GeForce RTX 4090 vs Radeon RX 6600S

Place in performance ranking	136	1
Place by popularity	not in top-100	2
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	no data	15.07
Architecture	RDNA 2 (2020−2022)	Ada Lovelace
GPU code name	Navi 23	AD102-300-A1
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	4 January 2022 (2 years ago)	20 September 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,599
Current price	no data	$1756 (1.1x MSRP)

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	16384
Core clock speed	no data	2235 MHz
Boost clock speed	1881 MHz	2520 MHz
Number of transistors	11,060 million	76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	450 Watt
Texture fill rate	224.0	1,290

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on Radeon RX 6600S and GeForce RTX 4090 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 size	medium sized	no data
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	304 mm
Width	no data	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 16-pin

Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	24 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	16000 MHz	21000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	1,008 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	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	no data	+

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	12.0 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.5	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.1	3.0
Vulkan	1.2	1.3
CUDA	no data	8.9

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 6600S 35.34

RTX 4090 100.00
+183%

GeForce RTX 4090 outperforms Radeon RX 6600S by 183% based on our aggregated 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 6600S 13678

RTX 4090 38706
+183%

GeForce RTX 4090 outperforms Radeon RX 6600S by 183% in Passmark.

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 −194%	265 +194%
1440p	70−75 −203%	212 +203%
4K	50−55 −200%	150 +200%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

60−65

−269%

225
+269%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	60−65 −267%	235 +267%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	60−65 −363%	287 +363%
Battlefield 5	100−110 −82.1%	190−200 +82.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	95−100 −85.4%	170−180 +85.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	60−65 −264%	222 +264%
Far Cry 5	90−95 −130%	209 +130%
Far Cry New Dawn	85−90 −105%	178 +105%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 −184%	300−350 +184%
Hitman 3	110−120 −97.3%	210−220 +97.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	75−80 −262%	275 +262%
Red Dead Redemption 2	55−60 −219%	180−190 +219%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	80−85 −250%	294 +250%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 −185%	188 +185%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	60−65 −245%	221 +245%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	60−65 −300%	248 +300%
Battlefield 5	100−110 −82.1%	190−200 +82.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	95−100 −85.4%	170−180 +85.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	60−65 −251%	214 +251%
Far Cry 5	90−95 −121%	201 +121%
Far Cry New Dawn	85−90 −96.6%	171 +96.6%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 −184%	300−350 +184%
Hitman 3	110−120 −97.3%	210−220 +97.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	75−80 −229%	250 +229%
Metro Exodus	60−65 −265%	226 +265%
Red Dead Redemption 2	55−60 −219%	180−190 +219%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	80−85 −243%	288 +243%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	85−90 −559%	573 +559%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 −162%	173 +162%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	60−65 −180%	179 +180%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	60−65 −255%	220 +255%
Battlefield 5	100−110 −82.1%	190−200 +82.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	60−65 −244%	210 +244%
Far Cry 5	90−95 −105%	187 +105%
Far Cry New Dawn	85−90 −77%	154 +77%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 −184%	300−350 +184%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	85−90 −251%	305 +251%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 −132%	153 +132%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	55−60 −157%	140−150 +157%
Hitman 3	60−65 −233%	210−220 +233%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50 −384%	237 +384%
Metro Exodus	35−40 −366%	177 +366%
Red Dead Redemption 2	27−30 −232%	90−95 +232%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55 −421%	271 +421%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 −308%	155 +308%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 −382%	183 +382%
Battlefield 5	75−80 −158%	190−200 +158%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 −470%	154 +470%
Far Cry 5	60−65 −191%	186 +191%
Far Cry New Dawn	65−70 −127%	152 +127%
Forza Horizon 4	70−75 −284%	280−290 +284%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50 −447%	268 +447%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −390%	152 +390%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35 −210%	95−100 +210%
Hitman 3	35−40 −266%	120−130 +266%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −619%	187 +619%
Metro Exodus	24−27 −471%	137 +471%
Red Dead Redemption 2	18−20 −237%	60−65 +237%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30 −589%	186 +589%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 −583%	280 +583%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 −400%	120 +400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 −471%	120 +471%
Battlefield 5	40−45 −216%	130−140 +216%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 −627%	80 +627%
Far Cry 5	30−35 −424%	173 +424%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 −303%	145 +303%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 −418%	250−260 +418%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 −550%	117 +550%

This is how RX 6600S and RTX 4090 compete in popular games:

RTX 4090 is 194% faster than RX 6600S in 1080p
RTX 4090 is 203% faster than RX 6600S in 1440p
RTX 4090 is 200% faster than RX 6600S in 4K

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

in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 4090 is 627% faster than the RX 6600S.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, RTX 4090 surpassed RX 6600S in all 68 of our tests.

Pros & Cons Summary

Performance score	35.34	100.00
Recency	4 January 2022	20 September 2022
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	24 GB
Chip lithography	7 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	450 Watt