Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 vs GeForce Go 6600
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce Go 6600 and Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
RX Vega M GL / 870 outperforms Go 6600 by a whopping 7611% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1405 | 374 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 14.70 |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | Vega (2017−2020) |
| GPU code name | NV43 A2 | Vega Kaby Lake-G |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 29 September 2005 (19 years ago) | 7 January 2018 (7 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 cores | 12 | 1280 |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 931 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 375 MHz | 1011 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 146 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 110 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 65 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 2.400 | no data |
| ROPs | 4 | no data |
| TMUs | 8 | no data |
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 | medium sized | medium sized |
| Interface | MXM-II | no data |
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 | DDR | HBM2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | no data |
| Memory clock speed | 350 MHz | no data |
| Memory bandwidth | 11.2 GB/s | no data |
| 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 outputs | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 12_1 |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | no data |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | no data |
| OpenCL | N/A | no data |
| Vulkan | N/A | - |
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 | 0−1 | 44 |
| 1440p | -0−1 | 28 |
| 4K | -0−1 | 15 |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−1000%
|
21−24
+1000%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 3−4
−1467%
|
47
+1467%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 2−3
−1550%
|
33
+1550%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−1000%
|
21−24
+1000%
|
| Hitman 3 | 4−5
−575%
|
27−30
+575%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 8−9
−813%
|
70−75
+813%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 4−5
−1050%
|
45−50
+1050%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 27−30
−171%
|
75−80
+171%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 3−4
−1000%
|
30−35
+1000%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 2−3
−1400%
|
30
+1400%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−1000%
|
21−24
+1000%
|
| Hitman 3 | 4−5
−575%
|
27−30
+575%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 8−9
−813%
|
70−75
+813%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 4−5
−1050%
|
45−50
+1050%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 9−10
−278%
|
30−35
+278%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 27−30
−171%
|
75−80
+171%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 3−4
−667%
|
23
+667%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 2−3
−900%
|
20
+900%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−1000%
|
21−24
+1000%
|
| Hitman 3 | 4−5
−575%
|
27−30
+575%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 8−9
−813%
|
70−75
+813%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 4−5
−1050%
|
45−50
+1050%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 9−10
−167%
|
24
+167%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 27−30
−171%
|
75−80
+171%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 7−8 |
| Hitman 3 | 6−7
−183%
|
16−18
+183%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 2−3
−1350%
|
27−30
+1350%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3
−950%
|
21
+950%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 1−2
−1000%
|
11
+1000%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 0−1 | 7−8 |
4K
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3
−400%
|
10
+400%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 45−50
+0%
|
45−50
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 35−40
+0%
|
35−40
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 90−95
+0%
|
90−95
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 53
+0%
|
53
+0%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 48
+0%
|
48
+0%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 45−50
+0%
|
45−50
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 35−40
+0%
|
35−40
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 90−95
+0%
|
90−95
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 41
+0%
|
41
+0%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 37
+0%
|
37
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 90−95
+0%
|
90−95
+0%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 32
+0%
|
32
+0%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 17
+0%
|
17
+0%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 10−12
+0%
|
10−12
+0%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 12
+0%
|
12
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 16−18
+0%
|
16−18
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 70−75
+0%
|
70−75
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 27
+0%
|
27
+0%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 85−90
+0%
|
85−90
+0%
|
4K
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 10−11
+0%
|
10−11
+0%
|
| Hitman 3 | 10−11
+0%
|
10−11
+0%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 70−75
+0%
|
70−75
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 15
+0%
|
15
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 14
+0%
|
14
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 4
+0%
|
4
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 18−20
+0%
|
18−20
+0%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 12−14
+0%
|
12−14
+0%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 6−7
+0%
|
6−7
+0%
|
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX Vega M GL / 870 is 1550% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- RX Vega M GL / 870 is ahead in 29 tests (41%)
- there's a draw in 41 test (59%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.18 | 13.88 |
| Recency | 29 September 2005 | 7 January 2018 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 110 nm | 14 nm |
RX Vega M GL / 870 has a 7611.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 685.7% more advanced lithography process.
The Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce Go 6600 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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