ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D vs Intel Arc A550M. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D and Intel Arc A550M, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 6600 -
• Execution Units
  28 2048
• GPU Chip
  Navi 23 XL DG2-512
• Render Output Units
  64 64
• Shader
  1792 -
• Texture Units
  112 128
• Architecture
  - Xe HPG / Generation 12.7
• L1 Cache
  - No
• L2 Cache
  - 8 MB
• RT Cores
  - 16

Video memory capacity, type, bus width and bandwidth describe different properties. These values alone do not determine graphics performance.

• Memory Bandwidth
  224 GB/s 224 GB/s
• Memory Bus
  128 bit -
• Memory Size
  8 GB 8 GB
• Memory Speed (legacy frequency label)
  1750 MHz -
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6
• Memory Clock
  - 1750 MHz
• Memory Data Rate
  - 14 Gbps

Published GPU clock frequencies describe different operating modes. Clock speed alone does not determine graphics performance.

• Base Clock
  1626 MHz 300 MHz
• Boost Clock
  2491 MHz 900 MHz
• Game Clock
  2044 MHz -
• Overclocking
  Yes -

Graphics card power limits and recommended system power supply describe different specifications.

• Maximum Junction Temperature
  110 °C -
• TDP
  132 W 60 W
• TDP (up)
  - -

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D and Intel Arc A550M.

• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling -
• Fan-Type
  Axial -
• Fan 1
  2 x 95 mm -
• Fan 2
  - -
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent -
• Noise (Load)
  - -

Connectivity and connections.

• DisplayPort Ports
  3 × DisplayPort 1.4 -
• DVI Ports
  - -
• HDCP Version
  2.3 -
• HDMI Ports
  1 × HDMI 2.1 -
• Max. Displays
  4 1
• PCIe Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
• Power Connectors
  1 x 8-Pin No
• USB-C Ports
  - -
• VGA Ports
  - -

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

• DirectX
  12_2 12.2
• DLSS / FSR
  No -
• LED
  No LED lighting -
• Max. resolution
  7680 × 4320 3840 × 2160
• Raytracing
  Yes -
• OpenCL
  - 3.0
• OpenGL
  - 4.6
• Shader Model
  - 6.6
• Vulkan
  - 1.3

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• AV1
  Decode -
• h264
  Decode / Encode -
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode -
• VP8
  Decode / Encode -
• VP9
  Decode / Encode -

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

• Height
  132 mm -
• Length
  269 mm -
• Slot Size
  2 PCIe-Slots IGP
• Weight
  627 g -
• Width
  41 mm -

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU Intel Arc A550M and ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D.

• Documents
  data sheet -
• Launch Price (historical)
  - -
• Part Number
  RX6600 CLD 8G -
• Process Technology
  7 nm 6 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2021 Q2/2022

• FP16 (theoretical)
  - 7.373 TFLOPS
• FP32 (theoretical)
  - 3.686 TFLOPS
• FP64 (theoretical)
  - 0.9216 TFLOPS
• Pixel Rate
  - 57.60 GPixel/s
• Texture Rate
  - 115.2 GTexel/s