AMD Radeon RX 6600 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050

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Performance
Radeon RX 6600271% better
31,77430% of 104,598
GeForce GTX 1050
8,5718% of 104,598

The Radeon RX 6600 has 271% better performance than the GeForce GTX 1050 for the 3DMark 11 Performance GPU benchmark.

Performance per dollar
Radeon RX 660023% better
96.5860% of 161.45
GeForce GTX 1050
78.6349% of 161.45

The Radeon RX 6600 has 23% better value for the money than the GeForce GTX 1050 for the 3DMark 11 Performance GPU benchmark.

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Summary

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About the AMD Radeon RX 6600 GPU

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 is a desktop graphics card that launched in Q4 2021 with a MSRP of $329. It is built on the RDNA 2.0 GPU microarchitecture (codename Navi 23) and is manufactured on a 7 nm process.

Memory

The RX 6600 has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory, with a 1,750 MHz memory clock and a 128 bit interface. This gives it a memory bandwidth of 224 Gb/s, which affects how fast it can transfer data to and from memory. GPU memory stores temporary data that helps the GPU with complex math and graphics operations. More memory is generally better, as not having enough can cause performance bottlenecks.

Cores and Clock Speeds

The RX 6600 includes 1,792 stream processors (SPs), the processing units for handling parallel computing tasks. The GPU operates at a core clock speed of 1,626 MHz and can dynamically boost its clock speed up to 2,491 MHz. It usually operates at 2,044 MHz during typical gaming workloads. Complementing the processing units are 112 texture mapping units (TMUs) for efficient texture filtering and 64 render output units (ROPs) for pixel processing. Additionally, the GPU features 28 ray accelerators dedicated to real-time ray tracing calculations.

Compatibility & Power Consumption

The RX 6600 occupies 2 PCIe expansion slots. It supports HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a display connections. AMD recommends a power supply of at least 300 W to handle the GPU's thermal design power (TDP) of 132 W.

Benchmark Performance & Value

The RX 6600 has the 68th best 3DMark 11 Performance GPU score among the 543 benchmarked GPUs in our database. It achieves 30.38% of the performance of the best benchmarked GPU, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090. Its 31,774 score and $329 launch price (MSRP) gives it a performance per dollar of 96.58. This is the 17th best in value for the 3DMark 11 Performance GPU benchmark.

About the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 is an end-of-life desktop graphics card that released in Q4 2016 with a MSRP of $109. It is built on the Pascal GPU microarchitecture (codename GP107) and is manufactured on a 14 nm process.

Memory

The GTX 1050 has 2 GB of GDDR5 memory, with a 1,752 MHz memory clock and a 128 bit interface. This gives it a memory bandwidth of 112.1 Gb/s, which affects how fast it can transfer data to and from memory. GPU memory stores temporary data that helps the GPU with complex math and graphics operations. More memory is generally better, as not having enough can cause performance bottlenecks.

Cores and Clock Speeds

The GTX 1050 includes 640 CUDA cores, the processing units for handling parallel computing tasks. The GPU operates at a core clock speed of 1,354 MHz and can dynamically boost its clock speed up to 1,455 MHz. Complementing the processing units are 40 texture mapping units (TMUs) for efficient texture filtering and 32 render output units (ROPs) for pixel processing.

Compatibility & Power Consumption

The GTX 1050 occupies 2 PCIe expansion slots. It supports DVI, HDMI 2.0, DisplayPort 1.4a display connections. NVIDIA recommends a power supply of at least 250 W to handle the GPU's thermal design power (TDP) of 75 W.

Benchmark Performance & Value

The GTX 1050 has the 195th best 3DMark 11 Performance GPU score among the 543 benchmarked GPUs in our database. It achieves 8.19% of the performance of the best benchmarked GPU, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090. Its 8,571 score and $109 launch price (MSRP) gives it a performance per dollar of 78.63. This is the 37th best in value for the 3DMark 11 Performance GPU benchmark.

General Info

General overview of the GPU, including details like its manufacturer, release date, launch price, and current production status.

InfoRadeon RX 6600GeForce GTX 1050
ManufacturerAMDNVIDIA
ArchitectureRDNA 2.0Pascal
Market SegmentDesktopDesktop
Release DateQ4 2021Q4 2016
Launch Price (MSRP)$329$109
Production StatusActiveEnd-of-life
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Gaming Performance

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FPS Benchmarks

This table showcases the average frame rate (FPS) achieved both GPUs in at various resolutions. Frame rate is a crucial indicator of how smoothly the GPU can run the game. A higher FPS generally translates to a smoother gameplay experience.

  • Frames Per Second
FPS data for Black Myth: Wukong
Black Myth: Wukong
Radeon RX 6600GeForce GTX 1050
Low - 1080p
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Medium - 1080p
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8 FPS
High - 1080p
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5 FPS
Ultra - 1080p
--
--
QHD - 1440p
--
--
4K UHD - 2160p
--
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FPS Source: Notebookcheck

Compare Frames Per Second (FPS)

The average frame rate (FPS) in can be compared to similar GPUs to assess relative performance. Generally, higher FPS results in a smoother gameplay experience.

Choose Baseline GPU:Radeon RX 6600 orGeForce GTX 1050
GPUFrames Per Second
GeForce GTX 166022+340%
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER15+200%
GeForce GTX 10505

Compare Cost Per Frame

The average cost per frame in can be compared to similar GPUs to assess relative value. Generally, a lower cost per frame implies better value for your money.

Choose Baseline GPU:Radeon RX 6600 orGeForce GTX 1050
GPUCost Per Frame
GeForce GTX 16609.95-54%
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER10.6-51%
GeForce GTX 105021.8

Benchmark Performance

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Performance
Radeon RX 6600271% better
31,77430% of 104,598
GeForce GTX 1050
8,5718% of 104,598

The Radeon RX 6600 has 271% better performance than the GeForce GTX 1050 for the 3DMark 11 Performance GPU benchmark.

The Radeon RX 6600 is ranked 68th with a score of 31,774, and the GeForce GTX 1050 is ranked 195th with a score of 8,571.

Performance per dollar
Radeon RX 660023% better
96.5860% of 161.45
GeForce GTX 1050
78.6349% of 161.45

The Radeon RX 6600 has 23% better value for the money than the GeForce GTX 1050 for the 3DMark 11 Performance GPU benchmark.

The Radeon RX 6600 is ranked 17th with a performance per dollar of 96.58, and the GeForce GTX 1050 is ranked 37th with a performance per dollar of 78.63.

Relative Performance

The average score in the benchmark test can be compared to similar GPUs to assess relative performance. Generally, powerful GPUs tend to have higher scores.

Choose Baseline GPU:Radeon RX 6600 or
GPUBenchmark Performance
Radeon RX 5700 XT35,822.5+13%
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER34,963.5+10%
Radeon RX 660031,774
Radeon RX 570031,470-1%
Radeon RX 5600 XT31,310-1%
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti9,453-70%
GeForce GTX 5909,166.5-71%
GeForce GTX 10508,571-73%
Radeon R7 3708,518.5-73%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti8,415-74%

Relative Value For Money

The average performance per dollar in the benchmark test can be compared to similar GPUs to assess relative value. A higher score implies a better value for your money.

Choose Baseline GPU:Radeon RX 6600 or
GPUPerformance Per Dollar
Radeon RX 5600 XT112.22+16%
Radeon RX 6600 XT103.04+7%
Radeon RX 660096.58
GeForce GTX 166096.18-0%
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER95.98-1%
GeForce GTX 165091.58-5%
GeForce GTX 105078.63-19%
Radeon RX 48078.25-19%
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti68.01-30%

Benchmark Scores

This table showcases the average performance scores achieved by both GPUs across industry-standard benchmark tests. These scores provide a valuable insight into overall performance. Powerful GPUs tend to have higher scores.

  • Popular
BenchmarkRadeon RX 6600GeForce GTX 1050
3DMark Time Spy Graphics
8,092
(+350.31%)
1,797
3DMark Time Spy Score
8,688
(+337.9%)
1,984
3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
145,870
(+256.46%)
40,922
3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
23,366
(+243.77%)
6,797
3DMark Night Raid Graphics
98,547.5
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3DMark 11 Performance Score
28,640.5
(+224.83%)
8,817
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
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132
PassMark G3D Mark
15,149
(+200.64%)
5,039
PassMark G2D Mark
861
(+88.82%)
456
Unigine Heaven 3.0 DirectX 11
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88.3
Benchmarks Source: Notebookcheck

Technical Specs

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Graphics Processor

General information about the graphics processing unit like their architecture, manufacturing process size, and transistor count. Newer GPU architectures generally bring efficiency improvements and may introduce technologies that enhance graphical capabilities.

SpecRadeon RX 6600GeForce GTX 1050
CodenameNavi 23GP107
ArchitectureRDNA 2.0Pascal
Process Size7 nm14 nm
Transistors11,060 million3,300 million

Memory Details

Memory specifications like their capacity, bandwidth, and clock speeds. GPU memory stores graphics data like frames, textures, and shadows which helps display rendered images. These specs are crucial for graphics-intense applications like gaming and 3D modeling.

SpecRadeon RX 6600GeForce GTX 1050
Memory Size8 GB2 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR5
Memory Bandwidth224 Gb/s112.1 Gb/s
Memory Clock1,750 MHz1,752 MHz
Memory Interface128 bit128 bit
L1 Cache128 KB48 KB
L2 Cache2 MB1,024 KB

Board Compatibility

Compatibility information like their slot size, bus interface, power consumption, and display support. These specs are useful for verifying compatibility with your motherboard, power supply, and monitor.

SpecRadeon RX 6600GeForce GTX 1050
Slots2 slots2 slots
Bus InterfacePCIe 4.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x16
Thermal Design Power (TDP)132 W75 W
Suggested PSU300 W250 W
Power Connectors1x 8-pin--
OutputsHDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4aDVI, HDMI 2.0, DisplayPort 1.4a

Cores & Clock Speeds

Processing power information like its cores and clock speed. These specs impact how fast they can process graphics. Each type of core or component serves a specific computational purpose.

SpecRadeon RX 6600GeForce GTX 1050
Stream Processors (SP)1,792--
CUDA Cores--640
Compute Units (CU)28--
Stream Multiprocessors (SM)--5
Texture Mapping Units (TMU)11240
Render Output Units (ROP)6432
Ray Accelerators28--
Core Clock Speed1,626 MHz1,354 MHz
Core Clock Speed (Boost)2,491 MHz1,455 MHz
Core Clock Speed (Game)2,044 MHz--

Theoretical Performance

Theoretical performance numbers derived from the raw specifications of the different components like core count and clock speeds. While these provide a glimpse into peak processing power, they do not represent real-world performance.

SpecRadeon RX 6600GeForce GTX 1050
Pixel Fill Rate159.4 GPixel/s46.56 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate279 GTexel/s58.2 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance8.93 TFLOPS1.86 TFLOPS
FP64 Performance558 GFLOPS58.2 GFLOPS

API Support

Graphics API versions supported by these graphics cards. APIs evolve over time, introducing new features and functionalities. Older GPUs may not support recent versions.

SpecRadeon RX 6600GeForce GTX 1050
DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 (12_1)
OpenCL2.13.0
OpenGL4.64.6
Shader Model6.86.8

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* Performance rating, performance per dollar, and rankings are based on the 3DMark 11 Performance GPU benchmark and MSRP.