Sapphire Radeon RX 6600
vs
EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 and the EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6600 and has 1792 texture shaders and 28 execution units.

EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, which has 3584 shaders and 28 execution units.
Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 GPU EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming
AMD Radeon RX 6600 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Navi 23 XL GPU Chip GA106-300-A1
RDNA 2 Architecture Ampere
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
1792 Shader 3584
64 Render Output Units 48
112 Texture Units 112
28 Raytracing Cores 28

Memory

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming can access 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.875 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 15.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 360 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 clocks in the base with up to 1.626 GHz. The base frequency of the EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming is 1.320 GHz.

1.626 GHz Base Clock 1.320 GHz
2.491 GHz Boost Clock 1.882 GHz
2.04 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.78 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 is 132 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming has a TDP of 170 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

132 W TDP 170 W
140 W TDP (up) 180 W
100 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming has 2 Axial fans to 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) 36 dB

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 Radeon RX 6600.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
1x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming 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 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 Radeon RX 6600 is 193 mm long, 120 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming is 202 mm long, 110 mm high and 42 mm wide.

193 mm Length 202 mm
120 mm Height 110 mm
40 mm Width 42 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 was released in Q1/2022 at a price of 329 $ (Reference).

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming was introduced in Q1/2021 at a price of 499 $.

11304-05-10G Part-no 12G-P5-3657-KR
Q1/2022 Release date Q1/2021
329 $ (Reference) Launch Price 499 $
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 Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming
12 GB GDDR6
31 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
31 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming
12 GB GDDR6
37 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
50 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming
12 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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming
12 GB GDDR6
10 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
28 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming
12 GB GDDR6
25 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
64 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming
12 GB GDDR6
61 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 Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
44 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming
12 GB GDDR6
54 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
98 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming
12 GB GDDR6
99 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
127 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming
12 GB GDDR6
137 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

Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
98120

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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