AMD Radeon RX 6600 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050

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Radeon RX 6600 compared with GeForce RTX 3050

	AMDRadeon RX 6600	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 3050
Overview
Released
Released	October 2021	January 2022
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	AMD	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	RDNA 2	Ampere
Shader cores
Shader cores	1,792	2,560 or 2,304
Boost clock
Boost clock	2,491 MHz	1,780 MHz or 1,470 MHz
Architecture
Architecture	AMD GPU specification baseline with 28 compute units, 64 ROPs and 112 texture units. Photo shows MSI's stock-clock MECH 2X 8G partner card.	NVIDIA reference GPU figures; photo shows PNY's stock-clock 8 GB VERTO Dual Fan partner card. The 6 GB revision went on sale on 2 February 2024. NVIDIA also lists different OEM clocks and core counts; a complete independent OEM specification is not published here.
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	28 ray accelerators	Second-generation RT Cores
AI cores
AI cores	–	Third-generation Tensor Cores
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution	NVIDIA DLSS upscaling
Base clock
Base clock	AMD publishes a 2,044 MHz game clock; the 2,491 MHz boost is the maximum frequency for burst workloads	Original 8 GB is 1.55 GHz and 6 GB is 1.04 GHz on NVIDIA's rounded table; PNY specifies 1,552 MHz and 1,042 MHz respectively. NVIDIA rounds the original boost to 1.78 GHz; PNY gives 1,777 MHz.
Cache
Cache	32 MB Infinity Cache	–
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	8 GB GDDR6	8 GB GDDR6 or 6 GB GDDR6
Memory bus
Memory bus	128-bit	128-bit or 96-bit
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	224 GB/s or –
Memory detail
Memory detail	14 Gbps GDDR6; 224 GB/s bandwidth	PNY specifies 14 Gbps GDDR6 for both capacities. Its original 8 GB page publishes 224 GB/sec bandwidth; the 6 GB PDF labels its bandwidth figure as Gbps, so an unambiguous numeric bandwidth is omitted for that revision.
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	132 W	130 W or 70 W
Interface
Interface	PCIe 4.0	PCIe 4.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	Pictured MSI MECH 2X has 3 × DisplayPort 1.4 and 1 × HDMI 2.1; AMD specifies DisplayPort 1.4a and HDMI 2.1 with variable refresh rate and FRL	PNY 8 GB VERTO has 3 × DisplayPort 1.4a and 1 × HDMI 2.1; PNY 6 GB VERTO lists DisplayPort 1.4a, HDMI 2.1 and DVI-DL, for 3 displays. Check the chosen partner card.
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	7680 × 4320 and up to four displays on MSI's specification	7680 × 4320 on PNY's specifications; HDMI supports 4K 120 Hz HDR, 8K 60 Hz HDR and variable refresh rate
Power connector
Power connector	1 × 8-pin	Original reference specification and PNY 8 GB VERTO require 1 × 8-pin; NVIDIA and PNY specify no auxiliary connector for the 6 GB version
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	AMD specifies 450 W; MSI recommends 500 W for its pictured MECH 2X. Requirements depend on the rest of the system.	NVIDIA specifies 550 W for the original 8 GB card and 300 W for 6 GB; requirements depend on the rest of the system
Slot width
Slot width	Partner card designs vary; MSI MECH 2X is 46 mm thick	Partner designs vary; PNY's pictured 8 GB VERTO and its 6 GB VERTO are dual-slot cards
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	No retail AMD reference card; pictured MSI MECH 2X is 235 × 125 × 46 mm and 710 g	No Founders Edition card; pictured PNY 8 GB VERTO is 8.99 × 4.49 × 1.71 inches. PNY 6 GB VERTO is 186.2 × 113 × 38.50 mm.
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	AMD publishes AV1 decoding; MSI confirms PCIe 4.0 x8	PNY specifies seventh-generation NVIDIA Encoder and fifth-generation Decoder; its 8 GB board is PCIe 4.0 x8 and 6 GB is PCIe 4.0 x16 with x8 active