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ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G vs ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC

ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G
ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G 8 GB GDDR5 · 1.36 GHz · 185 W Speed index 5/100

The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G has 2304 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.36 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 5.68 TFLOPS.

ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC
ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC 8 GB GDDR6 · 2.61 GHz · 160 W Speed index 9/100

The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC has 2048 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.61 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 10.68 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC is 88 % faster than the ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G.

ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8GASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC
Speed index
5/100
9/100
FP32
5.68 TFLOPS
10.68 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.36 GHz
2.61 GHz
Memory Size
8 GB GDDR5
8 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
256 GB/s
256 GB/s
TDP
185 W
160 W
Launch Price
229 $
379 $

GPU

GPUASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8GASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC
Based onAMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU)AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
GPU ChipPolaris 20 XTNavi 23 XT
Streaming Multiprocessors3632
Shader23042048
Render Output Units3264
Texture Units144128
Raytracing Cores--32
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The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G is equipped with a graphics chip of the GCN 4 architecture, which has 36 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 32 execution units.

Memory

MemoryASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8GASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC
Memory Size8 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR6
Memory Clock2.000 GHz2.000 GHz
Memory Speed8.0 Gbps16.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth256 GB/s256 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit128 bit
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The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8GASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC
Base Clock1.257 GHz2.000 GHz
Boost Clock1.360 GHz2.607 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock1.34 GHz2.40 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G has a turbo clock of 1.360 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC is 2.607 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8GASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC
TDP185 W160 W
Tjunction max90 °C100 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 8-Pin1 x 8-Pin
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The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G 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 90 °C.

The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8GASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 12 x 100 mm2 x 100 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G are cooled with a Air cooling.

The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8GASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.3
HDMI2x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort2x DP 1.43x DP 1.4a
DVI1--
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The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8GASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX1212_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingNoYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingASUS Aura Sync
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The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12.

The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8GASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode / Encode
VP9DecodeDecode / Encode
AV1NoDecode
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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.

Dimensions

DimensionsASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8GASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC
Length242 mm243 mm
Height129 mm134 mm
Width38 mm49 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots3 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G is 38 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC is 38 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8GASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 8
Release dateQ4/2017Q3/2021
Launch Price229 $379 $
Structure size14 nm7 nm
Part-noDUAL-RX580-8G--
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 14 nanometer process, ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G was released in Q4/2017.

The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC published in Q3/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

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 ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC +123.2 %

  1. 1,972
  2. 4,402

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 4,564

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 1,588

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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  2. 29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

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  2. 36 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 58 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) ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC +73.3 %

  1. 30 fps (avg)
  2. 52 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC +81.4 %

  1. 59 fps (avg)
  2. 107 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC +81.0 %

  1. 84 fps (avg)
  2. 152 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 ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC +90.1 %

  1. 43,000
  2. 81,738

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC +128.2 %

  1. 40,241
  2. 91,849

Geekbench 6 - Metal ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 XT OC +155.7 %

  1. 42,492
  2. 108,638

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