MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 4G OC
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MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 4G OC is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (RDNA 1) and has 4 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT (RDNA 2) and has 4 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 144 GB/s.

GPU

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 4G OC has the Navi 14 XTX graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 1 architecture.

The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC is based on the graphics chip Navi 24 XT, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 4G OC GPU MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Navi 14 XTX GPU Chip Navi 24 XT
RDNA 1 Architecture RDNA 2
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 16
1408 Shader 1024
32 Render Output Units 32
88 Texture Units 64
0 Raytracing Cores 16

Memory

The graphics memory of the MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 4G OC clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC is 18.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.250 GHz.

4 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 2.250 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 18.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 144 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 64 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.647 GHz Base Clock 2.200 GHz
1.845 GHz Boost Clock 2.825 GHz
1.73 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.69 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 4G OC is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 130 W.

The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 107 W.

130 W TDP 107 W
-- TDP (up) --
95 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 4G OC is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
39 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 4G OC.

The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC supports the operation of a maximum of 2 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 4G OC it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
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
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 4G OC is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 8 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 4 Lanes interface.

215 mm Length 172 mm
128 mm Height 112 mm
40 mm Width 42 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
705 g Weight 452 g
PCIe 4.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 4

Additional data

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 4G OC has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q3/2019.

The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC came on the market in Q1/2022 and will have a structure width of 6 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no --
Q3/2019 Release date Q1/2022
169 $ (Reference) Launch Price 199 $ (Reference)
7 nm Structure size 6 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.

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 4G OC MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 4G OC
4 GB GDDR6
20 fps (avg)

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)

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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