MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G OC
vs
Sapphire Radeon RX 6600


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB (Turing) and has 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6600 (RDNA 2) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G OC has the TU106 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 is based on the graphics chip Navi 23 XL, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G OC GPU Sapphire Radeon RX 6600
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB Based on AMD Radeon RX 6600
TU106 GPU Chip Navi 23 XL
Turing Architecture RDNA 2
34 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
2176 Shader 1792
48 Render Output Units 64
136 Texture Units 112
34 Raytracing Cores 28

Memory

The graphics memory of the MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G OC clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
336 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.470 GHz Base Clock 1.626 GHz
1.680 GHz Boost Clock 2.491 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.04 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G OC is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 184 W.

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 132 W.

184 W TDP 132 W
-- TDP (up) 140 W
88 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G OC is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G OC.

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G OC it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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 VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G OC is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 8 Lanes interface.

231 mm Length 193 mm
128 mm Height 120 mm
42 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
706 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8

Additional data

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G OC has been manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers since Q4/2021.

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 came on the market in Q1/2022 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.

GPU - Monkey Part-no 11304-05-10G
Q4/2021 Release date Q1/2022
289 $ (Reference) Launch Price 329 $ (Reference)
12 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)

MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G OC MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G OC
12 GB GDDR6
27 fps (avg)
Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G OC MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G OC
12 GB GDDR6
35 fps (avg)
Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
31 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G OC MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G OC
12 GB GDDR6
49 fps (avg)
Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Radeon RX 6600
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)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
28 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Radeon RX 6600
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)

MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G OC MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G OC
12 GB GDDR6
46 fps (avg)
Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
44 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G OC MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G OC
12 GB GDDR6
87 fps (avg)
Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
98 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G OC MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G OC
12 GB GDDR6
126 fps (avg)
Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
127 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

Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
98120

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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