Radeon RX 6600 XT vs GeForce GT 1030 GK107

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated91
Place by popularitynot in top-10093
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data63.03
Power efficiencyno data18.37
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGK107Navi 23
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date30 September 2018 (6 years ago)30 July 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$379

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores3842048
Core clock speed1058 MHz1968 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2589 MHz
Number of transistors1,270 million11,060 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt160 Watt
Texture fill rate33.86331.4
Floating-point processing power0.8125 TFLOPS10.6 TFLOPS
ROPs1664
TMUs32128
Ray Tracing Coresno data32

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length147 mm190 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 8-pin

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 amount2 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth80 GB/s256.0 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort
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API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12.0 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.1
Vulkan1.1.1261.2
CUDA3.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 September 2018 30 July 2021
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 160 Watt

GT 1030 GK107 has 146.2% lower power consumption.

RX 6600 XT, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 1030 GK107 and Radeon RX 6600 XT. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 GK107
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