GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming 6G vs ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger ITX 8GB. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming 6G and ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger ITX 8GB, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
• GPU Chip
  Navi 10 XLE Navi 23 XT
• Execution units
  36 32
• Shader
  2304 2048
• Render Output Units
  64 64
• Texture Units
  144 128

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  6 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  1.75 GHz 2 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  336 GB/s 256 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  192 bit 128 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming 6G and ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger ITX 8GB. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.130 GHz 1.968 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.560 GHz 2.589 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  1.375 GHz 2.359 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  160 W 160 W
• TDP (up)
  195 W --
• Tjunction max
  -- 110 °C
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 8-Pin 1 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming 6G and ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger ITX 8GB.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  3 x 80 mm 1 x 100 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  28 dB 0 dB / Silent
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Noise (Load)
  34 dB --

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.3 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.0b 1x HDMI v2.1
• DP Ports
  3x DP v1.4 2x DP v1.4
• DVI Ports
  -- --
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  -- --

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_2 12_2
• Raytracing
  Yes Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  No No
• LED
  GIGABYTE RGB Fusion Addressable LED

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No Decode

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Length
  280 mm 179 mm
• Height
  115 mm 124 mm
• Width
  50 mm 40 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- 510 g

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger ITX 8GB and GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming 6G.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 8
• Release date
  Q1/2020 Q3/2021
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  7 nm 7 nm
• Part-no
  GV-R56XTGAMING-6GD RX6600XT CLI 8G
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet