Radeon RX 6600 XT vs R5 230

Place in performance ranking	1170	78
Place by popularity	not in top-100	91
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	48.48
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Navi / RDNA2 (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Caicos	Navi 23
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	3 April 2014 (10 years ago)	30 July 2021 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$379
Current price	$76	$283 (0.7x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

R5 230 and RX 6600 XT 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 cores	160	2048
Core clock speed	no data	1968 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2589 MHz
Number of transistors	370 million	11,060 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	160 (TGP) Watt
Texture fill rate	5.000	331.4
Floating-point performance	200.0 gflops	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).

Bus support	PCIe 1.0 x4	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	168 mm	190 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	N/A	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	DDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	10.67 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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort
Eyefinity	1	no 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
CrossFire	1	no 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.

DirectX	DirectX® 11	12.0 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.0	6.5
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.1
Vulkan	no data	1.2
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 XT 42.69
+7389%

RX 6600 XT outperforms R5 230 by 7389% 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 XT 16488
+7361%

RX 6600 XT outperforms R5 230 by 7361% 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 HD	1−2 −12700%	128 +12700%
1440p	1−2 −7400%	75 +7400%
4K	0−1	41

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

1−2

−7800%

79
+7800%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	70−75
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −12800%	129 +12800%
Battlefield 5	1−2 −13600%	130−140 +13600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −8500%	85−90 +8500%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −7700%	78 +7700%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −9000%	90−95 +9000%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −10400%	100−110 +10400%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −7750%	150−160 +7750%
Hitman 3	1−2 −10700%	108 +10700%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −9533%	289 +9533%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −11700%	110−120 +11700%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −9900%	100−105 +9900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	3−4 −8467%	257 +8467%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −11900%	120 +11900%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	70−75
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −10500%	106 +10500%
Battlefield 5	1−2 −13600%	130−140 +13600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −8500%	85−90 +8500%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −7500%	76 +7500%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −9000%	90−95 +9000%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −10400%	100−110 +10400%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −7750%	150−160 +7750%
Hitman 3	1−2 −9300%	94 +9300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −8600%	170−180 +8600%
Metro Exodus	0−1	64
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −9900%	100−105 +9900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	2−3 −10350%	209 +10350%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −8700%	176 +8700%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −10100%	100−110 +10100%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	70−75
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −7400%	75 +7400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −8500%	85−90 +8500%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	69
Far Cry 5	1−2 −9000%	90−95 +9000%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −7750%	150−160 +7750%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −7750%	157 +7750%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	2−3 −9050%	183 +9050%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −9800%	99 +9800%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	61

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

1−2

−9900%

100−105
+9900%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −8200%	80−85 +8200%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −9900%	100−105 +9900%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	45−50
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	56
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	65−70
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	40
Far Cry 5	1−2 −10400%	105 +10400%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −8900%	90−95 +8900%
Hitman 3	0−1	67
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2 −11500%	116 +11500%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −9700%	98 +9700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1−2 −11700%	118 +11700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	60−65
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	44

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

0−1

70−75

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	40−45
Far Cry New Dawn	0−1	35−40
Hitman 3	0−1	33
Horizon Zero Dawn	0−1	55−60
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	0−1	40
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	54

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	30−33
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	28
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	27−30
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	14
Far Cry 5	0−1	24−27
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	60−65
Horizon Zero Dawn	0−1	66
Metro Exodus	0−1	53
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	24

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

0−1

35−40

This is how R5 230 and RX 6600 XT compete in popular games:

RX 6600 XT is 12700% faster in 1080p
RX 6600 XT is 7400% faster in 1440p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.57	42.69
Recency	3 April 2014	30 July 2021
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	160 Watt