ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger D 8GB OC
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger D 8GB OC and the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger D 8GB OC is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT and has 2048 texture shaders and 32 execution units.

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, which has 3584 shaders and 28 execution units.
ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger D 8GB OC GPU GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Navi 23 XT GPU Chip GA106-300-A1
RDNA 2 Architecture Ampere
32 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
2048 Shader 3584
64 Render Output Units 48
128 Texture Units 112
32 Raytracing Cores 28

Memory

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

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G can access 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.875 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 15.0 Gbps
256 GB/s Memory bandwidth 360 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger D 8GB OC clocks in the base with up to 2.000 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G is 1.320 GHz.

2.000 GHz Base Clock 1.320 GHz
2.593 GHz Boost Clock 1.777 GHz
2.38 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G has a TDP of 170 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

160 W TDP 170 W
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger D 8GB OC has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 35 dB

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 ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger D 8GB OC.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger D 8GB OC supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Addressable LED LED GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

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 Decode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger D 8GB OC is 269 mm long, 132 mm high and 41 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G is 242 mm long, 124 mm high and 41 mm wide.

269 mm Length 242 mm
132 mm Height 124 mm
41 mm Width 41 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
640 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger D 8GB OC was released in Q3/2021 at a price of 379 $ (Reference).

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G was introduced in Q1/2021 at a price of 389 $.

RX6600XT CLD 8GO Part-no GV-N3060EAGLE-12GD
Q3/2021 Release date Q1/2021
379 $ (Reference) Launch Price 389 $
7 nm Structure size 8 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

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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