GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Mobile vs Radeon RX 6600S

Place in the ranking	173	229
Place by popularity	not in top-100	52
Power efficiency	27.85	28.17
Architecture	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Navi 23	GN20-P0
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	4 January 2022 (3 years ago)	11 May 2021 (3 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	1792	2048
Core clock speed	1700 MHz	1238 MHz
Boost clock speed	2000 MHz	1500 MHz
Number of transistors	11,060 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	224.0	no data
Floating-point processing power	7.168 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	64	no data
TMUs	112	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	28	no data

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	medium sized	large
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	no data
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 outputs

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12_2
Shader Model	6.5	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	2.1	no data
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.

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	80−85 +25%	64 −25%
1440p	55−60 +22.2%	45 −22.2%
4K	35−40 +20.7%	29 −20.7%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	60−65 +52.4%	42 −52.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70 +3%	66 −3%
Elden Ring	110−120 +116%	51 −116%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	90−95 +24%	75−80 −24%
Counter-Strike 2	60−65 +68.4%	38 −68.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70 +47.8%	46 −47.8%
Forza Horizon 4	150−160 +30.4%	115 −30.4%
Metro Exodus	80−85 −2.5%	83 +2.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	65−70 −31.8%	87 +31.8%
Valorant	120−130 −3.1%	133 +3.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	90−95 +24%	75−80 −24%
Counter-Strike 2	60−65 +113%	30 −113%
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70 +83.8%	37 −83.8%
Dota 2	100−110 +10.4%	96 −10.4%
Elden Ring	110−120 +27.9%	86 −27.9%
Far Cry 5	85−90 +20.5%	73 −20.5%
Fortnite	150−160 +21%	120−130 −21%
Forza Horizon 4	150−160 +59.6%	94 −59.6%
Grand Theft Auto V	100−110 +23.3%	86 −23.3%
Metro Exodus	80−85 +42.1%	57 −42.1%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	180−190 +18.1%	150−160 −18.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2	65−70 +22.2%	50−55 −22.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	110−120 +39.2%	75−80 −39.2%
Valorant	120−130 +89.7%	68 −89.7%
World of Tanks	270−280 +8.2%	250−260 −8.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	90−95 +24%	75−80 −24%
Counter-Strike 2	60−65 +42.2%	45−50 −42.2%
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70 +119%	31 −119%
Dota 2	100−110 −5.7%	112 +5.7%
Far Cry 5	85−90 +15.8%	75−80 −15.8%
Forza Horizon 4	150−160 +85.2%	81 −85.2%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	180−190 +18.1%	150−160 −18.1%
Valorant	120−130 +30.3%	95−100 −30.3%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	55−60 +20.8%	48 −20.8%
Elden Ring	60−65 +44.2%	40−45 −44.2%
Grand Theft Auto V	55−60 +20.8%	48 −20.8%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 +34.8%	21−24 −34.8%
World of Tanks	200−210 +27.6%	160−170 −27.6%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65 +28.6%	45−50 −28.6%
Counter-Strike 2	30−33 +42.9%	21−24 −42.9%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−33 +76.5%	17 −76.5%
Far Cry 5	100−110 +43.7%	70−75 −43.7%
Forza Horizon 4	90−95 +60.7%	56 −60.7%
Metro Exodus	70−75 +38.5%	52 −38.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	50−55 +44.4%	35−40 −44.4%
Valorant	90−95 +42.4%	65−70 −42.4%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +45.5%	21−24 −45.5%
Dota 2	60−65 +36.4%	44 −36.4%
Elden Ring	27−30 +52.6%	18−20 −52.6%
Grand Theft Auto V	60−65 +36.4%	44 −36.4%
Metro Exodus	24−27 +52.9%	17 −52.9%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	100−110 +36%	75−80 −36%
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24 +40%	14−16 −40%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	60−65 +36.4%	44 −36.4%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 +38.5%	24−27 −38.5%
Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +45.5%	21−24 −45.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 +160%	5 −160%
Dota 2	60−65 −3.3%	62 +3.3%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +40.6%	30−35 −40.6%
Fortnite	40−45 +43.3%	30−33 −43.3%
Forza Horizon 4	50−55 +52.9%	34 −52.9%
Valorant	45−50 +50%	30−35 −50%

This is how RX 6600S and RTX 3050 4GB Mobile compete in popular games:

RX 6600S is 25% faster in 1080p
RX 6600S is 22% faster in 1440p
RX 6600S is 21% faster in 4K

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

in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 6600S is 160% faster.
in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 3050 4GB Mobile is 32% faster.

All in all, in popular games: