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AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT vs 5700 XT

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

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the Radeon RX 6600 XT with 2048 shaders against the 2 years and 1 month 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

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
8 GB GDDR6
22.8
(Mediocre)
Value Index
75.7
(Good)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of RX 5700 XT over RX 6600 XT
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 6600 XT
  • Ray-tracing support with 32 dedicated RT cores
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 5700 XT
  • Has 75% higher memory bandwidth: 448 vs 256 GB/s
  • Has 25% more shading units (2560 vs 2048)

Gaming Performance

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

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
135
76
61
40
131
73
57
35
The Witcher 3
116
99
64
37
113
94
66
36
Counter-Strike 2
184
129
90
47
185
128
91
47
Far Cry 6
102
91
67
34
102
86
64
36
Hogwarts Legacy
69
59
40
20
67
56
39
18
CoD: Modern Warfare III
95
87
58
36
90
85
55
35
Ghost of Tsushima
75
58
43
22
75
58
39
21
Cyberpunk 2077
71
63
37
15
69
62
33
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
122
110
75
35
121
107
72
35
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 108 106
1080p Ultra 86 83
1440p Ultra 59 57
4K Ultra 32 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 XT +5%
8993
RX 5700 XT
8566
Time Spy 9637 9421
Solar Bay 37690 -
Port Royal 4642 -
Fire Strike 28663 27551
Wild Life Extreme 17389 18403
Night Raid 114625 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 XT +3%
84088
RX 5700 XT
81739
Background Blur 208 img/sec 148 img/sec
Face Detection 114.6 img/sec 89.5 img/sec
Horizon Detection 2.91 Gpixels/sec 3.52 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 3.71 Gpixels/sec 4.98 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 3.38 Gpixels/sec 4.11 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.94 Gpixels/sec 0.75 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 306 Gpixels/sec 295.8 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 11198.1 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

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
RX 6600 XT +3%
16440
RX 5700 XT
16032
G2D Mark 914 920
DirectX 11 164 FPS 115 FPS
DirectX 12 60 FPS 63 FPS
GPU Compute 7383 Ops/s 7516 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 7100 & 18342 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
RX 6600 XT +9%
1065.25
RX 5700 XT
976.85
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 700 & 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 XT +3%
15318
RX 5700 XT
14920
GB6 ML Half Precision
RX 6600 XT +5%
17737
RX 5700 XT
16852
GB6 ML Quantized
RX 6600 XT
11021
RX 5700 XT +8%
11883
Image Classification (SP) 6815 6764
Image Segmentation (HP) 8295 7615
Image Super Resolution (Q) 18041 19081
Face Detection (HP) 21268 20621
Pose Estimation (Q) 71311 73667
Text Classification (SP) 1967 1970
Machine Translation (HP) 3539 2417
Object Detection (SP) 6006 6684
Depth Estimation (Q) 28767 30456
Style Transfer (SP) 169389 147087
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Radeon RX 6600 XT and 5700 XT

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Build Discrete Discrete
Released July 30, 2021 July 7, 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $379 $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 9060 XT - Radeon RX 9070
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i5 13600 or above - Intel Core i5 9600K or above
Desktop GPU rating (66th and 65th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1968 MHz 1605 MHz
Boost Clock 2589 MHz 1905 MHz
Shading Units 2048 2560
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 128 160
Render Output Units (ROPs) 64 64
Tensor Cores No No
Ray-tracing Cores 32 No
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster -
L2 Cache 2MB shared 4MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 166 GPixel/s 122 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 331 GTexel/s 305 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
RX 6600 XT +8%
10.6 TFLOPS
RX 5700 XT
9.8 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 160 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 2000 MHz 1750 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 16000 Mbps 14000 Mbps
Bus 128-bit 256-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
RX 6600 XT
256 GB/s
RX 5700 XT +75%
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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