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MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G vs ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060

MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G
MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G 8 GB GDDR6 · 2.49 GHz · 132 W Speed index 7/100

The MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G has 1792 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.49 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 8.93 TFLOPS.

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GDDR6 · 1.81 GHz · 170 W Speed index 11/100

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 has 3584 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.81 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 12.93 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 is 45 % faster than the MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G.

MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8GASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
Speed index
7/100
11/100
FP32
8.93 TFLOPS
12.93 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.49 GHz
1.81 GHz
Memory Size
8 GB GDDR6
12 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
360 GB/s
TDP
132 W
170 W
Launch Price
329 $
329 $
216 pts
257 pts

GPU

GPUMSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8GASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
Based onAMD Radeon RX 6600NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
GPU ChipNavi 23 XLGA106-300-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors2828
Shader17923584
Render Output Units6448
Texture Units112112
Raytracing Cores2828
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The MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 28 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 28 execution units.

Memory

MemoryMSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8GASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
Memory Size8 GB12 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR6
Memory Clock1.750 GHz1.875 GHz
Memory Speed14.0 Gbps15.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth224 GB/s360 GB/s
Memory Interface128 bit192 bit
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The MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 has a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.875GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsMSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8GASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
Base Clock1.626 GHz1.320 GHz
Boost Clock2.491 GHz1.807 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock2.04 GHz1.78 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G has a turbo clock of 2.491 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 is 1.807 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignMSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8GASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
TDP132 W170 W
Tjunction max100 °C93 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 8-Pin1 x 8-Pin
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The MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G has 1 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 Dual GeForce RTX 3060 is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansMSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8GASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 12 x 90 mm2 x 100 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
Noise (Load)--35 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G are cooled with a Air cooling.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityMSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8GASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.11x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort3x DP 1.4a3x DP 1.4a
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The MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetMSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8GASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingYesYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsMSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8GASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8Decode / EncodeDecode
VP9Decode / EncodeDecode
AV1DecodeDecode
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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.

Dimensions

DimensionsMSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8GASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
Length238 mm200 mm
Height128 mm123 mm
Width39 mm38 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
Weight605 g--
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G is 39 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 is 39 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataMSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8GASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 8PCIe 4.0 x 16
Release dateQ4/2021Q1/2021
Launch Price329 $329 $
Structure size7 nm8 nm
Part-no--DUAL-RTX3060-12G
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G was released in Q4/2021.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 published in Q1/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

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 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 +7.0 %

  1. 3,792
  2. 4,059

Port Royal (Raytracing) ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 +30.8 %

  1. 3,907
  2. 5,110

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing) ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 +63.3 %

  1. 1,344
  2. 2,195

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) ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 +20.8 %

  1. 24 fps (avg)
  2. 29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 +16.1 %

  1. 31 fps (avg)
  2. 36 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 +12.0 %

  1. 50 fps (avg)
  2. 56 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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

  1. no data
  2. 9 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G +16.7 %

  1. 28 fps (avg)
  2. 24 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G +8.5 %

  1. 64 fps (avg)
  2. 59 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) ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 +18.2 %

  1. 44 fps (avg)
  2. 52 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G +3.2 %

  1. 98 fps (avg)
  2. 95 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 +3.9 %

  1. 127 fps (avg)
  2. 132 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 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 +27.1 %

  1. 71,285
  2. 90,577

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 +13.1 %

  1. 80,425
  2. 90,984

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. 98,120
  2. no data

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