ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming
vs
ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger Pro 8GB OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming is based on the AMD RX Vega 56 (GCN 5) and has 8 GB HBM2 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 410 GB/s.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger Pro 8GB OC is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT (RDNA 2) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

GPU

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming has the Vega 10 XL graphics chip installed, which is based on the GCN 5 architecture.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger Pro 8GB OC is based on the graphics chip Navi 23 XT, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming GPU ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger Pro 8GB 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 graphics memory of the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming clocks at 0.800 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 1.6 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger Pro 8GB OC is 16.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

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

1.297 GHz Base Clock 2.033 GHz
1.573 GHz Boost Clock 2.602 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.41 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 300 W.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger Pro 8GB OC has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 160 W.

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

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger Pro 8GB OC has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger Pro 8GB OC supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
-- HDCP-Version 2.3
2x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
2x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger Pro 8GB OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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
No AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger Pro 8GB OC needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 8 Lanes interface.

298 mm Length 303 mm
139 mm Height 131 mm
53 mm Width 45 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 834 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8

Additional data

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q3/2017.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger Pro 8GB OC came on the market in Q3/2021 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.

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

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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