MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT Mech 2X 8GB GDDR6
The 2602 MHz boost clock and 2048 stream processors on the RDNA 2 architecture deliver solid 1080p gaming performance, paired with 8GB GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus. The dual TORX Fan 3.0 design keeps the 160W TDP cool in a compact 215mm card, while MSI Center and OC Scanner offer easy tuning. This card suits budget-conscious gamers building a 1080p rig with a 500W PSU, though its 24.7/100 AI LLM score means it is not for compute-heavy workloads.
GPU Radeon RX 6600 XT
VRAM 8GB GDDR6
Boost Clock 2602 MHz
TDP 160 W
Memory Bus 128 bit
Ray Tracing Yes
Class consumer
50 Overall Score
Price £834
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong feature (66th percentile) 66th
- Strong efficiency (66th percentile) 66th
Cons
- Below average vram (31st percentile)
- Below average compute (33rd percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 6600 XT |
| Brand | AMD |
| Architecture | RDNA 2 |
| Class | consumer |
| Process | 7 |
Memory
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | 128 |
| Bandwidth | 256 |
Compute
| Stream Processors | 2048 |
| RT Cores | 32 |
| Base Clock | 2413 |
| Boost Clock | 2602 |
| FP16 TFLOPS | 21.21 |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 10.6 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 16440 |
| GPU Compute | 7442 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 160 |
| Recommended PSU | 500 |
| Power Connectors | 8-Pin |
| Cooler | Dual Fan |
| Fans | 2 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 |
| DisplayPort | 3 |
| HDMI | 1 |
| Max Displays | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 |
Physical
| Length | 215 |
| Slot Width | 2 |
| Form Factor | ATX |
| Weight | 1.1 kg / 2.4 lbs |
Features
| Ray Tracing | Yes |
| Upscaling | FSR |
| VR Ready | Yes |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate |
vs Competition
| Spec | MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT Mech 2X | ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5080-O16G-EVO | Gigabyte AERO GV-N507TAERO OC-16GD | ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P | Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G | PNY ARGB OC VCG508016TFXXPB1-O |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Radeon RX 6600 XT | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5080 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX | GeForce RTX 5080 |
| Vram | 8GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 24GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR7 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 2602 | 2685 | 2588 | 2730 | 2680 | 2620 |
| Tdp W | 160 | 360 | 300 | 360 | 339 | 360 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 128 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 384 | 256 |
| Ray Tracing | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| GPU Class | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Rt | Vram | Raster | Compute | Feature | Thermal | Efficiency | Connectivity | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT Mech 2X | 35.2 | 45.9 | 31.3 | 36.3 | 32.9 | 66.4 | 56.4 | 65.8 | 57.1 | 63.7 | 62.7 |
| ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5080-O16G-EVO Compare | 85 | 97.6 | 88.5 | 94.2 | 93.2 | 89.6 | 91.5 | 58 | 94 | 95.5 | 18.8 |
| Gigabyte AERO GV-N507TAERO OC-16GD Compare | 79 | 88.1 | 85.4 | 88.6 | 87.9 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 73.2 | 94 | 95.5 | 21.9 |
| ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P Compare | 85 | 97.6 | 88.5 | 94.2 | 93.2 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 58 | 94 | 99.1 | 19.4 |
| Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G Compare | 94.8 | 96.2 | 91.6 | 83.8 | 95.5 | 84 | 91.5 | 52.9 | 98.7 | 78.4 | 19 |
| PNY ARGB OC VCG508016TFXXPB1-O Compare | 85 | 97.6 | 88.5 | 94.2 | 93.2 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 58 | 94 | 82.5 | 17.6 |
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