SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT
vs
ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger D 8GB OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT and the ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger D 8GB OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT and has 2048 texture shaders and 32 execution units.

ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger D 8GB OC is based on AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT, which has 2048 shaders and 32 execution units.
SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT GPU ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger D 8GB OC
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 SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger D 8GB OC can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

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 SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT clocks in the base with up to 1.968 GHz. The base frequency of the ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger D 8GB OC is 2.000 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 2 %.

1.968 GHz Base Clock 2.000 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 2 %
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 TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT is 160 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger D 8GB OC has a TDP of 160 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

160 W TDP 160 W
180 W TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger D 8GB OC has 2 Axial fans to 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) --

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 SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger D 8GB OC supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger D 8GB OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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

Dimensions

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT is 240 mm long, 119 mm high and 45 mm wide.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger D 8GB OC is 269 mm long, 132 mm high and 41 mm wide.

240 mm Length 269 mm
119 mm Height 132 mm
45 mm Width 41 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 640 g
PCIe 4.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8

Additional data

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT was released in Q3/2021 at a price of 379 $ (Reference).

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger D 8GB OC was introduced in Q3/2021 at a price of 379 $ (Reference).

11309-01-20G Part-no RX6600XT CLD 8GO
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)

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.

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)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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