Radeon RX 6600M vs RX 470 Mobile

Place in the ranking	299	136
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	9.68	no data
Power efficiency	14.86	24.84
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Ellesmere	Navi 23
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	4 August 2016 (8 years ago)	31 May 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$549.99	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	2048	1792
Core clock speed	926 MHz	2068 MHz
Boost clock speed	1074 MHz	2416 MHz
Number of transistors	5,700 million	11,060 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	100 Watt
Texture fill rate	137.5	270.6
Floating-point processing power	4.399 TFLOPS	8.659 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	64
TMUs	128	112
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	28

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	large	medium sized
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	224.0 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 Connectors

No outputs

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

RX 470 Mobile 18.17

RX 6600M 35.74
+96.7%

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.

RX 470 Mobile 10715

RX 6600M 23525
+120%

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	45−50 −118%	98 +118%
1440p	27−30 −100%	54 +100%
4K	14−16 −121%	31 +121%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	12.22	no data
1440p	20.37	no data
4K	39.29	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

30−33

−267%

110
+267%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 −157%	108 +157%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 −197%	95 +197%
Battlefield 5	60−65 −85.5%	110−120 +85.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 −89.5%	70−75 +89.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−33 −200%	90 +200%
Far Cry 5	40−45 −77.3%	75−80 +77.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 −74.5%	85−90 +74.5%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 −54.2%	180−190 +54.2%
Hitman 3	35−40 −103%	75−80 +103%
Horizon Zero Dawn	90−95 −64.1%	150−160 +64.1%
Metro Exodus	65−70 −78.5%	110−120 +78.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55 −66.7%	85−90 +66.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	60−65 −105%	120−130 +105%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 −38.2%	120−130 +38.2%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 −374%	199 +374%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 −147%	79 +147%
Battlefield 5	60−65 −85.5%	110−120 +85.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 −89.5%	70−75 +89.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−33 −140%	72 +140%
Far Cry 5	40−45 −77.3%	75−80 +77.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 −74.5%	85−90 +74.5%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 −54.2%	180−190 +54.2%
Hitman 3	35−40 −103%	75−80 +103%
Horizon Zero Dawn	90−95 −64.1%	150−160 +64.1%
Metro Exodus	65−70 −78.5%	110−120 +78.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55 −66.7%	85−90 +66.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	60−65 −179%	173 +179%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 −72.1%	70−75 +72.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 −38.2%	120−130 +38.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 −88.1%	79 +88.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 −116%	69 +116%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 −89.5%	70−75 +89.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−33 −103%	61 +103%
Far Cry 5	40−45 −77.3%	75−80 +77.3%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 −42.4%	168 +42.4%
Hitman 3	35−40 −103%	75−80 +103%
Horizon Zero Dawn	90−95 −45.7%	134 +45.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	60−65 −147%	153 +147%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 −97.7%	85 +97.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 +50.8%	59 −50.8%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

50−55

−66.7%

85−90
+66.7%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 −88.9%	65−70 +88.9%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 −86.2%	50−55 +86.2%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 −168%	51 +168%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 −206%	52 +206%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 −95.2%	40−45 +95.2%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 −227%	36 +227%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −86.4%	40−45 +86.4%
Forza Horizon 4	100−110 −94.2%	200−210 +94.2%
Hitman 3	21−24 −105%	45−50 +105%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −158%	98 +158%
Metro Exodus	35−40 −143%	85 +143%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 −163%	100 +163%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 −195%	62 +195%
Watch Dogs: Legion	110−120 −60.2%	180−190 +60.2%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−35

−96.8%

60−65
+96.8%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 −84.2%	35−40 +84.2%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −107%	27−30 +107%
Hitman 3	14−16 −107%	27−30 +107%
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100 −75.3%	170−180 +75.3%
Metro Exodus	20−22 −120%	40−45 +120%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −132%	44 +132%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 −164%	29 +164%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	9−10 −200%	27 +200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −120%	21−24 +120%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −250%	14 +250%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −100%	20−22 +100%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −185%	74 +185%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24 −148%	52 +148%
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9 −163%	21 +163%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

16−18

−82.4%

30−35
+82.4%

This is how RX 470 Mobile and RX 6600M compete in popular games:

RX 6600M is 118% faster in 1080p
RX 6600M is 100% faster in 1440p
RX 6600M is 121% faster in 4K

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

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 470 Mobile is 51% faster.
in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the RX 6600M is 374% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RX 470 Mobile is ahead in 1 test (1%)
RX 6600M is ahead in 71 test (99%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	18.17	35.74
Recency	4 August 2016	31 May 2021
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	100 Watt

RX 470 Mobile has 17.6% lower power consumption.

RX 6600M, on the other hand, has a 96.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 6600M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 470 Mobile in performance tests.

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