
amd
Brand8GB GDDR6
Memory1792
Cores224 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 6600

amd
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2816
Cores320 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon R9 290X

AMD Radeon RX 6600
Radeon RX 6600
$329 • Oct 2021
Radeon R9 290X
$549 • Oct 2013
AMD Radeon R9 290X

Specs Comparison
Specification | AMD Radeon RX 6600 | AMD Radeon R9 290X |
---|---|---|
Memory Size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
TDP | 132 W | 290 W |
Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
Boost Clock | 2491 MHz | N/A |
Memory Bandwidth | 224 GB/s | 320 GB/s |
Process Size | 7nm | 28nm |
Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | GCN 2.0 |
Shading Units | 1792 | 2816 |
RT Cores | 28 | N/A |
TMUs | 112 | 176 |
ROPs | 64 | 64 |
Memory Bus | 128-bit | 512-bit |
Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 1250 MHz |
Pixel Rate | 159.4 GPixel/s | 64 GPixel/s |
Texture Rate | 224 GTexel/s | 320 GTexel/s |
FP32 Performance | 8.928 GFLOPS | 5.632 GFLOPS |
L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 1.00 MB |
Die Size | 237 mm² | 438 mm² |
Transistors | 11060 Million | 6200 Million |
Required PSU | 300 W | 600 W |
Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
DirectX | 12.2 | 12 |
Vulkan | 1.3 | N/A |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks


3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600
AMD Radeon R9 290X


Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600
AMD Radeon R9 290X


GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon RX 6600
AMD Radeon R9 290X


PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon RX 6600
AMD Radeon R9 290X
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon RX 6600 Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks

AMD Radeon RX 6600
AMD • 8GB GDDR6

AMD Radeon R9 290X
AMD • 4GB GDDR5
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