In the gpu comparison between the SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT and the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 is 1.4 % faster than the SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT.
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.
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 is based on AMD RX Vega 56, which has 3584 shaders and 56 execution units.
Memory
Memory
SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56
Memory Size
8 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
HBM2
Memory Clock
2.000 GHz
0.800 GHz
Memory Speed
16.0 Gbps
1.6 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
256 GB/s
410 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
2,048 bit
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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 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 can access 8 GB HBM2 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 410 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56
Base Clock
1.968 GHz
1.208 GHz
Boost Clock
2.607 GHz
1.512 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
2.43 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT clocks in the base with up to 1.968 GHz. The base frequency of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 is 1.208 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56
TDP
160 W
280 W
TDP (up)
180 W
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Tjunction max
100 °C
100 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
2 x 8-Pin
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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 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 has a TDP of 280 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 100 mm
2 x 100 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
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The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT has a total of 2 Axial fans.
The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
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HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4
3x DP 1.4
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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 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_1
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
Addressable LED
No LED lighting
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The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode / Encode
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
AV1
Decode
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56
Length
240 mm
282 mm
Height
119 mm
125 mm
Width
45 mm
50 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
3 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT is 240 mm long, 119 mm high and 45 mm wide.
The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 is 282 mm long, 125 mm high and 50 mm wide.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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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.
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.
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.
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