ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
vs
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 6600 XT OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 has 3584 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.47 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 10.54 TFLOPS.

The ASUS ROG Strix 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.

GPU

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 is equipped with a graphics chip of the GCN 5 architecture, which has 56 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 6600 XT OC is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 32 execution units.
ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 GPU ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 6600 XT OC
AMD RX Vega 56 Based on AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
Vega 10 XL GPU Chip Navi 23 XT
GCN 5 Architecture RDNA 2
56 Streaming Multiprocessors 32
3584 Shader 2048
64 Render Output Units 64
256 Texture Units 128
0 Raytracing Cores 32

Memory

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 is equipped with a 8 GB large HBM2 graphics memory, which is equipped with 0.800 GHz clocks.

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

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
HBM2 Memory Type GDDR6
0.800 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
1.6 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
410 GB/s Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
2048 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 has a turbo clock of 1.471 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 6600 XT OC is 2.607 GHz.

1.156 GHz Base Clock 2.000 GHz
1.471 GHz Boost Clock 2.607 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.45 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 has 2 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 ASUS ROG Strix 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.

210 W TDP 160 W
-- TDP (up) 175 W
100 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 are cooled with a Air cooling.

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

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 70 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
37 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
49 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version --.

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

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

Featureset

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

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

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED ASUS Aura Sync

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

Dimensions

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 6600 XT OC is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

280 mm Length 243 mm
127 mm Height 134 mm
40 mm Width 52 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1090 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8

Additional data

Manufactured using the 14 nanometer process, ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 was released in Q3/2017.

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

RXVEGA56-8G Part-no ROG-STRIX-RX6600XT-O8G-GAMING
Q3/2017 Release date Q3/2021
399 $ (Reference) Launch Price 379 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 7 nm
-- 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.

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)

ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
43 fps (avg)
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 6600 XT OC ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 6600 XT OC
8 GB GDDR6
52 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
80 fps (avg)
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 6600 XT OC ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 6600 XT OC
8 GB GDDR6
107 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
112 fps (avg)
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 6600 XT OC ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 6600 XT OC
8 GB GDDR6
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

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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