GeForce 6600 vs Radeon Pro 5700 XT

Place in the ranking	162	1369
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	17.54	no data
Architecture	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	Navi 10	NV43 A2
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	4 August 2020 (4 years ago)	12 August 2004 (20 years ago)

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	2560	no data
Core clock speed	1243 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1499 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	10,300 million	146 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	239.8	2.400
Floating-point processing power	7.675 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	64	4
TMUs	160	8

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).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Width	IGP	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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	GDDR6	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	384.0 GB/s	8 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 Connectors

No outputs

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	6.5	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
OpenCL	2.0	N/A
Vulkan	1.2	N/A

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.

Pro 5700 XT 32.70
+14764%

GeForce 6600 0.22

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.

Pro 5700 XT 12613
+14566%

GeForce 6600 86

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	32.70	0.22
Recency	4 August 2020	12 August 2004
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	7 nm	110 nm

Pro 5700 XT has a 14763.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 15 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1471.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Pro 5700 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 6600 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon Pro 5700 XT is a workstation graphics card while GeForce 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.