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AMD Radeon RX 6600

AMD Radeon RX 6600

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon RX 6600

280%
280%

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

40%
40%
AMD Radeon RX 6600 is approximately 240% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon RX 6600AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Navi 23
Tahiti
CoresDifferent
1792
2048
TMUsDifferent
112
128
ROPsDifferent
64
32
Memory SizeDifferent
8 GB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
128 bit
384 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6600AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
GPU NameDifferent
Navi 23
Tahiti
GPU VariantDifferent
Navi 23 XL(215-130000016)
Tahiti XT2(215-0821065)
ArchitectureDifferent
RDNA 2.0
GCN 1.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
7 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
11,060 million
4,313 million
DensityDifferent
46.7M / mm²
12.3M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
237 mm²
352 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
BGA-1269
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6600AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Release DateDifferent
Oct 13th, 2021
Jun 22nd, 2012
GenerationDifferent
Navi II(RX 6000)
Southern Islands(HD 7900)
PredecessorDifferent
Navi
Northern Islands
SuccessorDifferent
Navi III
Sea Islands
ProductionDifferent
Active
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
329 USD
499 USD
Current PriceDifferent
Amazon/Newegg
N/A
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 4.0 x8
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
21 in our database
191 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6600AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Base ClockDifferent
1626 MHz
1000 MHz
Game ClockDifferent
2044 MHz
N/A
Boost ClockDifferent
2491 MHz
1050 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
1750 MHz14 Gbps effective
1500 MHz6 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6600AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Memory SizeDifferent
8 GB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
128 bit
384 bit
BandwidthDifferent
224.0 GB/s
288.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6600AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Shading UnitsDifferent
1792
2048
TMUsDifferent
112
128
ROPsDifferent
64
32
Compute UnitsDifferent
28
32
RT CoresDifferent
28
N/A
L0 CacheDifferent
32 KB per WGP
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
128 KB per Array
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
2 MB
768 KB
L3 CacheDifferent
32 MB
N/A

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6600AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Pixel RateDifferent
159.4 GPixel/s
33.60 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
279.0 GTexel/s
134.4 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
17.86 TFLOPS (2:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
8.928 TFLOPS
4.301 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
558.0 GFLOPS (1:16)
1,075.2 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6600AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
190 mm7.5 inches
275 mm10.8 inches
HeightDifferent
110 mm4.3 inches
111 mm4.4 inches
WidthDifferent
40 mm1.6 inches
38 mm1.5 inches
TDPDifferent
132 W
300 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
300 W
700 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
1x 8-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
D532
109-C38637-00

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6600AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
DirectXDifferent
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 (11_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
2.1
2.1 (1.2)
VulkanDifferent
1.3
1.2.170
Shader ModelDifferent
6.8
6.5 (5.1)

Comparison Summary

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