Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 vs ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 and ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 580 AMD Radeon RX 6600
• GPU Chip
  Polaris 20 XT Navi 23 XL
• Execution units
  36 28
• Shader
  2304 1792
• Render Output Units
  32 64
• Texture Units
  144 112

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

• Memory Size
  8 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  2 GHz 1.75 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  256 GB/s 224 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 128 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 and ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.257 GHz 1.626 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.366 GHz+ 2 % 2.491 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.044 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  185 W 132 W
• TDP (up)
  225 W --
• Tjunction max
  -- 110 °C
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 8-Pin 1 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 and ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  2 x 95 mm 2 x 95 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  -- 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 12_2
• Raytracing
  No Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  No No
• LED
  No LED lighting No LED lighting

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode 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
  230 mm 269 mm
• Height
  125 mm 132 mm
• Width
  40 mm 41 mm
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- 627 g

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D and Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 8
• Release date
  Q4/2017 Q4/2021
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  14 nm 7 nm
• Part-no
  11265-05 RX6600 CLD 8G
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet