MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor MK2 8G OC
vs
ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger D 8GB OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor MK2 8G OC and the ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger D 8GB OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor MK2 8G OC is based on the AMD Radeon RX 570 and has 2048 texture shaders and 32 execution units.

ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger D 8GB OC is based on AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT, which has 2048 shaders and 32 execution units.
MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor MK2 8G OC GPU ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger D 8GB OC
AMD Radeon RX 570 Based on AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
Polaris 20 XL GPU Chip Navi 23 XT
GCN 4 Architecture RDNA 2
32 Streaming Multiprocessors 32
2048 Shader 2048
32 Render Output Units 64
128 Texture Units 128
0 Raytracing Cores 32

Memory

The MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor MK2 8G OC has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger D 8GB OC can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor MK2 8G OC clocks in the base with up to 1.178 GHz. The base frequency of the ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger D 8GB OC is 2.000 GHz.

1.178 GHz Base Clock 2.000 GHz
1.281 GHz Boost Clock 2.593 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.38 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor MK2 8G OC is 150 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger D 8GB OC has a TDP of 160 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

150 W TDP 160 W
-- TDP (up) --
90 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor MK2 8G OC has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger D 8GB OC has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 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 MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor MK2 8G OC.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger D 8GB OC supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 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

The MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor MK2 8G OC supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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

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

Dimensions

The MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor MK2 8G OC is 270 mm long, 130 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger D 8GB OC is 269 mm long, 132 mm high and 41 mm wide.

270 mm Length 269 mm
130 mm Height 132 mm
40 mm Width 41 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
892 g Weight 640 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8

Additional data

The MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor MK2 8G OC was released in Q4/2017 at a price of 169 $.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger D 8GB OC was introduced in Q3/2021 at a price of 379 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no RX6600XT CLD 8GO
Q4/2017 Release date Q3/2021
169 $ 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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