MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming and the MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT and has 2304 texture shaders and 36 execution units.

MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080, which has 10752 shaders and 84 execution units.
MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming GPU MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
Navi 10 XLE GPU Chip GB203-400-A1
RDNA 1 Architecture Blackwell
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 84
2304 Shader 10752
64 Render Output Units 128
144 Texture Units 336
0 Raytracing Cores 84

Memory

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT can access 16 GB GDDR7 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 960 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR7
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.875 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 30.0 Gbps
336 GB/s Memory bandwidth 960 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming clocks in the base with up to 1.185 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT is 2.295 GHz.

1.185 GHz Base Clock 2.295 GHz
1.600 GHz Boost Clock 2.625 GHz
1.42 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming is 160 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT has a TDP of 360 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connectors.

160 W TDP 360 W
195 W TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 88 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 16-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 120 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
28 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
33 dB Noise (Load) --

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 Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
MSI Mystic Light 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
No AV1 Decode / Encode
Decode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming is 297 mm long, 140 mm high and 58 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT is 319 mm long, 150 mm high and 60 mm wide.

297 mm Length 319 mm
140 mm Height 150 mm
58 mm Width 60 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1401 g Weight 1898 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 5 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming was released in Q1/2020 at a price of 279 $ (Reference).

The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT was introduced in Q3/2025 at a price of 1,169 $ (Reference).

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Q1/2020 Release date Q3/2025
279 $ (Reference) Launch Price 1,169 $ (Reference)
7 nm Structure size 5 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

Steel Nomad Light Graphics score

Steel Nomad Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Solar Bay (Raytracing)

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 5600 XT Gaming MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming
6 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming
6 GB GDDR6
53 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 5600 XT Gaming MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming
6 GB GDDR6
41 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming
6 GB GDDR6
83 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming
6 GB GDDR6
116 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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