MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC
vs
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming 16G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC has 512 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.20 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 1.23 TFLOPS.

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.

GPU

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.
MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC GPU GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming 16G
AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa) Based on AMD Radeon RX 6800
Lexa PRO GPU Chip Navi 21
GCN 4 Architecture RDNA 2
8 Streaming Multiprocessors 60
512 Shader 3840
16 Render Output Units 96
32 Texture Units 240
0 Raytracing Cores 60

Memory

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.

2 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.500 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
6.0 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
96 GB/s Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

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.

1.100 GHz Base Clock 1.775 GHz
1.203 GHz Boost Clock 2.105 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.82 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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.

50 W TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) 285 W
80 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 50 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 35-36 dB

Connectivity

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.

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

Featureset

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).

5120x2880 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

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
No AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

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.

170 mm Length 286 mm
68 mm Height 112 mm
38 mm Width 58 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 14 nanometer process, MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC was released in Q2/2017.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming 16G published in Q4/2020 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

-- Part-no GV-R68GAMING-16GD
Q2/2017 Release date Q4/2020
79 $ (Reference) Launch Price 579 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 7 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

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)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming 16G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming 16G
16 GB GDDR6
51 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming 16G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming 16G
16 GB GDDR6
59 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming 16G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming 16G
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)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming 16G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming 16G
16 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming 16G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming 16G
16 GB GDDR6
60 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming 16G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming 16G
16 GB GDDR6
104 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)

MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC
2 GB GDDR5
8 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming 16G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming 16G
16 GB GDDR6
91 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC
2 GB GDDR5
16 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming 16G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming 16G
16 GB GDDR6
178 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC
2 GB GDDR5
23 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming 16G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming 16G
16 GB GDDR6
195 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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