Radeon RX 6600S vs FirePro D500

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro D500 with Radeon RX 6600S, including specs and performance data.

FirePro D500
2014
3 GB GDDR5, 274 Watt
9.88

6600S outperforms D500 by a whopping 215% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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RX 6600S RX 6600S

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking487200
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.7729.85
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025)
GPU code nameTahitiNavi 23
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date18 January 2014 (11 years ago)4 January 2022 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores15361792
Core clock speed725 MHz1700 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2000 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million11,060 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)274 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate69.60224.0
Floating-point processing power2.227 TFLOPS7.168 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs96112
Ray Tracing Coresno data28
L0 Cacheno data448 KB
L1 Cache384 KB512 KB
L2 Cache768 KB2 MB
L3 Cacheno data32 MB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length279 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount3 GB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1270 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth243.8 GB/s224.0 GB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR-+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDINo outputs

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.1
Vulkan1.2.1311.3

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 170−180
+0%
170−180
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Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Far Cry 5 100−110
+0%
100−110
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Fortnite 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 100−105
+0%
100−105
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 120−130
+0%
120−130
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Valorant 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Dota 2 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Far Cry 5 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Fortnite 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 100−105
+0%
100−105
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Metro Exodus 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Valorant 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Dota 2 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Far Cry 5 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Valorant 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Metro Exodus 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Valorant 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 80−85
+0%
80−85
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Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Far Cry 5 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 20−22
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20−22
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Metro Exodus 27−30
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27−30
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45−50
+0%
45−50
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Valorant 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 50−55
+0%
50−55
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Counter-Strike 2 30−35
+0%
30−35
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Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+0%
14−16
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Dota 2 95−100
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95−100
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Far Cry 5 35−40
+0%
35−40
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Forza Horizon 4 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 66 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 9.88 31.12
Recency 18 January 2014 4 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 274 Watt 80 Watt

RX 6600S has a 215% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 242.5% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 6600S is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro D500 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro D500 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 6600S is a notebook one.

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Community ratings

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