ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger ITX
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PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX 4GB


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ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger ITX
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PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX 4GB

GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger ITX has 1792 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.49 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 8.93 TFLOPS.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX 4GB has 1024 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.82 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.77 TFLOPS.

GPU

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger ITX is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 28 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX 4GB is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 16 execution units.
ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger ITX GPU PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX 4GB
AMD Radeon RX 6600 Based on AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Navi 23 XL GPU Chip Navi 24 XT
RDNA 2 Architecture RDNA 2
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 16
1792 Shader 1024
64 Render Output Units 32
112 Texture Units 64
28 Raytracing Cores 16

Memory

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger ITX is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX 4GB has a 4 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.250GHz.
8 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 2.250 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 18.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 144 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 64 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger ITX has a turbo clock of 2.491 GHz. The turbo frequency of the PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX 4GB is 2.815 GHz.
1.626 GHz Base Clock 2.200 GHz
2.491 GHz Boost Clock 2.815 GHz
2.04 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.61 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger ITX has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 100 °C.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX 4GB is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 97 °C.
132 W TDP 107 W
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger ITX are cooled with a Air cooling.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX 4GB is cooled by a Air cooling.
Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 100 mm Fan 1 1 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger ITX supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX 4GB supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.
4 Max. Displays 2
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
2x DP v1.4 DP Ports 1x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger ITX supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX 4GB supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).
7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.
Decode / Encode h264 Decode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode
Decode AV1 No
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger ITX is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX 4GB is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
179 mm Length 165 mm
124 mm Height 125 mm
40 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 4

Additional data

Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger ITX was released in Q4/2021.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX 4GB published in Q1/2022 is manufactured with a structure width of 6 nanometers.
RX6600 CLI 8G Part-no AXRX 6500 XT 4GBD6-DH
Q4/2021 Release date Q1/2022
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)

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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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

View all Battlefield 5 benchmark results

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

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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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