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AMD logo Radeon RX 6600
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AMD logo Radeon HD 6970

AMD Radeon RX 6600 logo AMD Radeon HD 6970 logo
General information Radeon RX 6600 Radeon HD 6970
Launched Q4 2021 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD AMD
Motherboard Bus PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory 8192 MB 0 % 2048 MB 75 %
Core Clock 1626 MHz 0 % 880 MHz 45.9 %
Effective Clock 14000 MHz 0 % 1425 MHz 89.8 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.6 OpenGL 4.4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 132 W 47.2 % 250 W 0 %
Length 282 mm 5.1 % 297 mm 0 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 3 0 %
Case Slots 2 33.3 % 3 0 %
Performance Radeon RX 6600 Radeon HD 6970
Overall Score 62499 0 % 27068 56.7 %
Future Proof 83 % 0 % 21 % 74.7 %
Benchmark Score 39061 0 % 7327 81.2 %
2D Benchmark Score 873 0 % 432.9 50.4 %
Average DirectX performance 122.7 FPS 0 % 27.3 FPS 77.7 %
DirectX 9 performance 190 FPS 0 % 68.3 FPS 64.1 %
DirectX 10 performance 99.1 FPS 0 % 20.1 FPS 79.8 %
DirectX 11 performance 150.9 FPS 0 % 20.9 FPS 86.1 %
DirectX 12 performance 50.8 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
Graphic card computing 6991.9 operations/s 0 % 1487.5 operations/s 78.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon RX 6600, Radeon HD 6970.

Average frames per second Radeon RX 6600 Radeon HD 6970
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 147.6 FPS 52.8 FPS
High settings 265.7 FPS 95.0 FPS
Medium settings 318.8 FPS 114.0 FPS
Low settings 446.4 FPS 159.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 64.3 %

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 6970.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon RX 6600 Radeon HD 6970
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 104.8 FPS 44.2 FPS
High settings 188.7 FPS 79.5 FPS
Medium settings 226.5 FPS 95.4 FPS
Low settings 317.1 FPS 133.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 57.9 %
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