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AMD logo Radeon RX 6600
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AMD logo Radeon HD 7970

AMD Radeon RX 6600 logo AMD Radeon HD 7970 logo
General information Radeon RX 6600 Radeon HD 7970
Launched Q4 2021 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD AMD
Motherboard Bus PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory 8192 MB 0 % 3072 MB 62.5 %
Core Clock 1626 MHz 0 % 1000 MHz 38.5 %
Boost Clock 2491 MHz 0 % 975 MHz 60.9 %
Effective Clock 14000 MHz 0 % 6600 MHz 52.9 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 12
OpenGL OpenGL 4.6 OpenGL 4.4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 132 W 47.2 % 250 W 0 %
Length 282 mm 11.9 % 320 mm 0 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 3 0 %
Case Slots 2 33.3 % 3 0 %
Performance Radeon RX 6600 Radeon HD 7970
Overall Score 62499 0 % 36822 41.1 %
Future Proof 83 % 0 % 21 % 74.7 %
Benchmark Score 39061 0 % 13559 65.3 %
2D Benchmark Score 869.5 0 % 730 16 %
Average DirectX performance 123.1 FPS 0 % 39.1 FPS 68.2 %
DirectX 9 performance 191.3 FPS 0 % 57.2 FPS 70.1 %
DirectX 10 performance 99.3 FPS 0 % 31 FPS 68.8 %
DirectX 11 performance 150.6 FPS 0 % 48.3 FPS 67.9 %
DirectX 12 performance 51.2 FPS 0 % 19.8 FPS 61.3 %
Graphic card computing 6929.2 operations/s 0 % 3245.9 operations/s 53.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon RX 6600, Radeon HD 7970.

Average frames per second Radeon RX 6600 Radeon HD 7970
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 147.9 FPS 78.2 FPS
High settings 266.2 FPS 140.8 FPS
Medium settings 319.5 FPS 169.0 FPS
Low settings 447.3 FPS 236.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 47.1 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for Radeon RX 6600, Radeon HD 7970.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon RX 6600 Radeon HD 7970
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 105.5 FPS 61.1 FPS
High settings 189.9 FPS 110.0 FPS
Medium settings 227.9 FPS 132.0 FPS
Low settings 319.1 FPS 184.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 42.1 %
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