Radeon RX 6600S vs R6 (Mullins)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R6 (Mullins) and Radeon RX 6600S, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R6 (Mullins)
2014
0.64

RX 6600S outperforms R6 (Mullins) by a whopping 5434% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking1155132
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 1.1 (2014)RDNA 2 (2020−2022)
GPU code nameMullinsNavi 23
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date29 April 2014 (10 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)

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 cores1281792
Core clock speed500 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1881 MHz
Number of transistorsno data11,060 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data80 Watt
Texture fill rateno data224.0

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon R6 (Mullins) and Radeon RX 6600S compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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 sizeno datamedium sized
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data16000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data224.0 GB/s
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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)12.0 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.1
Vulkanno data1.2

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−6000%
60−65
+6000%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−6300%
60−65
+6300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−7100%
70−75
+7100%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−6000%
60−65
+6000%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−8800%
85−90
+8800%
Hitman 3 1−2
−7200%
70−75
+7200%
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
−7000%
140−150
+7000%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2−3
−6600%
130−140
+6600%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−8900%
90−95
+8900%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−6300%
60−65
+6300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−7100%
70−75
+7100%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−6000%
60−65
+6000%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−8800%
85−90
+8800%
Hitman 3 1−2
−7200%
70−75
+7200%
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
−7000%
140−150
+7000%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2−3
−6600%
130−140
+6600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−8600%
85−90
+8600%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−8900%
90−95
+8900%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−6300%
60−65
+6300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−7100%
70−75
+7100%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−6000%
60−65
+6000%
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
−7000%
140−150
+7000%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2−3
−6600%
130−140
+6600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−8600%
85−90
+8600%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−8900%
90−95
+8900%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 35−40
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 50−55
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 27−30
Far Cry 5 1−2
−6300%
60−65
+6300%
Hitman 3 0−1 45−50
Horizon Zero Dawn 1−2
−7500%
75−80
+7500%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−6000%
60−65
+6000%

4K
High Preset

Horizon Zero Dawn 0−1 40−45

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 21−24
Horizon Zero Dawn 0−1 40−45
Metro Exodus 0−1 35−40

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 30−35

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−6000%
60−65
+6000%
Battlefield 5 2−3
−5650%
110−120
+5650%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−7700%
75−80
+7700%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−6850%
130−140
+6850%
Metro Exodus 1−2
−10400%
100−110
+10400%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−8700%
85−90
+8700%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−6000%
60−65
+6000%
Battlefield 5 2−3
−5650%
110−120
+5650%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−7700%
75−80
+7700%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−6850%
130−140
+6850%
Metro Exodus 1−2
−10400%
100−110
+10400%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−8700%
85−90
+8700%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−6000%
60−65
+6000%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−7700%
75−80
+7700%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−6850%
130−140
+6850%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−8700%
85−90
+8700%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−6700%
65−70
+6700%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−8000%
80−85
+8000%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 35−40
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−7200%
70−75
+7200%
Metro Exodus 1−2
−6600%
65−70
+6600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1−2
−8300%
80−85
+8300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 45−50
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 30−33

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 0−1 35−40
Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 27−30
Hitman 3 0−1 27−30
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 0−1 27−30
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 40−45

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 21−24
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 21−24
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 10−12
Far Cry 5 0−1 20−22
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 45−50
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 16−18

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.64 35.42
Recency 29 April 2014 4 January 2022
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm

The Radeon RX 6600S is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R6 (Mullins) in performance tests.


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