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Radeon RX 580 vs Radeon RX 6600 XT

Intro

The Radeon RX 580 uses a 14 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1257 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a speed of 2000 MHz on this specific model. It features 2304 SPUs as well as 144 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 6600 XT, which comes with a core clock frequency of 1968 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 2000 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and uses a 7 nm design. It is made up of 2048 SPUs, 128 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 6600 XT		160 Watts
Radeon RX 580		185 Watts
	Difference: 25 Watts (16%)

Memory Bandwidth

Both cards have the exact same bandwidth, so in theory they should perform exactly the same. (explain)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6600 XT should be a lot (more or less 39%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon RX 580. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600 XT		251904 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 580		181008 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 70896 (39%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6600 XT is superior to the Radeon RX 580, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600 XT		125952 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 580		40224 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 85728 (213%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

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Specifications

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Model	Radeon RX 580	Radeon RX 6600 XT
Manufacturer	AMD	AMD
Year	April 2017	August 2021
Code Name	Polaris 20	Navi 23 XT
Memory	8192 MB	8192 MB
Core Speed	1257 MHz	1968 MHz
Memory Speed	8000 MHz	4000 GB/s
Power (Max TDP)	185 watts	160 watts
Bandwidth	262144 MB/sec	262144 MB/sec
Texel Rate	181008 Mtexels/sec	251904 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate	40224 Mpixels/sec	125952 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders	2304	2048
Texture Mapping Units	144	128
Render Output Units	32	64
Bus Type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Bus Width	256-bit	128-bit
Fab Process	14 nm	7 nm
Transistors	5700 million	11060 million
Bus	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX Version	DirectX 12.0	DirectX 12
OpenGL Version	OpenGL 4.5	OpenGL 4.6

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.

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