The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming 16G has 3840 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.11 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 16.17 TFLOPS.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming 16G is 1,215 % faster than the MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC.
The MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC is equipped with a graphics chip of the GCN 4 architecture, which has 8 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming 16G is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 60 execution units.
Memory
Memory
MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming 16G
Memory Size
2 GB
16 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Memory Clock
1.500 GHz
2.000 GHz
Memory Speed
6.0 Gbps
16.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
96 GB/s
512 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
256 bit
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The MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC is equipped with a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.500 GHz clocks.
The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming 16G has a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming 16G
Base Clock
1.100 GHz
1.775 GHz
Boost Clock
1.203 GHz
2.105 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
--
1.82 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC has a turbo clock of 1.203 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming 16G is 2.105 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming 16G
TDP
50 W
250 W
TDP (up)
--
285 W
Tjunction max
80 °C
100 °C
PCIe-Power
--
2 x 8-Pin
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The MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC has -- connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 80 °C.
The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming 16G 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.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming 16G
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 50 mm
3 x 80 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
--
0 dB
Noise (Load)
--
35-36 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC are cooled with a Air cooling.
The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming 16G is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming 16G
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
2x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
--
2x DP 1.4a
DVI
1
--
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The MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.
The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming 16G supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming 16G
Max. resolution
5120x2880
7680x4320
DirectX
12
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
No
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
GIGABYTE RGB Fusion
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The MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12.
The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming 16G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming 16G
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode / Encode
VP9
Decode
Decode / Encode
AV1
No
Decode
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming 16G
Length
170 mm
286 mm
Height
68 mm
112 mm
Width
38 mm
58 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
3 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC is 38 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming 16G is 38 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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