Radeon RX 6600 vs R5 230

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Aggregate performance score

R5 230
2014
4 GB DDR3, 19 Watt
0.57

RX 6600 outperforms R5 230 by a whopping 6767% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking1170102
Place by popularitynot in top-10014
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data34.78
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Navi / RDNA2 (2020−2022)
GPU code nameCaicosNavi 23
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date3 April 2014 (10 years ago)13 October 2021 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$329
Current price$76 $358 (1.1x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

R5 230 and RX 6600 have a nearly equal value for money.

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 cores1601792
Core clock speedno data2044 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2491 MHz
Number of transistors370 million11,060 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)19 Watt132 Watt
Texture fill rate5.000279.0
Floating-point performance200.0 gflopsno 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).

Bus supportPCIe 1.0 x4no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length168 mm190 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsN/A1x 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 typeDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data14500 MHz
Memory bandwidth10.67 GB/s224.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Eyefinity1no data
HDMI++
DisplayPort support-no data

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration-no data
CrossFire1no data
Enduro-no data
HD3D-no data
PowerTune-no data
TrueAudio-no data
ZeroCore-no data
​PowerPlay+no data
DDMA audio-no data

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1112.0 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.5
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.22.1
Vulkanno data1.2
Mantle-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.

R5 230 0.57
RX 6600 39.14
+6767%

RX 6600 outperforms R5 230 by 6767% based on our aggregate 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%

R5 230 221
RX 6600 15132
+6747%

RX 6600 outperforms R5 230 by 6747% 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 HD1−2
−10800%
109
+10800%
1440p0−159
4K-0−133

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.57 39.14
Recency 3 April 2014 13 October 2021
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 19 Watt 132 Watt

The Radeon RX 6600 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 230 in performance tests.


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