ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D
vs
ASRock Intel Arc A580 Challenger 8GB OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6600 (RDNA 2) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The ASRock Intel Arc A580 Challenger 8GB OC is based on the Intel Arc A580 Graphics (Alchemist) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

GPU

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D has the Navi 23 XL graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 2 architecture.

The ASRock Intel Arc A580 Challenger 8GB OC is based on the graphics chip ACM-G10, which comes from the Alchemist architecture.
ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D GPU ASRock Intel Arc A580 Challenger 8GB OC
AMD Radeon RX 6600 Based on Intel Arc A580 Graphics
Navi 23 XL GPU Chip ACM-G10
RDNA 2 Architecture Alchemist
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 384
1792 Shader 3072
64 Render Output Units 96
112 Texture Units 192
28 Raytracing Cores 24

Memory

The graphics memory of the ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASRock Intel Arc A580 Challenger 8GB OC is 16.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.626 GHz Base Clock 2.000 GHz
2.491 GHz Boost Clock 2.000 GHz
2.04 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 132 W.

The ASRock Intel Arc A580 Challenger 8GB OC has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 175 W (Reference).

132 W TDP 175 W (Reference)
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max Unknown
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The ASRock Intel Arc A580 Challenger 8GB OC has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 95 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D.

The ASRock Intel Arc A580 Challenger 8GB OC supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASRock Intel Arc A580 Challenger 8GB OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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

Dimensions

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 8 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASRock Intel Arc A580 Challenger 8GB OC needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

269 mm Length 271 mm
132 mm Height 132 mm
41 mm Width 48 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
627 g Weight 785 g
PCIe 4.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q4/2021.

The ASRock Intel Arc A580 Challenger 8GB OC came on the market in Q4/2023 and will have a structure width of 6 nanometers manufactured.

RX6600 CLD 8G Part-no A580 CL 8GO
Q4/2021 Release date Q4/2023
329 $ (Reference) Launch Price 199 $ (Reference)
7 nm Structure size 6 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)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

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)

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8 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D
8 GB GDDR6
31 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

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8 GB GDDR6
28 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D
8 GB GDDR6
64 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)

ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D
8 GB GDDR6
44 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D
8 GB GDDR6
98 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D
8 GB GDDR6
127 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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