AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

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Combined performance score

GTX 260
3.16

Radeon RX 6600 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 260 by 1244% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking70778
Place by popularitynot in top-10056
Value for money0.3646.77
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Navi / RDNA2 (2020−2022)
GPU code nameGT200Navi 23
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date16 June 2008 (15 years old)30 July 2021 (2 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$449 $379
Current price$49 (0.1x MSRP)$283 (0.7x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 6600 XT has 12892% better value for money than GTX 260.

Technical specs

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 cores1922048
CUDA cores192no data
Core clock speed576 MHz1968 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2589 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million11,060 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)182 Watt160 (TGP) Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate36.9 billion/sec331.4
Floating-point performance476.9 gflopsno data

Size and 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 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)190 mm
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin1x 8-pin
SLI options+no data

Memory

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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount896 MB8 GB
Memory bus width448 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed999 MHz16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth111.9 GB/s256.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Video outputs and ports

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 ConnectorsDual Link DVIHDTV1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

API support

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12.0 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.5
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.12.1
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA+no data

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.

GTX 260 3.16
RX 6600 XT 42.48
+1244%

Radeon RX 6600 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 260 by 1244% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 260 1225
RX 6600 XT 16463
+1244%

Radeon RX 6600 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 260 by 1244% in Passmark.

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 HD9−10
−1367%
132
+1367%
1440p5−6
−1380%
74
+1380%
4K3−4
−1267%
41
+1267%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 3.16 42.48
Recency 16 June 2008 30 July 2021
Cost $449 $379
Maximum RAM amount 896 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 182 Watt 160 Watt

The Radeon RX 6600 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 260 in performance tests.


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