Gigabyte Radeon RX 6600 Eagle 8GB GDDR6
ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 PRIME 12GB GDDR7
What Buyers Say
Gigabyte Radeon RX 6600 Eagle 8GB GDDR6
The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6600 EAGLE 8G has received mixed feedback. One verified reviewer reports a critical defect causing PC restarts during gaming, while another review is actually a customer service response about warranty issues. Q&A answers suggest it's a decent upgrade from older cards like the GTX 1660 Super, but performance at 1440p may require settings adjustments.
Pros
- 8GB VRAM
- High clock speeds
- Good upgrade from GTX 1660 Super
- Supports 4K non-gaming
Cons
- Defective card causing PC restarts
- Warranty issues reported
- 1440p gaming may need settings adjustments
ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 PRIME 12GB GDDR7
The ASUS Prime RTX 5070 is widely praised for its excellent cooling, quiet operation, and strong 1440p gaming performance, especially when paired with DLSS and frame generation. Users upgrading from older cards like the GTX 1080 Ti or RTX 2080 report significant gains, though some note that the 12GB VRAM can be a limiting factor for future titles. A few reviewers mention driver glitches and a desire for more VRAM, but overall sentiment is very positive, with many calling it a great value at MSRP.
Pros
- Excellent cooling performance
- Quiet fan operation
- Strong 1440p gaming performance
- Great value at MSRP
- Effective DLSS and frame generation
Cons
- 12GB VRAM may limit future games
- Nvidia driver glitches reported
- Red LED stays on after shutdown
- Some units arrived faulty
- No significant upgrade for old games
Scores
Specifications
| Gigabyte Radeon RX 6600 Eagle | ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 PRIME | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 6600 | GeForce RTX 5070 |
| Brand | AMD | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | RDNA 2 | Blackwell |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | — | 5★ |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 8 GB | 12 GB★ |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR7★ |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | No data | |
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | No data | |
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| Tensor Cores | No data | |
| RT Cores | — | 48★ |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | — | 30.8700008392334★ |
| FP32 TFLOPS | — | 30.8700008392334★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 132★ | 250 |
| Recommended PSU | 500★ | 750 |
| Power Connectors | 8-Pin | 1 x 16-Pin |
| Cooler | Triple Fan | Triple Fan |
| Fans | 3 | 3 |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 | PCI Express 5.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 2 | 3★ |
| HDMI | 2★ | 1 |
| Max Displays | 4 | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 282★ | 304 |
| Slot Width | 2★ | 2.5 |
| Form Factor | ATX | Full Height |
| Weight | 0.63 kg★ | 1.50 kg |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Upscaling | FSR | DLSS 4 |
| AV1 Encode | ✗ | ✓★ |
| VR Ready | — | ✓★ |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate | 12 Ultimate |
| RGB | ✗ | ✓★ |
Pros & Cons
Gigabyte Radeon RX 6600 Eagle 8GB GDDR6
- Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Strong thermal (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
- Strong efficiency (72nd percentile)
- Below average user sentiment (1st percentile)1st %ile
- Below average compute (9th percentile)9th %ile
- Below average ai (26th percentile)
- Below average vram (31st percentile)
ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 PRIME 12GB GDDR7
- Strong feature (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Strong connectivity (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong thermal (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
Pricing
Gigabyte Radeon RX 6600 Eagle 8GB GDDR6 offers 1.3x better value for money
Verdict
Scores 89 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 18 of 39 specs.
