CMP 40HX vs Radeon RX 6600

Place in the ranking	107	304
Place by popularity	15	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	68.14	19.14
Power efficiency	20.69	6.60
Architecture	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	Navi 23	TU106
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	13 October 2021 (3 years ago)	25 February 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$329	$699

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 6600 has 256% better value for money than CMP 40HX.

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	1792	2304
Core clock speed	1626 MHz	1470 MHz
Boost clock speed	2491 MHz	1650 MHz
Number of transistors	11,060 million	10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	132 Watt	185 Watt
Texture fill rate	279.0	237.6
Floating-point processing power	8.928 TFLOPS	7.603 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	64
TMUs	112	144
Tensor Cores	no data	288
Ray Tracing Cores	28	36

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 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	190 mm	229 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	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	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	448.0 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	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12.0 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.5	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.1	3.0
Vulkan	1.2	1.2
CUDA	-	7.5

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.

RX 6600 39.27
+124%

CMP 40HX 17.56

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.

RX 6600 15153
+124%

CMP 40HX 6778

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	116 +132%	50−55 −132%
1440p	61 +126%	27−30 −126%
4K	31 +158%	12−14 −158%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

107

+138%

45−50
−138%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	80−85 +137%	35−40 −137%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	113 +126%	50−55 −126%
Battlefield 5	120−130 +129%	55−60 −129%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	75−80 +126%	35−40 −126%
Cyberpunk 2077	91 +128%	40−45 −128%
Far Cry 5	85−90 +143%	35−40 −143%
Far Cry New Dawn	95−100 +143%	40−45 −143%
Forza Horizon 4	190−200 +125%	85−90 −125%
Hitman 3	99 +148%	40−45 −148%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 +133%	70−75 −133%
Metro Exodus	120−130 +129%	55−60 −129%
Red Dead Redemption 2	90−95 +130%	40−45 −130%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	140−150 +138%	60−65 −138%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 +135%	55−60 −135%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	80−85 +137%	35−40 −137%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	92 +130%	40−45 −130%
Battlefield 5	120−130 +129%	55−60 −129%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	75−80 +126%	35−40 −126%
Cyberpunk 2077	73 +143%	30−33 −143%
Far Cry 5	85−90 +143%	35−40 −143%
Far Cry New Dawn	95−100 +143%	40−45 −143%
Forza Horizon 4	190−200 +125%	85−90 −125%
Hitman 3	95 +138%	40−45 −138%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 +133%	70−75 −133%
Metro Exodus	120−130 +129%	55−60 −129%
Red Dead Redemption 2	90−95 +130%	40−45 −130%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	182 +128%	80−85 −128%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	80−85 +131%	35−40 −131%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 +135%	55−60 −135%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	80−85 +137%	35−40 −137%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	78 +160%	30−33 −160%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	75−80 +126%	35−40 −126%
Cyberpunk 2077	59 +146%	24−27 −146%
Far Cry 5	85−90 +143%	35−40 −143%
Forza Horizon 4	190−200 +125%	85−90 −125%
Hitman 3	86 +146%	35−40 −146%
Horizon Zero Dawn	142 +137%	60−65 −137%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	157 +124%	70−75 −124%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	90 +125%	40−45 −125%
Watch Dogs: Legion	58 +142%	24−27 −142%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

90−95
+130%

40−45

−130%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	75−80 +150%	30−33 −150%
Far Cry New Dawn	60−65 +150%	24−27 −150%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 +133%	18−20 −133%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	52 +148%	21−24 −148%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50 +156%	18−20 −156%
Cyberpunk 2077	34 +143%	14−16 −143%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +150%	18−20 −150%
Forza Horizon 4	220−230 +132%	95−100 −132%
Hitman 3	54 +125%	24−27 −125%
Horizon Zero Dawn	102 +127%	45−50 −127%
Metro Exodus	97 +143%	40−45 −143%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	101 +124%	45−50 −124%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55−60 +138%	24−27 −138%
Watch Dogs: Legion	190−200 +126%	85−90 −126%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

65−70
+148%

27−30

−148%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 +144%	16−18 −144%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35 +136%	14−16 −136%
Hitman 3	36 +125%	16−18 −125%
Horizon Zero Dawn	180−190 +128%	80−85 −128%
Metro Exodus	50−55 +138%	21−24 −138%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	44 +144%	18−20 −144%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27−30 +125%	12−14 −125%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24 +140%	10−11 −140%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 +150%	10−11 −150%
Cyberpunk 2077	14 +133%	6−7 −133%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +130%	10−11 −130%
Forza Horizon 4	50−55 +125%	24−27 −125%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	53 +152%	21−24 −152%
Watch Dogs: Legion	21 +133%	9−10 −133%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

35−40
+150%

14−16

−150%

This is how RX 6600 and CMP 40HX compete in popular games:

RX 6600 is 132% faster in 1080p
RX 6600 is 126% faster in 1440p
RX 6600 is 158% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	39.27	17.56
Recency	13 October 2021	25 February 2021
Chip lithography	7 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	132 Watt	185 Watt

RX 6600 has a 123.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 months, a 71.4% more advanced lithography process, and 40.2% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 6600 is our recommended choice as it beats the CMP 40HX in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 6600 is a desktop card while CMP 40HX is a workstation one.

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