AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
vs
Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT and the Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5, 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.

Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 is based on AMD Radeon RX 590, which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT GPU Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 590
Navi 23 XT GPU Chip Polaris 30 XT
RDNA 2 Architecture GCN 4
32 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
2048 Shader 2304
64 Render Output Units 32
128 Texture Units 144
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 Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 can access 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 269 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 2.100 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.4 Gbps
256 GB/s Memory bandwidth 269 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT clocks in the base with up to 1.968 GHz. The base frequency of the Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 is 1.469 GHz.

1.968 GHz Base Clock 1.469 GHz
2.589 GHz Boost Clock 1.560 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 Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 has a TDP of 225 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

160 W TDP 225 W
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 Fan 1 2 x 95 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 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 Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 2x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

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

The maximum resolution of the Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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

Dimensions

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

The Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 is 260 mm long, 135 mm high and 43 mm wide.

-- Length 260 mm
-- Height 135 mm
-- Width 43 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
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 Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 was introduced in Q4/2018 at a price of 279 $.

-- Part-no 11289-05
Q3/2021 Release date Q4/2018
379 $ (Reference) Launch Price 279 $
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)
Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5
8 GB GDDR5
32 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
106 fps (avg)
Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5
8 GB GDDR5
65 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
151 fps (avg)
Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5
8 GB GDDR5
91 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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