GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT D6 8G
vs
PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 560 14CU 2GB GDDR5


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT D6 8G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (RDNA 1) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 560 14CU 2GB GDDR5 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 560 (14 CU) (GCN 4) and has 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

GPU

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT D6 8G has the Navi 14 XTX graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 1 architecture.

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 560 14CU 2GB GDDR5 is based on the graphics chip Polaris 21 XL, which comes from the GCN 4 architecture.
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT D6 8G GPU PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 560 14CU 2GB GDDR5
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 560 (14 CU)
Navi 14 XTX GPU Chip Polaris 21 XL
RDNA 1 Architecture GCN 4
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 14
1408 Shader 896
32 Render Output Units 16
88 Texture Units 56
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT D6 8G clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 560 14CU 2GB GDDR5 is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 2 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.647 GHz Base Clock 1.090 GHz
1.845 GHz Boost Clock 1.176 GHz
1.72 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT D6 8G is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 130 W.

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 560 14CU 2GB GDDR5 has PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 45 W.

130 W TDP 45 W
-- TDP (up) --
95 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT D6 8G is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 560 14CU 2GB GDDR5 has 1 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
41 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT D6 8G.

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 560 14CU 2GB GDDR5 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 1x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT D6 8G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 560 14CU 2GB GDDR5 is 5120x2880 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 5120x2880
12_1 DirectX 12
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT D6 8G is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 8 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 560 14CU 2GB GDDR5 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 8 Lanes interface.

225 mm Length 225 mm
119 mm Height 128 mm
40 mm Width 38 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 8

Additional data

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT D6 8G has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q3/2019.

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 560 14CU 2GB GDDR5 came on the market in Q3/2017 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.

GV-R55XTD6-8GD Part-no AXRX 560 2GBD5-DHA
Q3/2019 Release date Q3/2017
169 $ (Reference) Launch Price 99 $ (Reference)
7 nm Structure size 14 nm
-- 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

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.

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT D6 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT D6 8G
8 GB GDDR6
20 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT D6 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT D6 8G
8 GB GDDR6
38 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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