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AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT vs RX 6600

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

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the Radeon RX 6600 XT with 2048 shaders against the 3 months newer RX 6600 that utilizes 1792 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 (1)

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
22.8
(Mediocre)
Value Index
42.2
(Average)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of RX 6600 over RX 6600 XT
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 6600 XT
  • 19% higher maximum theoretical performance (10.6 vs 8.9 TFLOPS)
  • Achieves 45% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (84K vs 58K)
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 6600
  • Performs slightly better (up to 14%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • Shows 12% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 66 vs 59 FPS

Gaming Performance

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

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
135
76
61
40
144
78
66
43
The Witcher 3
116
99
64
37
124
104
71
39
Counter-Strike 2
184
129
90
47
197
140
97
50
Far Cry 6
102
91
67
34
110
95
70
41
Hogwarts Legacy
69
59
40
20
74
65
46
24
CoD: Modern Warfare III
95
87
58
36
100
96
64
40
Ghost of Tsushima
75
58
43
22
84
65
49
27
Cyberpunk 2077
71
63
37
15
79
67
43
21
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
122
110
75
35
131
117
84
40
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 108 116
1080p Ultra 86 92
1440p Ultra 59 66
4K Ultra 32 36
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
8993
RX 6600 +14%
10212
Time Spy 9637 10397
Solar Bay 37690 45002
Port Royal 4642 5819
Fire Strike 28663 26481
Wild Life Extreme 17389 19820
Night Raid 114625 98330
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 +45%
84088
RX 6600
58048
Background Blur 208 img/sec 104.1 img/sec
Face Detection 114.6 img/sec 79.7 img/sec
Horizon Detection 2.91 Gpixels/sec 2.05 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 3.71 Gpixels/sec 2.61 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 3.38 Gpixels/sec 2.59 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.94 Gpixels/sec 0.64 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 306 Gpixels/sec 257.8 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 11198.1 FPS 7635.3 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 XT +5%
5012
RX 6600
4786

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
RX 6600 XT +9%
16436
RX 6600
15052
G2D Mark 914 895
DirectX 11 164 FPS 153 FPS
DirectX 12 60 FPS 51 FPS
GPU Compute 7391 Ops/s 6450 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 6959 & 15407 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
RX 6600 XT +10%
1065.4
RX 6600
966.59
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 699 & 1109 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 +21%
15318
RX 6600
12643
GB6 ML Half Precision
RX 6600 XT +18%
17737
RX 6600
15089
GB6 ML Quantized
RX 6600 XT +15%
11021
RX 6600
9547
Image Classification (SP) 6815 5441
Image Segmentation (HP) 8295 6810
Image Super Resolution (Q) 18041 15043
Face Detection (HP) 21268 19066
Pose Estimation (Q) 71311 58821
Text Classification (SP) 1967 1943
Machine Translation (HP) 3539 2928
Object Detection (SP) 6006 4309
Depth Estimation (Q) 28767 23470
Style Transfer (SP) 169389 132475
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Radeon RX 6600 XT and RX 6600

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Build Discrete Discrete
Released July 30, 2021 October 13, 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $379 $329
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 2.0 RDNA 2.0
GPU Codename Navi 23 Navi 23
Rival Equivalent - GeForce RTX 3060 - GeForce RTX 3060
Successor - Radeon RX 9060 XT - Radeon RX 7600
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i5 13600 or above - Intel Core i5 12400 or above
Desktop GPU rating (65th and 67th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1968 MHz 1626 MHz
Boost Clock 2589 MHz 2491 MHz
Shading Units 2048 1792
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 128 112
Render Output Units (ROPs) 64 64
Tensor Cores No No
Ray-tracing Cores 32 28
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 2MB shared 2MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 166 GPixel/s 159 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 331 GTexel/s 279 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
RX 6600 XT +19%
10.6 TFLOPS
RX 6600
8.9 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 160 W 132 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 7 nm 7 nm
Die Size 237 mm² 237 mm²
Transistor Count 11 billion 11 billion
Transistor Density 46.41 MTr/mm² 46.41 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 128-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
RX 6600 XT +14%
256 GB/s
RX 6600
224 GB/s

API

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

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Randome dude June 26, 2025 at 09:44 PM
Hello why is the RX 6600 have better results than RX 6600 XT ?
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