AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT vs NVIDIA Quadro P500

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Combined performance score

Quadro P500
4.22

Radeon RX 6600 XT outperforms Quadro P500 by 907% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking63978
Place by popularitynot in top-10056
Value for money2.6146.75
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Navi / RDNA2 (2020−2022)
GPU code nameGP108Navi 23
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date14 November 2017 (6 years old)30 July 2021 (2 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$379
Current price$300 $283 (0.7x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 6600 XT has 1691% better value for money than Quadro P500.

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 cores2562048
Core clock speed1455 MHz1968 MHz
Boost clock speed1519 MHz2589 MHz
Number of transistors1,800 million11,060 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)18 Watt160 (TGP) Watt
Texture fill rate21.25331.4
Floating-point performance679.9 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on Quadro P500 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.

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Lengthno data190 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB8 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed5012 MHz16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth32.1 GB/s256.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectors3x mini-DisplayPort1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort
HDMIno data+

API support

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

DirectX12.112.0 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.1
Vulkan1.1.0.11.2
CUDA6.1no 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.

Quadro P500 4.22
RX 6600 XT 42.48
+907%

Radeon RX 6600 XT outperforms Quadro P500 by 907% 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%

Quadro P500 1636
RX 6600 XT 16463
+906%

Radeon RX 6600 XT outperforms Quadro P500 by 906% in Passmark.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Quadro P500 3022
RX 6600 XT 39051
+1192%

Radeon RX 6600 XT outperforms Quadro P500 by 1192% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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%

Quadro P500 2255
RX 6600 XT 28342
+1157%

Radeon RX 6600 XT outperforms Quadro P500 by 1157% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Quadro P500 12868
RX 6600 XT 156297
+1115%

Radeon RX 6600 XT outperforms Quadro P500 by 1115% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

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 HD20
−560%
132
+560%
1440p7−8
−957%
74
+957%
4K4−5
−925%
41
+925%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−1029%
79
+1029%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−957%
70−75
+957%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−4200%
129
+4200%
Battlefield 5 12−14
−900%
120−130
+900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
−673%
110−120
+673%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−1014%
78
+1014%
Far Cry 5 14
−979%
151
+979%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
−1538%
131
+1538%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−885%
120−130
+885%
Hitman 3 9−10
−2356%
221
+2356%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−1613%
137
+1613%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−750%
65−70
+750%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
−1409%
166
+1409%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
−2300%
120
+2300%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−957%
70−75
+957%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−3433%
106
+3433%
Battlefield 5 12−14
−900%
120−130
+900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
−673%
110−120
+673%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−986%
76
+986%
Far Cry 5 12
−1075%
141
+1075%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
−1488%
127
+1488%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−885%
120−130
+885%
Hitman 3 9−10
−1933%
183
+1933%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−1263%
109
+1263%
Metro Exodus 6−7
−1483%
95
+1483%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−750%
65−70
+750%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
−1191%
142
+1191%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14
−1157%
176
+1157%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
−1980%
104
+1980%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−957%
70−75
+957%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−2400%
75
+2400%
Battlefield 5 12−14
−900%
120−130
+900%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−886%
69
+886%
Far Cry 5 8
−1563%
133
+1563%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
−1300%
112
+1300%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−885%
120−130
+885%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8
−1138%
99
+1138%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
−1120%
61
+1120%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−929%
70−75
+929%
Hitman 3 7−8
−1500%
112
+1500%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−591%
76
+591%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−2700%
56
+2700%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−1650%
35−40
+1650%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−1100%
84
+1100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−2200%
45−50
+2200%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−1900%
40
+1900%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−1650%
105
+1650%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−4800%
98
+4800%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−1720%
90−95
+1720%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
−1500%
60−65
+1500%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−1233%
40−45
+1233%
Hitman 3 4−5
−1325%
57
+1325%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−150%
20
+150%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−1050%
21−24
+1050%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1−2
−3900%
40
+3900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 54

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−1350%
27−30
+1350%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−1300%
28
+1300%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 14
Far Cry 5 5−6
−920%
51
+920%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
−657%
53
+657%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−2900%
60−65
+2900%

This is how Quadro P500 and RX 6600 XT compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • RX 6600 XT is 560% faster than Quadro P500

1440p resolution:

  • RX 6600 XT is 957% faster than Quadro P500

4K resolution:

  • RX 6600 XT is 925% faster than Quadro P500

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

  • in Far Cry New Dawn, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 6600 XT is 4800% faster than the Quadro P500.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RX 6600 XT surpassed Quadro P500 in all 60 of our tests.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 4.22 42.48
Recency 14 November 2017 30 July 2021
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 18 Watt 160 Watt

The Radeon RX 6600 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro P500 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro P500 is a mobile workstation card while Radeon RX 6600 XT is a desktop one.


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

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