ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger Pro 8GB OC vs AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

Comparison of GPU cores for ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger Pro 8GB OC and AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT graphics cards. The GPU core data contains the number of blocks (in the AMD documentation these blocks are called Shader Engine (SE), while Nvidia calls them Graphics Processing Clusters (GPC), words are different, the essence is the same) and ROP/TMUs (Raster Processing Units). These characteristics have a great influence on the GPU computing power.

• GPU Chip
  Navi 23 XT Navi 10 XLE
• Execution units
  32 36
• Shader
  2048 2304
• Render Output Units
  64 64
• Texture Units
  128 144

The values comparison for the amount, type and speed of memory, along with the bandwidth in the ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger Pro 8GB OC and AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT GPUs. A sufficiently large amount of graphics memory with high frequency and adequate bandwidth positively affects the speed of high resolution texture processing.

• Memory Size
  8 GB 6 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  2 GHz 12 Gbps
• Memory Bandwith
  256 GB/s 288 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  128 bit 192 bit

Let's compare the base and maximum frequency of the ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger Pro 8GB OC and AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT graphics cards. These values are not displayed in the BIOS, but can be viewed with the help of diagnostic utilities such as GPU-Z or Everest.

• Base Clock
  2.033 GHz+ 3 % 1.130 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.602 GHz+ 1 % 1.560 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.413 GHz+ 2 % 1.375 GHz

Comparison of the thermal design power of the ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger Pro 8GB OC and AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT GPUs. The TDP number determines the maximum power consumption of your graphics card. The specifications for computer ventilation and power supply are often based on the TDP numbers and should be optimized for it.

• TDP
  160 W 160 W

In this section, we'll explore what functions the ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger Pro 8GB OC and AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT GPUs have. In addition, we have added ray tracing support to achieve the proper simulation of light rays and shadows. The list can vary slightly depending on the manufacturer.

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_2 12_2 (Ultimate)
• Raytracing
  Yes No
• DLSS / FSR
  No Yes

Let's compare how ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger Pro 8GB OC and AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT support popular codecs h264, VP8, h265 / HEVC, VP9 and AV1. The availability of such video codecs helps reduce the load on the graphics card during the playback or creation of videos. This has a positive effect on reducing power consumption and heat generation by the GPU.

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

Here you can find information about the type (for desktops or laptops) and architecture of ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger Pro 8GB OC and AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT, along with the sales starting time and the price at that moment. We provide a link to the GPU specifications directly from its manufacturer.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 8 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q3/2021 Q2/2020
• Structure size
  7 nm 7 nm