MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G has 2048 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.61 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 10.68 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G has 3584 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.84 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 13.15 TFLOPS.

GPU

The MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 32 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 28 execution units.
MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Navi 23 XT GPU Chip GA106-300-A1
RDNA 2 Architecture Ampere
32 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
2048 Shader 3584
64 Render Output Units 48
128 Texture Units 112
32 Raytracing Cores 28

Memory

The MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G has a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.875GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.875 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 15.0 Gbps
256 GB/s Memory bandwidth 360 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G has a turbo clock of 2.607 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G is 1.837 GHz.

1.968 GHz Base Clock 1.320 GHz
2.607 GHz Boost Clock 1.837 GHz
2.43 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.78 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 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 MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

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

Cooler & Fans

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

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G is cooled by a Air cooling.

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

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

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G 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 v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

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

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G 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
MSI Mystic Light LED MSI Mystic Light

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 XT GAMING X 8G is 51 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G is 51 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

277 mm Length 276 mm
130 mm Height 131 mm
51 mm Width 51 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
882 g Weight 996 g
PCIe 4.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G was released in Q3/2021.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G published in Q1/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

-- Part-no --
Q3/2021 Release date Q1/2021
379 $ (Reference) Launch Price 459 $
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 XT GAMING X 8G MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G
12 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
36 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G
12 GB GDDR6
36 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
58 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G
12 GB GDDR6
57 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)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G
12 GB GDDR6
9 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G
12 GB GDDR6
25 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
70 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G
12 GB GDDR6
60 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 XT GAMING X 8G MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
52 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G
12 GB GDDR6
53 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
107 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G
12 GB GDDR6
97 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
152 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G
12 GB GDDR6
134 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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