Radeon RX 6600S vs R5 (Kaveri)

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R5 (Kaveri) and Radeon RX 6600S, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R5 (Kaveri)
2014
1.21

RX 6600S outperforms R5 (Kaveri) by a whopping 2566% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1048169
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data28.11
ArchitectureGCN 1.1 (2014)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameKaveriNavi 23
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 June 2014 (10 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 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 cores2561792
Core clock speed514 MHz1700 MHz
Boost clock speed626 MHz2000 MHz
Number of transistors2410 Million11,060 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data80 Watt
Texture fill rateno data224.0
Floating-point processing powerno data7.168 TFLOPS
ROPsno data64
TMUsno data112
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 sizemedium sizedmedium sized
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data4 GB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data224.0 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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.1
Vulkan-1.3

Gaming performance

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

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1933%
60−65
+1933%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−1167%
75−80
+1167%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−1700%
70−75
+1700%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1933%
60−65
+1933%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−7700%
75−80
+7700%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−2867%
85−90
+2867%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−8950%
180−190
+8950%
Hitman 3 6−7
−1150%
75−80
+1150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−979%
150−160
+979%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−4150%
85−90
+4150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−1488%
120−130
+1488%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−284%
120−130
+284%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−1167%
75−80
+1167%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−1700%
70−75
+1700%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1933%
60−65
+1933%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−7700%
75−80
+7700%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−2867%
85−90
+2867%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−8950%
180−190
+8950%
Hitman 3 6−7
−1150%
75−80
+1150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−979%
150−160
+979%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−4150%
85−90
+4150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−1488%
120−130
+1488%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
−573%
70−75
+573%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−284%
120−130
+284%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−1167%
75−80
+1167%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−1700%
70−75
+1700%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1933%
60−65
+1933%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−7700%
75−80
+7700%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−8950%
180−190
+8950%
Hitman 3 6−7
−1150%
75−80
+1150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−979%
150−160
+979%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−1488%
120−130
+1488%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
−573%
70−75
+573%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−284%
120−130
+284%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−4150%
85−90
+4150%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−6700%
65−70
+6700%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−2600%
50−55
+2600%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−3700%
35−40
+3700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 40−45
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−2600%
27−30
+2600%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−4000%
40−45
+4000%
Hitman 3 7−8
−543%
45−50
+543%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
−1800%
75−80
+1800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 45−50
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
−3500%
180−190
+3500%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−1425%
60−65
+1425%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 27−30

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−2200%
21−24
+2200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−2000%
21−24
+2000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 21−24
Far Cry 5 0−1 20−22

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−1450%
30−35
+1450%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Battlefield 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Metro Exodus 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Battlefield 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Metro Exodus 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%
Metro Exodus 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Hitman 3 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Metro Exodus 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%

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

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX 6600S is 8950% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RX 6600S is ahead in 47 tests (70%)
  • there's a draw in 20 tests (30%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.21 32.26
Recency 4 June 2014 4 January 2022
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm

RX 6600S has a 2566.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 6600S is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 (Kaveri) in performance tests.


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