Radeon RX 6600 XT vs GeForce GTX 285M SLI

Place in the ranking	693	90
Place by popularity	not in top-100	76
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	62.42
Power efficiency	1.91	18.48
Architecture	G9x (2007−2010)	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code name	N10E-GTX	Navi 23
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	2 March 2009 (15 years ago)	30 July 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$379

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 cores	256	2048
Core clock speed	576 MHz	1968 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2589 MHz
Number of transistors	1508 Million	11,060 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	160 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	331.4
Floating-point processing power	no data	10.6 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	64
TMUs	no data	128
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	32

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 size	large	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	no data	190 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 8-pin

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 type	GDDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1020 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	256.0 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 Connectors	no data	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	10	12.0 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.5
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	2.1
Vulkan	-	1.2
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 285M SLI 4.10

RX 6600 XT 42.40
+934%

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 285M SLI 11233

RX 6600 XT 88163
+685%

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	57 −135%	134 +135%
1440p	7−8 −1014%	78 +1014%
4K	4−5 −1000%	44 +1000%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	2.83
1440p	no data	4.86
4K	no data	8.61

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −1100%	120 +1100%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −778%	79 +778%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 −808%	100−110 +808%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −820%	90−95 +820%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −733%	75 +733%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −1328%	257 +1328%
Forza Horizon 5	7−8 −1657%	123 +1657%
Metro Exodus	9−10 −1356%	131 +1356%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −538%	80−85 +538%
Valorant	10−11 −1630%	170−180 +1630%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 −808%	100−110 +808%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −820%	90−95 +820%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −733%	75 +733%
Dota 2	12−14 −1031%	147 +1031%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −210%	65 +210%
Fortnite	24−27 −658%	180−190 +658%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −1061%	209 +1061%
Forza Horizon 5	7−8 −1543%	115 +1543%
Grand Theft Auto V	12−14 −938%	135 +938%
Metro Exodus	9−10 −1011%	100 +1011%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	35−40 −475%	200−210 +475%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −538%	80−85 +538%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −1007%	150−160 +1007%
Valorant	10−11 −1630%	170−180 +1630%
World of Tanks	70−75 −299%	270−280 +299%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 −808%	100−110 +808%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −570%	67 +570%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −633%	66 +633%
Dota 2	12−14 −823%	120 +823%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −386%	100−110 +386%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −917%	183 +917%
Forza Horizon 5	7−8 −1286%	97 +1286%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	35−40 −475%	200−210 +475%
Valorant	10−11 −1630%	170−180 +1630%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	3−4 −2167%	68 +2167%
Grand Theft Auto V	4−5 −1600%	68 +1600%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	27−30 −525%	170−180 +525%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −1367%	40−45 +1367%
World of Tanks	27−30 −838%	270−280 +838%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 −1440%	75−80 +1440%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −850%	38 +850%
Far Cry 5	9−10 −1433%	130−140 +1433%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −2260%	118 +2260%
Forza Horizon 5	5−6 −1320%	71 +1320%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −9700%	98 +9700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 −1000%	75−80 +1000%
Valorant	12−14 −1067%	140−150 +1067%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	6−7 −233%	20−22 +233%
Dota 2	16−18 −300%	64 +300%
Grand Theft Auto V	16−18 −300%	64 +300%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12−14 −1075%	140−150 +1075%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −1300%	27−30 +1300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −300%	64 +300%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −1600%	50−55 +1600%
Counter-Strike 2	6−7 −33.3%	8 +33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −550%	13 +550%
Dota 2	16−18 −438%	86 +438%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −1550%	65−70 +1550%
Fortnite	3−4 −2000%	60−65 +2000%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −1933%	61 +1933%
Forza Horizon 5	2−3 −1700%	36 +1700%
Valorant	4−5 −1775%	75−80 +1775%

4K
High Preset

Metro Exodus

+0%

This is how GTX 285M SLI and RX 6600 XT compete in popular games:

RX 6600 XT is 135% faster in 1080p
RX 6600 XT is 1014% faster in 1440p
RX 6600 XT is 1000% faster in 4K

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

in Metro Exodus, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 6600 XT is 9700% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RX 6600 XT is ahead in 62 tests (98%)
there's a draw in 1 test (2%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.10	42.40
Recency	2 March 2009	30 July 2021
Chip lithography	55 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	160 Watt

GTX 285M SLI has 6.7% lower power consumption.

RX 6600 XT, on the other hand, has a 934.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, and a 685.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 6600 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 285M SLI in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 285M SLI is a notebook card while Radeon RX 6600 XT is a desktop one.

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