ASUS Radeon RX 6800
vs
MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS Radeon RX 6800 has 3840 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.11 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 16.17 TFLOPS.

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M has 2304 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.56 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 7.20 TFLOPS.

GPU

The ASUS Radeon RX 6800 is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 60 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M is based on the RDNA 1 architecture and is equipped with 36 execution units.
ASUS Radeon RX 6800 GPU MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M
AMD Radeon RX 6800 Based on AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
Navi 21 GPU Chip Navi 10 XLE
RDNA 2 Architecture RDNA 1
60 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
3840 Shader 2304
96 Render Output Units 64
240 Texture Units 144
60 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The ASUS Radeon RX 6800 is equipped with a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M has a 6 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

16 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
512 GB/s Memory bandwidth 336 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS Radeon RX 6800 has a turbo clock of 2.105 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M is 1.560 GHz.

1.700 GHz Base Clock 1.130 GHz
2.105 GHz Boost Clock 1.560 GHz
1.82 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.38 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS Radeon RX 6800 has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 100 °C.

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.

250 W TDP 160 W
285 W TDP (up) 195 W
100 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS Radeon RX 6800 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 85 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 28 dB
35 dB Noise (Load) 33 dB

Connectivity

The ASUS Radeon RX 6800 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
2x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
1 USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ASUS Radeon RX 6800 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Non addressable LED LED MSI Mystic Light

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 No
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The ASUS Radeon RX 6800 is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

267 mm Length 297 mm
120 mm Height 141 mm
40 mm Width 42 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 922 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, ASUS Radeon RX 6800 was released in Q4/2020.

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M published in Q1/2020 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

RX6800-16G Part-no --
Q4/2020 Release date Q1/2020
579 $ (Reference) Launch Price 279 $ (Reference)
7 nm Structure size 7 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

ASUS Radeon RX 6800 ASUS Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
7867

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

ASUS Radeon RX 6800 ASUS Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
2931

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS Radeon RX 6800 ASUS Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
51 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Radeon RX 6800 ASUS Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
59 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Radeon RX 6800 ASUS Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
87 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS Radeon RX 6800 ASUS Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Radeon RX 6800 ASUS Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
60 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M
6 GB GDDR6
28 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Radeon RX 6800 ASUS Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
104 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M
6 GB GDDR6
52 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS Radeon RX 6800 ASUS Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
91 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M
6 GB GDDR6
40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Radeon RX 6800 ASUS Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
178 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M
6 GB GDDR6
81 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Radeon RX 6800 ASUS Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
195 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M
6 GB GDDR6
113 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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