Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 vs GIGABYTE Radeon RX 590 Gaming 8G. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 and GIGABYTE Radeon RX 590 Gaming 8G, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 6600 AMD Radeon RX 590
• GPU Chip
  Navi 23 XL Polaris 30
• Execution units
  28 36
• Shader
  1792 2304
• Render Output Units
  64 32
• Texture Units
  112 144

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

• Memory Size
  8 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR5
• Memory Speed
  1.75 GHz 2 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  224 GB/s 256 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  128 bit 256 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 and GIGABYTE Radeon RX 590 Gaming 8G. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.626 GHz 1.469 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.491 GHz 1.560 GHz+ 1 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.044 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  132 W 225 W
• TDP (up)
  140 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 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 and GIGABYTE Radeon RX 590 Gaming 8G.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  2 x 90 mm 2 x 90 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent --
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Noise (Load)
  -- --

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.3 2.2
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.1 1x HDMI v2.0b
• DP Ports
  3x DP v1.4a 3x 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
• Raytracing
  Yes No
• DLSS / FSR
  No No
• LED
  No LED lighting No LED lighting

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

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

• Length
  193 mm 232 mm
• Height
  120 mm 116 mm
• Width
  40 mm 36 mm
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  710 g --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU GIGABYTE Radeon RX 590 Gaming 8G and Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 8 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q4/2021 Q4/2018
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  7 nm 14 nm
• Part-no
  11310-01-20G GV-RX590GAMING-8GD
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet