Radeon RX 6600 XT vs GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile

Place in performance ranking	365	78
Place by popularity	not in top-100	92
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	48.61
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Navi / RDNA2 (2020−2022)
GPU code name	no data	Navi 23
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	April 2018 (6 years ago)	30 July 2021 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$379
Current price	no data	$283 (0.7x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	768	2048
Core clock speed	1366 MHz	1968 MHz
Boost clock speed	1442 MHz	2589 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	11,060 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	160 (TGP) Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	331.4

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile and Radeon RX 6600 XT compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

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

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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	3 MB	8 GB
Memory bus width	96 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1752 MHz	16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	84 GB/s	256.0 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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, 2x DisplayPort
HDMI	no data	+
G-SYNC support	+	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Multi-Projection	+	no data
Multi Monitor	+	no data

API compatibility

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

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

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile 12.81

RX 6600 XT 42.70
+233%

Radeon RX 6600 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile by 233% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile 6401

RX 6600 XT 28342
+343%

Radeon RX 6600 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile by 343% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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	35−40 −266%	128 +266%
1440p	21−24 −257%	75 +257%
4K	12−14 −242%	41 +242%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

21−24

−276%

79
+276%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −252%	70−75 +252%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 −269%	129 +269%
Battlefield 5	40−45 −243%	130−140 +243%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 −258%	85−90 +258%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 −271%	78 +271%
Far Cry 5	27−30 −237%	90−95 +237%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−33 −250%	100−110 +250%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 −249%	150−160 +249%
Hitman 3	30−33 −260%	108 +260%
Horizon Zero Dawn	85−90 −240%	289 +240%
Metro Exodus	35−40 −237%	110−120 +237%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−33 −233%	100−105 +233%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	75−80 −243%	257 +243%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −243%	120 +243%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −252%	70−75 +252%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−33 −253%	106 +253%
Battlefield 5	40−45 −243%	130−140 +243%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 −258%	85−90 +258%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 −262%	76 +262%
Far Cry 5	27−30 −237%	90−95 +237%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−33 −250%	100−110 +250%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 −249%	150−160 +249%
Hitman 3	27−30 −248%	94 +248%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 −248%	170−180 +248%
Metro Exodus	18−20 −256%	64 +256%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−33 −233%	100−105 +233%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	60−65 −248%	209 +248%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	50−55 −252%	176 +252%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −240%	100−110 +240%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −252%	70−75 +252%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 −257%	75 +257%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 −258%	85−90 +258%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 −283%	69 +283%
Far Cry 5	27−30 −237%	90−95 +237%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 −249%	150−160 +249%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50 −249%	157 +249%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55 −266%	183 +266%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 −267%	99 +267%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 −239%	61 +239%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−33
−233%

100−105

+233%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27 −246%	80−85 +246%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−33 −233%	100−105 +233%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 −236%	45−50 +236%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 −250%	56 +250%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 −267%	65−70 +267%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 −233%	40 +233%
Far Cry 5	30−33 −250%	105 +250%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 −233%	90−95 +233%
Hitman 3	18−20 −272%	67 +272%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−33 −287%	116 +287%
Metro Exodus	27−30 −263%	98 +263%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 −237%	118 +237%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −256%	60−65 +256%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 −267%	44 +267%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

21−24

−252%

70−75
+252%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 −258%	40−45 +258%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 −270%	35−40 +270%
Hitman 3	9−10 −267%	33 +267%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −244%	55−60 +244%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −233%	40 +233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −238%	54 +238%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −233%	30−33 +233%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 −250%	28 +250%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −250%	27−30 +250%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −250%	14 +250%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −257%	24−27 +257%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −233%	60−65 +233%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −267%	66 +267%
Metro Exodus	14−16 −279%	53 +279%
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8 −243%	24 +243%