Radeon RX 6600 vs GeForce GTX 260M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 260M with Radeon RX 6600, including specs and performance data.

GTX 260M
2009
1 GB GDDR3, 65 Watt
0.98

RX 6600 outperforms GTX 260M by a whopping 3912% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1111113
Place by popularitynot in top-10013
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data67.39
Power efficiency1.0320.41
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameG92Navi 23
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date3 March 2009 (15 years ago)13 October 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$329

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores1121792
Core clock speed550 MHz1626 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2491 MHz
Number of transistors754 million11,060 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt132 Watt
Texture fill rate30.80279.0
Floating-point processing power0.308 TFLOPS8.928 TFLOPS
Gigaflops462no data
ROPs1664
TMUs56112
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 sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Lengthno data190 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 8-pin
SLI options2-way-
MXM TypeMXM 3.0 Type-Bno 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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedUp to 950 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth61 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 ConnectorsDisplayPortSingle Link DVIDual Link DVIVGALVDSHDMI1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

Supported technologies

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

Power management8.0no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12.0 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.5
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.12.1
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

GTX 260M 0.98
RX 6600 39.32
+3912%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

GTX 260M 379
RX 6600 15147
+3897%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 260M 4901
RX 6600 94734
+1833%

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 HD29
−290%
113
+290%
1440p1−2
−5600%
57
+5600%
4K0−131

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data2.91
1440pno data5.77
4Kno data10.61

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−3467%
107
+3467%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−1560%
80−85
+1560%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−1875%
75−80
+1875%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−2933%
91
+2933%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−8400%
85−90
+8400%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−4750%
95−100
+4750%
Hitman 3 5−6
−1880%
99
+1880%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−1154%
160−170
+1154%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−9100%
90−95
+9100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−1943%
140−150
+1943%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−303%
120−130
+303%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−1560%
80−85
+1560%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−1875%
75−80
+1875%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−2333%
73
+2333%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−8400%
85−90
+8400%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−4750%
95−100
+4750%
Hitman 3 5−6
−1800%
95
+1800%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−1154%
160−170
+1154%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−9100%
90−95
+9100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−2500%
182
+2500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−710%
80−85
+710%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−303%
120−130
+303%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−1560%
80−85
+1560%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−1875%
75−80
+1875%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1867%
59
+1867%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−8400%
85−90
+8400%
Hitman 3 5−6
−1620%
86
+1620%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−992%
142
+992%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−2143%
157
+2143%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−800%
90
+800%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−81.3%
58
+81.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−9100%
90−95
+9100%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−7400%
75−80
+7400%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−5900%
60−65
+5900%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−4100%
40−45
+4100%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−3300%
34
+3300%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−4400%
45−50
+4400%
Hitman 3 7−8
−671%
54
+671%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
−2450%
102
+2450%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 55−60
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5
−4700%
190−200
+4700%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−2133%
65−70
+2133%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 30−35

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−2600%
27−30
+2600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 24
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 24−27
Far Cry 5 0−1 21−24

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−1650%
35−40
+1650%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 113
+0%
113
+0%
Battlefield 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%
Metro Exodus 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 92
+0%
92
+0%
Battlefield 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%
Metro Exodus 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 78
+0%
78
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 52
+0%
52
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Metro Exodus 97
+0%
97
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 101
+0%
101
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Hitman 3 36
+0%
36
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Metro Exodus 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 44
+0%
44
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 14
+0%
14
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 53
+0%
53
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 21
+0%
21
+0%

This is how GTX 260M and RX 6600 compete in popular games:

  • RX 6600 is 290% faster in 1080p
  • RX 6600 is 5600% faster in 1440p

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

  • in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX 6600 is 9100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RX 6600 is ahead in 43 tests (64%)
  • there's a draw in 24 tests (36%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.98 39.32
Recency 3 March 2009 13 October 2021
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 132 Watt

GTX 260M has 103.1% lower power consumption.

RX 6600, on the other hand, has a 3912.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 828.6% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 6600 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 260M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 260M is a notebook card while Radeon RX 6600 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
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