Radeon RX 6500M vs RX 6600 XT

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Aggregate performance score

RX 6600 XT
2021
8 GB GDDR6, 160 Watt
42.66
+110%

RX 6600 XT outperforms RX 6500M by a whopping 110% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking78254
Place by popularity91not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation48.27no data
ArchitectureNavi / RDNA2 (2020−2022)RDNA 2 (2020−2022)
GPU code nameNavi 23Navi 24
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date30 July 2021 (2 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$379 no data
Current price$283 (0.7x MSRP)no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores20481024
Core clock speed1968 MHzno data
Boost clock speed2589 MHz2191 MHz
Number of transistors11,060 million5,400 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)160 (TGP) Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate331.4153.6

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX 6600 XT and Radeon RX 6500M 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 sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x8
Length190 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed16000 MHz18000 MHz
Memory bandwidth256.0 GB/s288.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12.0 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.12.1
Vulkan1.21.2

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.

RX 6600 XT 42.66
+110%
RX 6500M 20.31

RX 6600 XT outperforms RX 6500M by 110% 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%

RX 6600 XT 16488
+110%
RX 6500M 7851

RX 6600 XT outperforms RX 6500M by 110% 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%

RX 6600 XT 39051
+118%
RX 6500M 17889

RX 6600 XT outperforms RX 6500M by 118% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RX 6600 XT 88163
+69%
RX 6500M 52161

RX 6600 XT outperforms RX 6500M by 69% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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%

RX 6600 XT 28342
+102%
RX 6500M 14018

RX 6600 XT outperforms RX 6500M by 102% 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%

RX 6600 XT 156297
+76.4%
RX 6500M 88601

RX 6600 XT outperforms RX 6500M by 76% 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 HD124
+100%
62
−100%
1440p73
+143%
30−35
−143%
4K43
+139%
18−21
−139%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 79
+19.7%
66
−19.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 70−75
+78%
40−45
−78%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 129
+108%
62
−108%
Battlefield 5 130−140
+104%
65−70
−104%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 90−95
+114%
40−45
−114%
Cyberpunk 2077 78
+16.4%
67
−16.4%
Far Cry 5 80−85
+64.7%
50−55
−64.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 100−110
+85.7%
55−60
−85.7%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+93.9%
65−70
−93.9%
Hitman 3 221
+117%
102
−117%
Horizon Zero Dawn 289
+331%
65−70
−331%
Metro Exodus 100−110
+73.8%
60−65
−73.8%
Red Dead Redemption 2 100−105
+81.8%
55−60
−81.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 257
+125%
114
−125%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120
+71.4%
70
−71.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 70−75
+78%
40−45
−78%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 106
+136%
45
−136%
Battlefield 5 130−140
+104%
65−70
−104%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 90−95
+114%
40−45
−114%
Cyberpunk 2077 76
+138%
32
−138%
Far Cry 5 65
+85.7%
35
−85.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 64
+14.3%
55−60
−14.3%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+93.9%
65−70
−93.9%
Hitman 3 94
+88%
50
−88%
Horizon Zero Dawn 233
+248%
65−70
−248%
Metro Exodus 127
+108%
60−65
−108%
Red Dead Redemption 2 100−105
+81.8%
55−60
−81.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 170
+254%
48
−254%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 176
+209%
57
−209%
Watch Dogs: Legion 104
+76.3%
59
−76.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 70−75
+78%
40−45
−78%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 75
+92.3%
39
−92.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 90−95
+114%
40−45
−114%
Cyberpunk 2077 69
+138%
29
−138%
Far Cry 5 80−85
+64.7%
50−55
−64.7%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+93.9%
65−70
−93.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn 157
+134%
65−70
−134%
Metro Exodus 112
+83.6%
60−65
−83.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 99
+154%
39
−154%
Watch Dogs: Legion 61
+144%
25
−144%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 100−105
+81.8%
55−60
−81.8%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 80−85
+113%
35−40
−113%
Far Cry New Dawn 100−105
+144%
40−45
−144%
Hitman 3 55
+89.7%
27−30
−89.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+133%
14−16
−133%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
+109%
21−24
−109%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 56
+195%
18−20
−195%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70
+154%
24−27
−154%
Cyberpunk 2077 40
+233%
12−14
−233%
Far Cry 5 105
+209%
30−35
−209%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
+125%
40−45
−125%
Horizon Zero Dawn 116
+183%
40−45
−183%
Metro Exodus 98
+158%
35−40
−158%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 118
+181%
40−45
−181%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 60−65
+174%
21−24
−174%
Watch Dogs: Legion 44
+214%
14−16
−214%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5 40
+0%
40−45
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 55−60
+155%
21−24
−155%
Hitman 3 33
+106%
16−18
−106%
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60
+139%
21−24
−139%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40
+208%
12−14
−208%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 54
+157%
21−24
−157%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−33
+150%
12−14
−150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 28
+180%
10−11
−180%
Battlefield 5 50−55
+126%
21−24
−126%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45
+180%
14−16
−180%
Cyberpunk 2077 14
+250%
4−5
−250%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
+114%
27−30
−114%
Horizon Zero Dawn 66
+187%
21−24
−187%
Metro Exodus 53
+179%
18−20
−179%
Watch Dogs: Legion 24
+200%
8−9
−200%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+117%
18−20
−117%

This is how RX 6600 XT and RX 6500M compete in popular games:

  • RX 6600 XT is 100% faster in 1080p
  • RX 6600 XT is 143% faster in 1440p
  • RX 6600 XT is 139% faster in 4K

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

  • in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX 6600 XT is 331% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RX 6600 XT is ahead in 71 test (99%)
  • there's a draw in 1 test (1%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 42.66 20.31
Recency 30 July 2021 4 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt 50 Watt

The Radeon RX 6600 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 6500M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 6600 XT is a desktop card while Radeon RX 6500M is a notebook one.


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