SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT
vs
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3050 8GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT and the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3050 8GB, 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.

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3050 8GB is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050, which has 2560 shaders and 20 execution units.
SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT GPU ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
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 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 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3050 8GB can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

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 SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT clocks in the base with up to 1.968 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3050 8GB is 1.552 GHz.

1.968 GHz Base Clock 1.552 GHz
2.607 GHz Boost Clock 1.807 GHz
2.43 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.78 GHz
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 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3050 8GB has a TDP of 130 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

160 W TDP 130 W
180 W TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 93 °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 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3050 8GB has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 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 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3050 8GB supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- 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 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3050 8GB is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

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

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3050 8GB is 300 mm long, 134 mm high and 54 mm wide.

240 mm Length 300 mm
119 mm Height 134 mm
45 mm Width 54 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

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

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3050 8GB was introduced in Q1/2022 at a price of 249 $ (Reference).

11309-01-20G 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)

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)

SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
107 fps (avg)
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3050 8GB ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
73 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
152 fps (avg)
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3050 8GB ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
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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