The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING OC 8GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB (Ampere) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 240 GB/s.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING OC 8GB is 45 % faster than the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600.
The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 has the Navi 23 XL graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 2 architecture.
The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING OC 8GB is based on the graphics chip GA106-302-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
Memory
Memory
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING OC 8GB
Memory Size
8 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
1.875 GHz
Memory Speed
14.0 Gbps
15.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
240 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
128 bit
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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 GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING OC 8GB is 15.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.875 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING OC 8GB
Base Clock
1.626 GHz
1.320 GHz
Boost Clock
2.491 GHz
1.807 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
2.04 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING OC 8GB
TDP
132 W
170 W
TDP (up)
140 W
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Tjunction max
100 °C
93 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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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 GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING OC 8GB has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 170 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING OC 8GB
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 90 mm
2 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.
The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING OC 8GB has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING OC 8GB
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
2x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
2x DP 1.4a
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600.
The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING OC 8GB supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING OC 8GB
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
Yes
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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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 GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING OC 8GB is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING OC 8GB
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode / Encode
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode
Decode
AV1
Decode
Decode
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING OC 8GB
Length
193 mm
198 mm
Height
120 mm
121 mm
Width
40 mm
39 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
Weight
710 g
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SFF-Ready
No
No
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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 GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING OC 8GB needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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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