Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
vs
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6600 (RDNA 2) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB 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 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 has the Navi 23 XL graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 2 architecture.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB is based on the graphics chip GA106-150-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 GPU ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
AMD Radeon RX 6600 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
Navi 23 XL GPU Chip GA106-150-A1
RDNA 2 Architecture Ampere
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
1792 Shader 2560
64 Render Output Units 48
112 Texture Units 80
28 Raytracing Cores 20

Memory

The graphics memory of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
224 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.

1.626 GHz Base Clock 1.552 GHz
2.491 GHz Boost Clock 1.807 GHz
2.04 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.78 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 132 W.

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

132 W TDP 130 W
140 W TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 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 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB 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 v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASUS Dual 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
No LED lighting LED ASUS Aura Sync

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 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 8 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

193 mm Length 200 mm
120 mm Height 123 mm
40 mm Width 38 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
710 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q4/2021.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB came on the market in Q1/2022 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

11310-01-20G Part-no --
Q4/2021 Release date Q1/2022
329 $ (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)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
25 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
31 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
39 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
50 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
42 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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
5 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
28 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
18 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
64 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
45 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)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
44 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
39 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
98 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
73 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
127 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB ASUS Dual 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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