MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1 vs ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger D 8GB OC. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1 and ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger D 8GB OC, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
• GPU Chip
  GP106-300-A1 Navi 23 XT
• Execution units
  9 32
• Shader
  1152 2048
• Render Output Units
  48 64
• Texture Units
  72 128

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

• Memory Size
  3 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  2.002 GHz 2 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  192 GB/s 256 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  192 bit 128 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1 and ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger D 8GB OC. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.544 GHz+ 3 % 2.000 GHz+ 2 %
• Boost Clock
  1.759 GHz+ 3 % 2.593 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.382 GHz+ 1 %
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

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

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1 and ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger D 8GB OC.

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

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.2 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  2x HDMI v2.0b 1x HDMI v2.1
• DP Ports
  2x DP v1.4 3x DP v1.4
• DVI Ports
  1 --
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  -- --

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

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_1 12_2
• Raytracing
  No Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  No No
• LED
  No LED lighting Addressable LED

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

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

• Length
  275 mm 269 mm
• Height
  137 mm 132 mm
• Width
  41 mm 41 mm
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  689 g 640 g

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger D 8GB OC and MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 8
• Release date
  Q3/2016 Q3/2021
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  16 nm 7 nm
• Part-no
  -- RX6600XT CLD 8GO
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet