Radeon RX 6600S vs RX 6700 XT

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Aggregate performance score

RX 6700 XT
2021
12 GB GDDR6, 230 Watt
51.43
+45.4%

RX 6700 XT outperforms RX 6600S by a considerable 45% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking46131
Place by popularity98not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation23.01no data
ArchitectureNavi / RDNA2 (2020−2022)RDNA 2 (2020−2022)
GPU code nameNavi 22Navi 23
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date3 March 2021 (3 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$479 no data
Current price$685 (1.4x 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 cores25601792
Core clock speed2321 MHzno data
Boost clock speed2581 MHz1881 MHz
Number of transistors17,200 million11,060 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)230 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate413.0224.0

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX 6700 XT and Radeon RX 6600S 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 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 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 amount12 GB4 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed16000 MHz16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth384.0 GB/s224.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12.0 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.5
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 6700 XT 51.43
+45.4%
RX 6600S 35.38

RX 6700 XT outperforms RX 6600S by 45% 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 6700 XT 19881
+45.4%
RX 6600S 13678

RX 6700 XT outperforms RX 6600S by 45% 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 HD152
+52%
100−110
−52%
1440p88
+46.7%
60−65
−46.7%
4K53
+51.4%
35−40
−51.4%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 119
+95.1%
60−65
−95.1%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 80−85
+31.3%
60−65
−31.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 169
+177%
60−65
−177%
Battlefield 5 160−170
+42.6%
110−120
−42.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 110−120
+43.6%
75−80
−43.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 99
+62.3%
60−65
−62.3%
Far Cry 5 90−95
+24%
75−80
−24%
Far Cry New Dawn 110−120
+30.8%
90−95
−30.8%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
+39.8%
100−110
−39.8%
Hitman 3 246
+180%
85−90
−180%
Horizon Zero Dawn 359
+176%
130−140
−176%
Metro Exodus 110−120
+24.5%
90−95
−24.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 110−120
+26.1%
85−90
−26.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 342
+190%
110−120
−190%
Watch Dogs: Legion 90−95
+41.5%
65−70
−41.5%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 80−85
+31.3%
60−65
−31.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 144
+136%
60−65
−136%
Battlefield 5 160−170
+42.6%
110−120
−42.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 110−120
+43.6%
75−80
−43.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 90
+47.5%
60−65
−47.5%
Far Cry 5 61
−23%
75−80
+23%
Far Cry New Dawn 73
−24.7%
90−95
+24.7%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
+39.8%
100−110
−39.8%
Hitman 3 111
+26.1%
85−90
−26.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 293
+125%
130−140
−125%
Metro Exodus 145
+54.3%
90−95
−54.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 110−120
+26.1%
85−90
−26.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 221
+87.3%
110−120
−87.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 223
+156%
85−90
−156%
Watch Dogs: Legion 134
+106%
65−70
−106%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 80−85
+31.3%
60−65
−31.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 125
+105%
60−65
−105%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 110−120
+43.6%
75−80
−43.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 85
+39.3%
60−65
−39.3%
Far Cry 5 90−95
+24%
75−80
−24%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
+39.8%
100−110
−39.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn 193
+48.5%
130−140
−48.5%
Metro Exodus 131
+39.4%
90−95
−39.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 127
+46%
85−90
−46%
Watch Dogs: Legion 84
+29.2%
65−70
−29.2%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 110−120
+26.1%
85−90
−26.1%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 100−110
+56.7%
65−70
−56.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 120−130
+49.4%
80−85
−49.4%
Hitman 3 73
+55.3%
45−50
−55.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+57.1%
27−30
−57.1%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 55−60
+47.4%
35−40
−47.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 109
+187%
35−40
−187%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
+54.7%
50−55
−54.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 56
+107%
27−30
−107%
Far Cry 5 137
+114%
60−65
−114%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+54.8%
70−75
−54.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn 145
+90.8%
75−80
−90.8%
Metro Exodus 123
+83.6%
65−70
−83.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 173
+106%
80−85
−106%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 80−85
+67.3%
45−50
−67.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 62
+107%
30−33
−107%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5 48
−20.8%
55−60
+20.8%
Far Cry New Dawn 70−75
+63.6%
40−45
−63.6%
Hitman 3 48
+65.5%
27−30
−65.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
+61.4%
40−45
−61.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 57
+111%
27−30
−111%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 74
+80.5%
40−45
−80.5%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+54.2%
24−27
−54.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 48
+129%
21−24
−129%
Battlefield 5 60−65
+46.5%
40−45
−46.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+65.6%
30−35
−65.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 25
+127%
10−12
−127%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
+55.1%
45−50
−55.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 83
+88.6%
40−45
−88.6%
Metro Exodus 76
+111%
35−40
−111%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35
+106%
16−18
−106%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 45−50
+58.1%
30−35
−58.1%

This is how RX 6700 XT and RX 6600S compete in popular games:

  • RX 6700 XT is 52% faster in 1080p
  • RX 6700 XT is 47% faster in 1440p
  • RX 6700 XT is 51% faster in 4K

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

  • in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX 6700 XT is 190% faster.
  • in Far Cry New Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the RX 6600S is 25% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RX 6700 XT is ahead in 69 tests (96%)
  • RX 6600S is ahead in 3 tests (4%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 51.43 35.38
Recency 3 March 2021 4 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 4 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 230 Watt 80 Watt

The Radeon RX 6700 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 6600S in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 6700 XT is a desktop card while Radeon RX 6600S is a notebook one.


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