MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G V1 vs AMD Radeon RX 590. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G V1 and AMD Radeon RX 590, chip, information processing units.

• 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

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G V1 and AMD Radeon RX 590. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.626 GHz 1.469 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.491 GHz 1.545 GHz

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

• TDP
  132 W 225 W

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

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU AMD Radeon RX 590 and MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G V1.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 8 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q4/2021 Q4/2018
• Structure size
  7 nm 14 nm