Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
vs
SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT


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 SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT (RDNA 2) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 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 SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT is based on the graphics chip Navi 23 XT, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 GPU SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT
AMD Radeon RX 6600 Based on AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
Navi 23 XL GPU Chip Navi 23 XT
RDNA 2 Architecture RDNA 2
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 32
1792 Shader 2048
64 Render Output Units 64
112 Texture Units 128
28 Raytracing Cores 32

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 SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT is 16.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 256 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 1.968 GHz
2.491 GHz Boost Clock 2.607 GHz
2.04 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.43 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 SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 160 W.

132 W TDP 160 W
140 W TDP (up) 180 W
100 °C Tjunction max 100 °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 SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 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 SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT 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 v1.4
-- 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 SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT 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 Addressable LED

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 / Encode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

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 SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 8 Lanes interface.

193 mm Length 240 mm
120 mm Height 119 mm
40 mm Width 45 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
710 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8

Additional data

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

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT came on the market in Q3/2021 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.

11310-01-20G Part-no 11309-01-20G
Q4/2021 Release date Q3/2021
329 $ (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)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)
SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
31 fps (avg)
SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
36 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
50 fps (avg)
SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
58 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.

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
28 fps (avg)
SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
64 fps (avg)
SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
70 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)
SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
52 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
98 fps (avg)
SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
107 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
127 fps (avg)
SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
152 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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