Radeon RX 6600 vs GeForce 9800M GTX SLI

Place in the ranking	776	119
Place by popularity	not in top-100	14
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	65.52
Power efficiency	1.42	20.55
Architecture	G9x (2007−2010)	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code name	NB9E-GTX	Navi 23
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	15 July 2008 (16 years ago)	13 October 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$329

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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 cores	224	1792
Core clock speed	500 MHz	1626 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2491 MHz
Number of transistors	3016 Million	11,060 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	132 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	279.0
Floating-point processing power	no data	8.928 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	64
TMUs	no data	112
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	28

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 size	large	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	no data	190 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 8-pin
SLI options	+	-

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 type	GDDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	224.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	no data	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	-	+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	10	12.0 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.5
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	2.1
Vulkan	-	1.2
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

9800M GTX SLI 2.98

RX 6600 38.08
+1178%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

9800M GTX SLI 8193

RX 6600 94734
+1056%

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	8−9 −1288%	111 +1288%
1440p	4−5 −1300%	56 +1300%
4K	2−3 −1450%	31 +1450%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	2.96
1440p	no data	5.88
4K	no data	10.61

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −1288%	111 +1288%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −1429%	107 +1429%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 −1200%	100−110 +1200%
Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −950%	84 +950%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −1057%	81 +1057%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −1631%	225 +1631%
Forza Horizon 5	3−4 −4000%	123 +4000%
Metro Exodus	6−7 −2233%	140 +2233%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12 −600%	75−80 +600%
Valorant	4−5 −3825%	150−160 +3825%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 −1200%	100−110 +1200%
Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −750%	68 +750%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −886%	69 +886%
Dota 2	8−9 −1663%	141 +1663%
Far Cry 5	16−18 −265%	62 +265%
Fortnite	16−18 −912%	170−180 +912%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −1300%	182 +1300%
Forza Horizon 5	3−4 −3167%	98 +3167%
Grand Theft Auto V	8−9 −1613%	137 +1613%
Metro Exodus	6−7 −1533%	98 +1533%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	27−30 −618%	200−210 +618%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12 −600%	75−80 +600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −1173%	140−150 +1173%
Valorant	4−5 −3825%	150−160 +3825%
World of Tanks	55−60 −407%	270−280 +407%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 −1200%	100−110 +1200%
Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −638%	59 +638%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −700%	56 +700%
Dota 2	8−9 −1238%	107 +1238%
Far Cry 5	16−18 −476%	95−100 +476%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −1108%	157 +1108%
Forza Horizon 5	3−4 −2733%	85 +2733%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	27−30 −618%	200−210 +618%
Valorant	4−5 −3825%	150−160 +3825%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	2−3 −3100%	64 +3100%
Grand Theft Auto V	2−3 −3100%	64 +3100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	21−24 −733%	170−180 +733%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −1850%	35−40 +1850%
World of Tanks	21−24 −1090%	250−260 +1090%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −2333%	70−75 +2333%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −700%	32 +700%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −1714%	120−130 +1714%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −4950%	101 +4950%
Forza Horizon 5	4−5 −1400%	60 +1400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −1050%	65−70 +1050%
Valorant	10−11 −1140%	120−130 +1140%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18 −275%	60 +275%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −300%	60 +300%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	9−10 −1311%	120−130 +1311%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −1200%	24−27 +1200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −275%	60 +275%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −2200%	45−50 +2200%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −500%	12 +500%
Dota 2	16−18 −431%	85 +431%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −1833%	55−60 +1833%
Fortnite	2−3 −2700%	55−60 +2700%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −5200%	53 +5200%
Forza Horizon 5	1−2 −2800%	29 +2800%
Valorant	3−4 −2067%	65−70 +2067%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2

24−27

+0%

24−27

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Metro Exodus

+0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Metro Exodus	29 +0%	29 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2

+0%

This is how 9800M GTX SLI and RX 6600 compete in popular games:

RX 6600 is 1288% faster in 1080p
RX 6600 is 1300% faster in 1440p
RX 6600 is 1450% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Forza Horizon 4, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 6600 is 5200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RX 6600 is ahead in 59 tests (92%)
there's a draw in 5 tests (8%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.98	38.08
Recency	15 July 2008	13 October 2021
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	65 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	132 Watt

RX 6600 has a 1177.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 828.6% more advanced lithography process, and 13.6% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 6600 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9800M GTX SLI in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 9800M GTX SLI is a notebook card while Radeon RX 6600 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.