MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G V1 vs Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G

GPU comparison with benchmarks In the gpu comparison between the MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G V1 and the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU The MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G V1 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6600 and has 1792 texture shaders and 28 execution units. Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G is based on AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT, which has 1408 shaders and 22 execution units.
MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G V1	GPU	Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G
AMD Radeon RX 6600	Based on	AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
Navi 23 XL	GPU Chip	Navi 14 XTX
RDNA 2	Architecture	RDNA 1
28	Streaming Multiprocessors	22
1792	Shader	1408
64	Render Output Units	32
112	Texture Units	88
28	Raytracing Cores	0

Memory The MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G V1 has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s. The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.
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 V1 clocks in the base with up to 1.626 GHz. The base frequency of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G is 1.607 GHz.
1.626 GHz	Base Clock	1.607 GHz
2.491 GHz	Boost Clock	1.845 GHz
2.04 GHz	Avg (Game) Clock	1.74 GHz
Yes	Overclocking	Yes

Thermal Design The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G V1 is 132 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector. The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G has a TDP of 135 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
132 W	TDP	135 W
--	TDP (up)	--
100 °C	Tjunction max	95 °C
1 x 8-Pin	PCIe-Power	1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans The MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G V1 has a total of 2 Axial fans. The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Axial	Fan-Type	Axial
2 x 90 mm	Fan 1	2 x 95 mm
--	Fan 2	--
Air cooling	Cooler-Type	Air cooling
0 dB	Noise (Idle)	0 dB
--	Noise (Load)	41 dB

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 6600 ARMOR 8G V1. The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G supports a maximum of 4 screens.
4	Max. Displays	4
2.3	HDCP-Version	2.3
1x HDMI v2.1	HDMI Ports	1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4a	DP Ports	3x DP v1.4
--	DVI Ports	--
--	VGA Ports	--
--	USB-C Ports	--

Featureset The MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G V1 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels. The maximum resolution of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.
7680x4320	Max. resolution	7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate)	DirectX	12_1
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 / Encode

Dimensions The MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G V1 is 238 mm long, 128 mm high and 39 mm wide. The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G is 233 mm long, 122 mm high and 40 mm wide.
238 mm	Length	233 mm
128 mm	Height	122 mm
39 mm	Width	40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots	Width (Slots)	2 PCIe-Slots
621 g	Weight	--
PCIe 4.0 x 8	GPU Interface	PCIe 4.0 x 8

Additional data The MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G V1 was released in Q4/2021 at a price of 329 $ (Reference). The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G was introduced in Q3/2019 at a price of 169 $ (Reference).
--	Part-no	11295-01-20G
Q4/2021	Release date	Q3/2019
329 $ (Reference)	Launch Price	169 $ (Reference)
7 nm	Structure size	7 nm
data sheet	Documents	data sheet

MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G V1
1.626 GHz, 8 GB (132 W TDP)

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Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G
1.607 GHz, 8 GB (135 W TDP)

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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


	MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G V1 8 GB GDDR6	3792
	Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G 8 GB GDDR6	2189

Port Royal (Raytracing)


	MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G V1 8 GB GDDR6	3907

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)


	MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G V1 8 GB GDDR6	1344

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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 V1 8 GB GDDR6	24 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G V1 8 GB GDDR6	31 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G V1 8 GB GDDR6	50 fps (avg)

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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)


	MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G V1 8 GB GDDR6	28 fps (avg)
	Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G 8 GB GDDR6	20 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G V1 8 GB GDDR6	64 fps (avg)
	Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G 8 GB GDDR6	38 fps (avg)

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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


	MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G V1 8 GB GDDR6	71285
	Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G 8 GB GDDR6	46596

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan


	MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G V1 8 GB GDDR6	80425
	Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G 8 GB GDDR6	42867

Geekbench 6 - Metal


	MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G V1 8 GB GDDR6	98120
	Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G 8 GB GDDR6	55217

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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)


	MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G V1 8 GB GDDR6	8.93
	Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G 8 GB GDDR6	5.2

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MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G V1
vs
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G

GPU comparison with benchmarks

GPU

Memory

Clock Speeds

Thermal Design

Cooler & Fans

Connectivity

Featureset

Supported Video Codecs

Dimensions

Additional data

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