AMD Radeon RX 6600M Desktop Card Now Under $200
A while ago we reported on the NVIDIA RTX 30. Rename laptop GPU It is sold on a Chinese website as a complete desktop card. It looks like these companies have recently started selling the Radeon RX 6000 series for mobile as well.
While some may wonder why one would buy a laptop GPU to act as a desktop card, there are actually very good reasons. These cards are much cheaper than desktop models. What is most likely to happen here is that some companies buy laptop GPUs in bulk, which are cheaper than desktops, and install them on their desktop boards.
Radeon RX 6600M Desktop Card, Source: Aliexpress
Ultimately, models like the Radeon RX 6600M are priced as low as $180-$189, while the “real” desktop RX 6600 retails for $269 from the same store. Even with almost the same specs, there is a big difference.
And speaking of specs, the RX 6600M is basically the same model as the desktop GPU. Both he has the Navi 23 GPU with very similar boost clocks in the 2.4-2.5 GHz range. The mobile GPU is 100W (TGP) and the desktop card is 132W (TBP), so there isn’t much difference in power. Of course, both have 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus and the same 14 Gbps speed.
| AMD Radeon RX 6600 Series | ||
|---|---|---|
| VideoCardz.com | ＲＸ６６００ｍ | RX6600 |
| GPU | Navi 23XM | Navi 23XL |
| stream processor | 1792 | 1792 |
| watch game | 2177MHz | 2044MHz |
| raise the clock | 2416MHz | 2491MHz |
| memory clock | 14Gbps | 14Gbps |
| memory | 8GB GDDR6128b | 8GB GDDR6128b |
| energy | Up to 100W TGP | 132 terabyte watts |
According to a review from MikonstHowever, the laptop’s GPU can still be overclocked, which may result in a stable 2.5 GHz clock. However, memory overclocking doesn’t seem to work as the card immediately goes into safe mode. GPU-Z software confirms that this is a mobile GPU and is fully compatible with AMD drivers.
Radeon RX 6600M Desktop Card, Source: Miyconst
These companies appear to be simply repurposing the boards used for the RX 6600 desktop model.The RX 6600M laptop features nearly identical GPUs, nearly identical configurations and even memory. In most cases, this step is as easy as installing a new GPU and flashing your laptop’s BIOS.
Radeon RX 6600M Desktop Card, Source: Miyconst
The card sold on the Chinese website has a full PCIe 4.0 x16 slot, but of course it is not plugged into 16 threads. Both desktop and mobile GPUs are limited to 8 lanes.
Needless to say, such models are not officially supported by AMD, but the driver only checks the PCI GPU hardware ID, so it should be detected as portable and the driver should work regardless. These cards are much cheaper than desktop models, but come with a limited warranty and may incur additional import duties.
sauce: ali expressand the Mikonst
