Radeon RX 6600 LE vs GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB and Radeon RX 6600 LE, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RTX 3050 6 GB
2024
6 GB GDDR6, 70 Watt
27.74

RX 6600 LE outperforms RTX 3050 6 GB by an impressive 64% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking20176
Place by popularity24not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation76.17no data
Power efficiency27.1723.64
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGA107Navi 23
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date2 February 2024 (less than a year ago)8 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$179 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 cores23041792
Core clock speed1042 MHz1626 MHz
Boost clock speed1470 MHz2495 MHz
Number of transistors8,700 million11,060 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)70 Watt132 Watt
Texture fill rate105.8279.4
Floating-point processing power6.774 TFLOPS8.942 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs72112
Tensor Cores72no data
Ray Tracing Cores1828

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x8
Length242 mm190 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB8 GB
Memory bus width96 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth168.0 GB/s224.0 GB/s

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 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI++

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.02.1
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.6-

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.

RTX 3050 6 GB 27.74
RX 6600 LE 45.52
+64.1%

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.

RTX 3050 6 GB 10689
RX 6600 LE 17540
+64.1%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 27.74 45.52
Recency 2 February 2024 8 December 2023
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 70 Watt 132 Watt

RTX 3050 6 GB has an age advantage of 1 month, and 88.6% lower power consumption.

RX 6600 LE, on the other hand, has a 64.1% higher aggregate performance score, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 6600 LE is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB in performance tests.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB
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