amd

Brand

8GB GDDR6

Memory

1792

Cores

224 GB/s

Bandwidth

AMD Radeon RX 6600

$329 Oct 2021 View Details

amd

Brand

8GB GDDR5

Memory

2304

Cores

256 GB/s

Bandwidth

AMD Radeon RX 590

$279 Nov 2018 View Details

AMD Radeon RX 6600

8GB GDDR6 132W $329 Oct 2021

Radeon RX 6600

$329 • Oct 2021

Radeon RX 590

$279 • Nov 2018

AMD Radeon RX 590

8GB GDDR5 175W $279 Nov 2018

Specs Comparison

Specification	AMD Radeon RX 6600	AMD Radeon RX 590
Memory Size	8 GB	8 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR5
TDP	132 W	175 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2491 MHz	1545 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	224 GB/s	256 GB/s
Process Size	7nm	12nm
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	GCN 4.0
Shading Units	1792	2304
RT Cores	28	N/A
TMUs	112	144
ROPs	64	32
Memory Bus	128-bit	256-bit
Memory Clock	1750 MHz	2000 MHz
Pixel Rate	159.4 GPixel/s	49.44 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	224 GTexel/s	256 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	8.928 GFLOPS	7.119 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	2.00 MB	2.00 MB
Die Size	237 mm²	232 mm²
Transistors	11060 Million	5700 Million
Required PSU	300 W	450 W
Power Connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 8-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX	12.2	12
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	TSMC	GlobalFoundries

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

7173 (+56%)

AMD Radeon RX 6600

4611

AMD Radeon RX 590

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

58048 (+27%)

AMD Radeon RX 6600

45783

AMD Radeon RX 590

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

96.4 FPS (+58%)

AMD Radeon RX 6600

61.2 FPS

AMD Radeon RX 590

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

15115 (+61%)

AMD Radeon RX 6600

9375

AMD Radeon RX 590

Game Benchmarks Comparison (15 benchmarks)

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

7.1 2017 • Action, Adventure, Indie • Ninja Theory

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6600 (+51%)

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 84 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6600 (+48%)

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6600 (+45%)

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

Winner

Loser

Bright Memory: Infinite

7.2 2021 • Action, Indie • FYQD-Studio

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6600 (+64%)

AVG 108 FPS

MIN 93 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6600 (+57%)

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 56 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6600 (+38%)

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 17 FPS

Winner

Loser

Battlefield™ 2042

8.1 2021 • Action, Adventure, Casual • DICE

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6600 (+69%)

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6600 (+56%)

AVG 53 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6600 (+43%)

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 17 FPS

Winner

Loser

Call of Duty®: Vanguard

7.9 2023 • Action • Sledgehammer Games, Treyarch, High Moon Studios, Raven Software, Beenox, Demonware

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6600 (+60%)

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 70 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6600 (+53%)

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6600 (+50%)

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| fsr 1 quality

Radeon RX 6600 (+53%)

AVG 104 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 56 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| fsr 1 quality

Radeon RX 6600 (+51%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| fsr 1 quality

Radeon RX 6600 (+50%)

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

Radeon RX 590

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

Winner

Loser