GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Mobile vs Radeon RX 6600S

Place in performance ranking	133	200
Place by popularity	not in top-100	65
Architecture	RDNA 2 (2020−2022)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Navi 23	GN20-P0
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	4 January 2022 (2 years ago)	11 May 2021 (3 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 cores	1792	2048
Core clock speed	no data	1238 MHz
Boost clock speed	1881 MHz	1500 MHz
Number of transistors	11,060 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	224.0	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX 6600S and GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Mobile 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 size	medium sized	large
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	16000 MHz	12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224.0 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

No outputs

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12.0 Ultimate (12_2)	12_2
Shader Model	6.5	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	2.1	no data
Vulkan	1.2	no data

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	90−95 +40.6%	64 −40.6%
1440p	60−65 +36.4%	44 −36.4%
4K	35−40 +34.6%	26 −34.6%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

60−65

−8.2%

66
+8.2%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	60−65 +30.6%	45−50 −30.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	60−65 +6.9%	58 −6.9%
Battlefield 5	100−110 +14%	93 −14%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	95−100 +47.7%	65−70 −47.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	60−65 +17.3%	52 −17.3%
Far Cry 5	90−95 +32.4%	68 −32.4%
Far Cry New Dawn	85−90 +4.8%	83 −4.8%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +32.5%	80−85 −32.5%
Hitman 3	110−120 +8.8%	102 −8.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn	75−80 +1.3%	75 −1.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	55−60 +42.5%	40−45 −42.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	80−85 +16.9%	71 −16.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 +0%	66 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	60−65 +30.6%	45−50 −30.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	60−65 +93.8%	32 −93.8%
Battlefield 5	100−110 +19.1%	89 −19.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	95−100 +47.7%	65−70 −47.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	60−65 +48.8%	41 −48.8%
Far Cry 5	90−95 +40.6%	64 −40.6%
Far Cry New Dawn	85−90 +13%	77 −13%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +32.5%	80−85 −32.5%
Hitman 3	110−120 +56.3%	71 −56.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	75−80 +28.8%	59 −28.8%
Metro Exodus	60−65 +26.5%	49 −26.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	55−60 +42.5%	40−45 −42.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	80−85 +36.1%	61 −36.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	85−90 +7.4%	81 −7.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 +15.8%	57 −15.8%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	60−65 +30.6%	45−50 −30.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	60−65 +158%	24 −158%
Battlefield 5	100−110 +27.7%	83 −27.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	60−65 +79.4%	34 −79.4%
Far Cry 5	90−95 +47.5%	61 −47.5%
Far Cry New Dawn	85−90 +31.8%	66 −31.8%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +32.5%	80−85 −32.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	85−90 +89.1%	46 −89.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 +154%	26 −154%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	55−60 +52.6%	35−40 −52.6%
Hitman 3	60−65 +45.5%	44 −45.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50 +6.5%	46 −6.5%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +31%	29 −31%
Red Dead Redemption 2	27−30 +47.4%	18−20 −47.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55 +21.4%	42 −21.4%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 +40.7%	27−30 −40.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 +72.7%	22 −72.7%
Battlefield 5	75−80 +15.2%	66 −15.2%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 +50%	18 −50%
Far Cry 5	60−65 +30.6%	49 −30.6%
Far Cry New Dawn	65−70 +28.8%	52 −28.8%
Forza Horizon 4	70−75 +45.1%	50−55 −45.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50 +63.3%	30−33 −63.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +63.2%	19 −63.2%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35 +63.2%	18−20 −63.2%
Hitman 3	35−40 +66.7%	21 −66.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 +62.5%	16−18 −62.5%
Metro Exodus	24−27 +41.2%	17 −41.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2	18−20 +46.2%	12−14 −46.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30 +17.4%	23 −17.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 +41.4%	29 −41.4%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 +50%	16−18 −50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 +61.5%	12−14 −61.5%
Battlefield 5	40−45 +22.9%	35 −22.9%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 +83.3%	6 −83.3%
Far Cry 5	30−35 +73.7%	19 −73.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 +50%	24−27 −50%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 +40%	35−40 −40%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 +63.6%	10−12 −63.6%

This is how RX 6600S and RTX 3050 4GB Mobile compete in popular games:

RX 6600S is 41% faster in 1080p
RX 6600S is 36% faster in 1440p
RX 6600S is 35% faster in 4K

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

in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 6600S is 158% faster than the RTX 3050 4GB Mobile.
in Cyberpunk 2077, with 1080p resolution and the Low Preset, the RTX 3050 4GB Mobile is 8% faster than the RX 6600S.

All in all, in popular games: