MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G
vs
EVGA GeForce RTX 3050 XC GAMING


GPU comparison with benchmarks

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.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3050 XC GAMING has 2560 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.85 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 9.45 TFLOPS.

GPU

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 EVGA GeForce RTX 3050 XC GAMING is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 20 execution units.
MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G GPU EVGA GeForce RTX 3050 XC GAMING
AMD Radeon RX 6600 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
Navi 23 XL GPU Chip GA106-150-A1
RDNA 2 Architecture Ampere
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
1792 Shader 2560
64 Render Output Units 48
112 Texture Units 80
28 Raytracing Cores 20

Memory

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 EVGA GeForce RTX 3050 XC GAMING has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

8 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
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G has a turbo clock of 2.491 GHz. The turbo frequency of the EVGA GeForce RTX 3050 XC GAMING is 1.845 GHz.

1.626 GHz Base Clock 1.552 GHz
2.491 GHz Boost Clock 1.845 GHz
2.04 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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 EVGA GeForce RTX 3050 XC GAMING 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.

132 W TDP 130 W
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G are cooled with a Air cooling.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3050 XC GAMING is cooled by a Air cooling.

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

The MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3050 XC GAMING supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3050 XC GAMING supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

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

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.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 Decode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

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 EVGA GeForce RTX 3050 XC GAMING is 39 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

238 mm Length 202 mm
128 mm Height 110 mm
39 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
605 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G was released in Q4/2021.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3050 XC GAMING published in Q1/2022 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

-- Part-no 08G-P5-3553-KR
Q4/2021 Release date Q1/2022
329 $ (Reference) Launch Price 249 $ (Reference)
7 nm Structure size 8 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 Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G
8 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3050 XC GAMING EVGA GeForce RTX 3050 XC GAMING
8 GB GDDR6
26 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G
8 GB GDDR6
31 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3050 XC GAMING EVGA GeForce RTX 3050 XC GAMING
8 GB GDDR6
39 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G
8 GB GDDR6
50 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3050 XC GAMING EVGA GeForce RTX 3050 XC GAMING
8 GB GDDR6
43 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)

EVGA GeForce RTX 3050 XC GAMING EVGA GeForce RTX 3050 XC GAMING
8 GB GDDR6
5 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G
8 GB GDDR6
28 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3050 XC GAMING EVGA GeForce RTX 3050 XC GAMING
8 GB GDDR6
19 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G
8 GB GDDR6
64 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3050 XC GAMING EVGA GeForce RTX 3050 XC GAMING
8 GB GDDR6
46 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 Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G
8 GB GDDR6
44 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3050 XC GAMING EVGA GeForce RTX 3050 XC GAMING
8 GB GDDR6
39 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G
8 GB GDDR6
98 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3050 XC GAMING EVGA GeForce RTX 3050 XC GAMING
8 GB GDDR6
75 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G
8 GB GDDR6
127 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3050 XC GAMING EVGA GeForce RTX 3050 XC GAMING
8 GB GDDR6
103 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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