GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 EAGLE 8G
vs
MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor MK2 8G OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 EAGLE 8G and the MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor MK2 8G OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 EAGLE 8G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6600 and has 1792 texture shaders and 28 execution units.

MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor MK2 8G OC is based on AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU), which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 EAGLE 8G GPU MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor MK2 8G OC
AMD Radeon RX 6600 Based on AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU)
Navi 23 XL GPU Chip Polaris 20 XT
RDNA 2 Architecture GCN 4
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
1792 Shader 2304
64 Render Output Units 32
112 Texture Units 144
28 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 EAGLE 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor MK2 8G OC can access 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 EAGLE 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.626 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor MK2 8G OC is 1.257 GHz.

1.626 GHz Base Clock 1.257 GHz
2.491 GHz Boost Clock 1.380 GHz
2.04 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 EAGLE 8G is 132 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor MK2 8G OC has a TDP of 185 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

132 W TDP 185 W
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 EAGLE 8G has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor MK2 8G OC has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 80 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
37 dB Noise (Load) --

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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 EAGLE 8G.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor MK2 8G OC supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.2
2x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.0b
2x DP v1.4a DP Ports 2x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 EAGLE 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor MK2 8G OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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 No
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 EAGLE 8G is 282 mm long, 113 mm high and 41 mm wide.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor MK2 8G OC is 270 mm long, 130 mm high and 40 mm wide.

282 mm Length 270 mm
113 mm Height 130 mm
41 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 892 g
PCIe 4.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 EAGLE 8G was released in Q4/2021 at a price of 329 $ (Reference).

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor MK2 8G OC was introduced in Q3/2018 at a price of 229 $.

GV-R66EAGLE-8GD Part-no --
Q4/2021 Release date Q3/2018
329 $ (Reference) Launch Price 229 $
7 nm Structure size 14 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)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 EAGLE 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 EAGLE 8G
8 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 EAGLE 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 EAGLE 8G
8 GB GDDR6
31 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 EAGLE 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 EAGLE 8G
8 GB GDDR6
50 fps (avg)

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)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 EAGLE 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 EAGLE 8G
8 GB GDDR6
28 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 EAGLE 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 EAGLE 8G
8 GB GDDR6
64 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)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 EAGLE 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 EAGLE 8G
8 GB GDDR6
44 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor MK2 8G OC MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor MK2 8G OC
8 GB GDDR5
31 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 EAGLE 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 EAGLE 8G
8 GB GDDR6
98 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor MK2 8G OC MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor MK2 8G OC
8 GB GDDR5
60 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 EAGLE 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 EAGLE 8G
8 GB GDDR6
127 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor MK2 8G OC MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor MK2 8G OC
8 GB GDDR5
86 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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