AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
vs
MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT and the MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT and has 2048 texture shaders and 32 execution units.

MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G is based on AMD RX Vega 64, which has 4096 shaders and 64 execution units.
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT GPU MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT Based on AMD RX Vega 64
Navi 23 XT GPU Chip Vega 10 XT
RDNA 2 Architecture GCN 5
32 Streaming Multiprocessors 64
2048 Shader 4096
64 Render Output Units 64
128 Texture Units 256
32 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G can access 8 GB HBM2 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 484 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type HBM2
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 0.945 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 1.9 Gbps
256 GB/s Memory bandwidth 484 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 2048 bit

Clock Speeds

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT clocks in the base with up to 1.968 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G is 1.272 GHz.

1.968 GHz Base Clock 1.272 GHz
2.589 GHz Boost Clock 1.677 GHz
2.36 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT is 160 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G has a TDP of 295 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

160 W TDP 295 W
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT has a total of 1 Axial fans.

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G has 1 Axial (Radiator) fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial (Radiator)
1 Fan 1 1 x 120 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type AIO water cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT.

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 No
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT is -- long, -- high and -- wide.

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G is 283 mm long, 130 mm high and 40 mm wide.

-- Length 283 mm
-- Height 130 mm
-- Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 2020 g
PCIe 4.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT was released in Q3/2021 at a price of 379 $ (Reference).

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G was introduced in Q3/2017 at a price of 499 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no --
Q3/2021 Release date Q3/2017
379 $ (Reference) Launch Price 499 $ (Reference)
7 nm Structure size 14 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
4549

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
1583

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
36 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
58 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
70 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
52 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G
8 GB HBM2
69 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
106 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G
8 GB HBM2
100 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
151 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G
8 GB HBM2
139 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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