Radeon Vega 7 vs RX 6600 XT

Place in the ranking	90	536
Place by popularity	79	12
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	62.43	no data
Power efficiency	18.47	11.43
Architecture	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)	GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code name	Navi 23	Cezanne
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	30 July 2021 (3 years ago)	13 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$379	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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	448
Core clock speed	1968 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	2589 MHz	1900 MHz
Number of transistors	11,060 million	9,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	160 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	331.4	53.20
Floating-point processing power	10.6 TFLOPS	1.702 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	8
TMUs	128	28
Ray Tracing Cores	32	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).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	IGP
Length	190 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	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	GDDR6	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	128 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB/s	no data
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	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12.0 Ultimate (12_2)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.5	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.1	2.1
Vulkan	1.2	1.2

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 6600 XT 41.30
+474%

Vega 7 7.19

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.

RX 6600 XT 39051
+644%

Vega 7 5249

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 6600 XT 28342
+747%

Vega 7 3348

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.

RX 6600 XT 156297
+532%

Vega 7 24726

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	134 +483%	23 −483%
1440p	78 +212%	25 −212%
4K	44 +193%	15 −193%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	2.83	no data
1440p	4.86	no data
4K	8.61	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	120 +650%	16−18 −650%
Cyberpunk 2077	79 +558%	12−14 −558%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	100−110 +354%	24−27 −354%
Counter-Strike 2	90−95 +475%	16−18 −475%
Cyberpunk 2077	75 +525%	12−14 −525%
Forza Horizon 4	257 +786%	29 −786%
Forza Horizon 5	123 +583%	18 −583%
Metro Exodus	131 +524%	21 −524%
Red Dead Redemption 2	80−85 +207%	27 −207%
Valorant	170−180 +497%	29 −497%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	100−110 +354%	24−27 −354%
Counter-Strike 2	90−95 +475%	16−18 −475%
Cyberpunk 2077	75 +525%	12−14 −525%
Dota 2	147 +765%	17 −765%
Far Cry 5	65 +132%	28 −132%
Fortnite	180−190 +314%	40−45 −314%
Forza Horizon 4	209 +771%	24 −771%
Forza Horizon 5	115 +576%	16−18 −576%
Grand Theft Auto V	135 +543%	21−24 −543%
Metro Exodus	100 +567%	15 −567%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	200−210 +350%	46 −350%
Red Dead Redemption 2	80−85 +295%	21−24 −295%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	150−160 +574%	21−24 −574%
Valorant	170−180 +1136%	14 −1136%
World of Tanks	270−280 +381%	58 −381%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	100−110 +354%	24−27 −354%
Counter-Strike 2	67 +319%	16−18 −319%
Cyberpunk 2077	66 +560%	10−11 −560%
Dota 2	120 +567%	18−20 −567%
Far Cry 5	100−110 +206%	30−35 −206%
Forza Horizon 4	183 +771%	21 −771%
Forza Horizon 5	97 +708%	12 −708%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	200−210 +245%	60−65 −245%
Valorant	170−180 +592%	25 −592%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +540%	5−6 −540%
Dota 2	68 +656%	9−10 −656%
Grand Theft Auto V	68 +580%	10−11 −580%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180 +483%	30−33 −483%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 +633%	6−7 −633%
World of Tanks	270−280 +404%	50−55 −404%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	75−80 +492%	12−14 −492%
Cyberpunk 2077	38 +533%	6−7 −533%
Far Cry 5	130−140 +769%	16−18 −769%
Forza Horizon 4	118 +687%	14−16 −687%
Forza Horizon 5	71 +545%	10−12 −545%
Metro Exodus	98 +791%	10−12 −791%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	75−80 +542%	12−14 −542%
Valorant	140−150 +637%	18−20 −637%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	24−27 +108%	12−14 −108%
Dota 2	64 +256%	18−20 −256%
Grand Theft Auto V	64 +540%	10−11 −540%
Metro Exodus	34 +1033%	3−4 −1033%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	140−150 +541%	21−24 −541%
Red Dead Redemption 2	27−30 +460%	5−6 −460%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	64 +256%	18−20 −256%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	50−55 +750%	6−7 −750%
Counter-Strike 2	8 −50%	12−14 +50%
Cyberpunk 2077	13 +550%	2−3 −550%
Dota 2	86 +514%	14−16 −514%
Far Cry 5	65−70 +633%	9−10 −633%
Fortnite	60−65 +800%	7−8 −800%
Forza Horizon 4	61 +578%	9−10 −578%
Forza Horizon 5	36 +620%	5−6 −620%
Valorant	75−80 +971%	7−8 −971%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2

6−7

+0%

6−7

+0%

This is how RX 6600 XT and Vega 7 compete in popular games:

RX 6600 XT is 483% faster in 1080p
RX 6600 XT is 212% faster in 1440p
RX 6600 XT is 193% faster in 4K

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

in Valorant, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the RX 6600 XT is 1136% faster.
in Counter-Strike 2, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Vega 7 is 50% faster.

All in all, in popular games: