MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC
vs
MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC and the MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and has 3584 texture shaders and 28 execution units.

MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G is based on AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT, which has 1408 shaders and 22 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC GPU MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Based on AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
GA106-300-A1 GPU Chip Navi 14 XTX
Ampere Architecture RDNA 1
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
3584 Shader 1408
48 Render Output Units 32
112 Texture Units 88
28 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC has 12 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

12 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.875 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
15.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
360 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC clocks in the base with up to 1.320 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G is 1.607 GHz.

1.320 GHz Base Clock 1.607 GHz
1.792 GHz Boost Clock 1.845 GHz
1.78 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.72 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC is 170 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G has a TDP of 130 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

170 W TDP 130 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 95 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 39 dB

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC is 212 mm long, 115 mm high and 43 mm wide.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G is 215 mm long, 128 mm high and 40 mm wide.

212 mm Length 215 mm
115 mm Height 128 mm
43 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
562 g Weight 705 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8

Additional data

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC was released in Q1/2021 at a price of 329 $ (Reference).

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G was introduced in Q3/2019 at a price of 169 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no --
Q1/2021 Release date Q3/2019
329 $ (Reference) Launch Price 169 $ (Reference)
8 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)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X XS 12G OC
12 GB GDDR6
131 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G
8 GB GDDR6
79 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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