MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G
vs
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT


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 SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT has 2048 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.59 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 10.63 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 SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 32 execution units.
MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G GPU SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
Navi 23 XT GPU Chip Navi 23 XT
RDNA 2 Architecture RDNA 2
32 Streaming Multiprocessors 32
2048 Shader 2048
64 Render Output Units 64
128 Texture Units 128
32 Raytracing Cores 32

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 SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

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

Clock Speeds

The MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G has a turbo clock of 2.607 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 1 %. The turbo frequency of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT is 2.593 GHz.

1.968 GHz Base Clock 1.968 GHz
2.607 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 1 % Boost Clock 2.593 GHz
2.43 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 3 % Avg (Game) Clock 2.38 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 1 %
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 SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.

160 W TDP 160 W
170 W TDP (up) 170 W
100 °C Tjunction max 100 °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 XT GAMING X 8G are cooled with a Air cooling.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT 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) --

Connectivity

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

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT 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 v1.4
-- 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 SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT 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 Addressable LED

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 / Encode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

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 SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT is 51 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

277 mm Length 240 mm
130 mm Height 120 mm
51 mm Width 45 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
882 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8

Additional data

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

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT published in Q3/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

-- Part-no 11309-03-20G
Q3/2021 Release date Q3/2021
379 $ (Reference) Launch Price 379 $ (Reference)
7 nm Structure size 7 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)
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
29 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)
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 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)
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
58 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.

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
30 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)
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
70 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)
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
52 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)
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
106 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)
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
151 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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