MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING 8G
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G LHR


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING 8G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT (RDNA 2) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G LHR is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti LHR (Ampere) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

GPU

The MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING 8G has the Navi 23 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 2 architecture.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G LHR is based on the graphics chip GA104-202-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING 8G GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G LHR
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti LHR
Navi 23 XT GPU Chip GA104-202-A1
RDNA 2 Architecture Ampere
32 Streaming Multiprocessors 38
2048 Shader 4864
64 Render Output Units 80
128 Texture Units 152
32 Raytracing Cores 38

Memory

The graphics memory of the MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING 8G clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 16.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G LHR is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
256 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.968 GHz Base Clock 1.410 GHz
2.589 GHz Boost Clock 1.710 GHz
2.36 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.67 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING 8G is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 160 W.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G LHR has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 220 W.

160 W TDP 220 W
170 W TDP (up) 230 W
100 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING 8G is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G LHR has 2 Axial main fans that 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) 36 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING 8G.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G LHR supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING 8G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G LHR is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
MSI Mystic Light LED MSI Mystic Light

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
Decode AV1 Decode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING 8G is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 8 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G LHR needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

277 mm Length 278 mm
130 mm Height 131 mm
51 mm Width 51 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
882 g Weight 1007 g
PCIe 4.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING 8G has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q3/2021.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G LHR came on the market in Q2/2021 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no --
Q3/2021 Release date Q2/2021
379 $ (Reference) Launch Price 449 $
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)

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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

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)

MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING 8G MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR6
106 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G LHR MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G LHR
8 GB GDDR6
123 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING 8G MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR6
151 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G LHR MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G LHR
8 GB GDDR6
168 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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