 1750 MHz 2248 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 14000 Mbps 18000 Mbps
Bus 128-bit 64-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
RX 6600 +56%
224 GB/s
RX 6500 XT
143.9 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.1 2.2
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a

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