ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D vs MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING Z Trio 12G. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D and MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING Z Trio 12G, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 6600 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
• GPU Chip
  Navi 23 XL GA106-300-A1
• Execution units
  28 28
• Shader
  1792 3584
• Render Output Units
  64 64
• Texture Units
  112 112

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

• Memory Size
  8 GB 12 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  1.75 GHz 2 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  224 GB/s 384 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  128 bit 192 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D and MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING Z Trio 12G. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.626 GHz 1.320 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.491 GHz 1.867 GHz+ 5 %
• 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 170 W
• TDP (up)
  -- 180 W+ 6 %
• Tjunction max
  110 °C --
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 8-Pin 2 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D and MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING Z Trio 12G.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  2 x 95 mm 3 x 95 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Noise (Load)
  -- --

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.3 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.1 1x HDMI v2.1
• DP Ports
  3x DP v1.4 3x DP v1.4a
• 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 Yes
• LED
  No LED lighting MSI Mystic Light

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 Decode

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

• Length
  269 mm 323 mm
• Height
  132 mm 140 mm
• Width
  41 mm 57 mm
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  627 g 1460 g

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING Z Trio 12G and ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 8 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q4/2021 Q3/2021
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  7 nm 8 nm
• Part-no
  RX6600 CLD 8G --
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet