Radeon RX 6600S vs GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile and Radeon RX 6600S, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 1080 Mobile
2016
8 GB GDDR5, 150 Watt
35.57
+0.3%

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking137140
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation41.18no data
Power efficiency16.4230.69
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGP104Navi 23
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date15 August 2016 (8 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499.99 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 cores25601792
Core clock speed1607 MHz1700 MHz
Boost clock speed1771 MHz2000 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million11,060 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt80 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature94 °Cno data
Texture fill rate283.4224.0
Floating-point processing power9.068 TFLOPS7.168 TFLOPS
ROPs6464
TMUs160112
Ray Tracing Coresno data28

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).

Laptop sizelargemedium sized
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed10 GB/s1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth320 GB/s224.0 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 ConnectorsDP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVINo outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boost3.0no data
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.22.1
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA+-

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 HD112
+1.8%
110−120
−1.8%
1440p68
+4.6%
65−70
−4.6%
4K54
+8%
50−55
−8%

Cost per frame, $

1080p4.46no data
1440p7.35no data
4K9.26no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 59
−28.8%
75−80
+28.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 78
+27.9%
60−65
−27.9%
Battlefield 5 115
+0%
110−120
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 93
+29.2%
70−75
−29.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Far Cry 5 97
+24.4%
75−80
−24.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 129
+44.9%
85−90
−44.9%
Forza Horizon 4 214
+18.2%
180−190
−18.2%
Hitman 3 91
+21.3%
75−80
−21.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 188
+24.5%
150−160
−24.5%
Metro Exodus 140
+20.7%
110−120
−20.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 92
+8.2%
85−90
−8.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 129
+1.6%
120−130
−1.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 150
+22%
120−130
−22%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 106
+39.5%
75−80
−39.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 68
+11.5%
60−65
−11.5%
Battlefield 5 107
−7.5%
110−120
+7.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 86
+19.4%
70−75
−19.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Far Cry 5 102
+30.8%
75−80
−30.8%
Far Cry New Dawn 100
+12.4%
85−90
−12.4%
Forza Horizon 4 195
+7.7%
180−190
−7.7%
Hitman 3 87
+16%
75−80
−16%
Horizon Zero Dawn 186
+23.2%
150−160
−23.2%
Metro Exodus 126
+8.6%
110−120
−8.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2 82
−3.7%
85−90
+3.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 120−130
+0.8%
120−130
−0.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 145
+95.9%
70−75
−95.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 149
+21.1%
120−130
−21.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 53
−43.4%
75−80
+43.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 59
−3.4%
60−65
+3.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 66
−9.1%
70−75
+9.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Far Cry 5 77
−1.3%
75−80
+1.3%
Forza Horizon 4 102
−77.5%
180−190
+77.5%
Hitman 3 76
+1.3%
75−80
−1.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 123
−22.8%
150−160
+22.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 120−130
+0.8%
120−130
−0.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 74
+0%
70−75
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 51
−141%
120−130
+141%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 83
−2.4%
85−90
+2.4%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 80
+17.6%
65−70
−17.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 69
+27.8%
50−55
−27.8%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 42
+10.5%
35−40
−10.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 46
+21.1%
35−40
−21.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 49
+19.5%
40−45
−19.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Far Cry 5 47
+14.6%
40−45
−14.6%
Forza Horizon 4 193
−4.7%
200−210
+4.7%
Hitman 3 54
+20%
45−50
−20%
Horizon Zero Dawn 89
+17.1%
75−80
−17.1%
Metro Exodus 74
+10.4%
65−70
−10.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 85−90
+1.2%
80−85
−1.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
+2%
45−50
−2%
Watch Dogs: Legion 144
−25%
180−190
+25%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 72
+18%
60−65
−18%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 40
+14.3%
35−40
−14.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 39
+34.5%
27−30
−34.5%
Hitman 3 34
+17.2%
27−30
−17.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn 89
−91%
170−180
+91%
Metro Exodus 45
+2.3%
40−45
−2.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 51
+24.4%
40−45
−24.4%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 31
+34.8%
21−24
−34.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 27
+28.6%
21−24
−28.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27
+22.7%
21−24
−22.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Far Cry 5 26
+30%
20−22
−30%
Forza Horizon 4 61
+24.5%
45−50
−24.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+2.1%
45−50
−2.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 21
+23.5%
16−18
−23.5%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 39
+25.8%
30−35
−25.8%

This is how GTX 1080 Mobile and RX 6600S compete in popular games:

  • GTX 1080 Mobile is 2% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 1080 Mobile is 5% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 1080 Mobile is 8% faster in 4K

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

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 1080 Mobile is 96% faster.
  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 6600S is 141% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 1080 Mobile is ahead in 50 tests (69%)
  • RX 6600S is ahead in 14 tests (19%)
  • there's a draw in 8 tests (11%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 35.57 35.45
Recency 15 August 2016 4 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 80 Watt

GTX 1080 Mobile has a 0.3% higher aggregate performance score, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RX 6600S, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 87.5% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile and Radeon RX 6600S.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
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