MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G OC vs ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Phantom Gaming D 8GB OC

Comparison of GPU cores for MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G OC and ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Phantom Gaming D 8GB OC 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.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 570 AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
• GPU Chip
  Polaris 20 XL Navi 23 XT
• Execution units
  32 32
• Shader
  2048 2048
• Render Output Units
  32 64
• Texture Units
  128 128

The values comparison for the amount, type and speed of memory, along with the bandwidth in the MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G OC and ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Phantom Gaming D 8GB OC 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 8 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  1.75 GHz 2 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  224 GB/s 256 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 128 bit

Let's compare the base and maximum frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G OC and ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Phantom Gaming D 8GB OC 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
  1.178 GHz+ 1 % 2.064 GHz+ 5 %
• Boost Clock
  1.268 GHz+ 2 % 2.607 GHz+ 1 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.428 GHz+ 3 %
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Comparison of the thermal design power of the MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G OC and ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Phantom Gaming D 8GB OC 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
  150 W 160 W
• Tjunction max
  -- 110 °C
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 8-Pin 1 x 8-Pin

Here we are going to look at the types of cooling systems for MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G OC and ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Phantom Gaming D 8GB OC as well as their sizes and performance. As a rule, fans with larger diameters have an advantage because they can move the same volumes of air while rotating more slowly than smaller fans. It should be noted that liquid cooling systems in addition to fans and aluminum radiators need some kind of pump, which can also be noisy.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  2 x 90 mm 3 x 90 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent

Number and types of sockets for video output and connection in MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G OC and ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Phantom Gaming D 8GB OC GPUs.

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

In this section, we'll explore what functions the MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G OC and ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Phantom Gaming D 8GB OC 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
  5120x2880 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12 12_2
• Raytracing
  No Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  No No
• LED
  No LED lighting Addressable LED

Let's compare how MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G OC and ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Phantom Gaming D 8GB OC 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 Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No Decode

The comparison of the MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G OC and ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Phantom Gaming D 8GB OC graphics cards dimensions. With knowledge of the exact measurements of the graphics card, you can check whether it is possible to put it in the case of your PC. We have also added support for PCI Express bus.

• Length
  246 mm 305 mm
• Height
  130 mm 131 mm
• Width
  39 mm 48 mm
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  622 g 894 g

Here you can find information about the type (for desktops or laptops) and architecture of MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G OC and ASRock Radeon RX 6600 XT Phantom Gaming D 8GB OC, 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 3.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 8
• Release date
  Q4/2017 Q3/2021
• Structure size
  14 nm 7 nm
• Part-no
  -- RX6600XT PGD 8GO
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet