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MSRP $279
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Prices and StockMSRP $329
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MSRP $329
Key Differences
In short — Radeon RX 6600 outperforms Radeon R9 280 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX 6600 is 2780 days newer than Radeon R9 280.
Advantages of Radeon RX 6600
- Performs up to 86% better in Stray than Radeon R9 280 - 93 vs 50 FPS
- Consumes up to 34% less energy than AMD Radeon R9 280 - 132 vs 200 Watts
- Up to 167% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 280 - 8 vs 3 GB
Stray
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Radeon RX 6600
Desktop • Oct 13th, 2021
FPS
93
100%
Value, £/FPS
£2.15/FPS
100%
Price, £
£199.55
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Powercolor Radeon RX 6600 Fighter (8GB GDDR6/PCI Express 4.0/2491MHz/14000MHz)
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My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Radeon R9 280
Desktop • Mar 4th, 2014
Radeon RX 6600
Desktop • Oct 13th, 2021
Theoretical Performance
Radeon RX 6600
Desktop • Oct 13th, 2021
Pixel Fillrate
159.4 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
279 GTexel/s
100%
Radeon R9 280 | vs | Radeon RX 6600 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 4th, 2014 | Release Date | Oct 13th, 2021 |
| Volcanic Islands | Generation | Navi II |
$279 | MSRP | $329 |
| 1x DVI, 2x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 3 GB | Memory | 8 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6 |
| 384-bit | Bus | 128-bit |
240 GB/s | Bandwidth | 224 GB/s |
| 827 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1626 MHz |
| 933 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 2491 MHz |
| 1250 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1750 MHz |
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