MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT MECH 2X 8G OCV1
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT MECH 2X 8G OCV1 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 3050 GAMING 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Ampere) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

GPU

The MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT MECH 2X 8G OCV1 has the Navi 23 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 2 architecture.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING 8G is based on the graphics chip GA106-150-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT MECH 2X 8G OCV1 GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING 8G
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
Navi 23 XT GPU Chip GA106-150-A1
RDNA 2 Architecture Ampere
32 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
2048 Shader 2560
64 Render Output Units 48
128 Texture Units 80
32 Raytracing Cores 20

Memory

The graphics memory of the MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT MECH 2X 8G OCV1 clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 16.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING 8G 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 224 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.968 GHz Base Clock 1.552 GHz
2.602 GHz Boost Clock 1.807 GHz
2.41 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT MECH 2X 8G OCV1 is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 160 W.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING 8G has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 130 W.

160 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 MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT MECH 2X 8G OCV1 is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING 8G has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT MECH 2X 8G OCV1.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING 8G 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 MECH 2X 8G OCV1 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 3050 GAMING 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting 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 MECH 2X 8G OCV1 is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 8 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING 8G needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

215 mm Length 278 mm
128 mm Height 130 mm
42 mm Width 49 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
728 g Weight 939 g
PCIe 4.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT MECH 2X 8G OCV1 has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q3/2021.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING 8G came on the market in Q1/2022 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no --
Q3/2021 Release date Q1/2022
379 $ (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)

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)

MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR6
5 fps (avg)

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 MECH 2X 8G OCV1 MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT MECH 2X 8G OCV1
8 GB GDDR6
106 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR6
73 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT MECH 2X 8G OCV1 MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT MECH 2X 8G OCV1
8 GB GDDR6
152 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR6
101 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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