MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech
vs
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech has 2304 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.56 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 7.20 TFLOPS.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G has 1024 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.82 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.77 TFLOPS.

GPU

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 1 architecture, which has 36 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 16 execution units.
MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech GPU GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Navi 10 XLE GPU Chip Navi 24 XT
RDNA 1 Architecture RDNA 2
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 16
2304 Shader 1024
64 Render Output Units 32
144 Texture Units 64
0 Raytracing Cores 16

Memory

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G has a 4 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.250GHz.

6 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
336 GB/s Memory bandwidth 144 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 64 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech has a turbo clock of 1.560 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G is 2.815 GHz.

1.130 GHz Base Clock 2.200 GHz
1.560 GHz Boost Clock 2.815 GHz
1.38 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.61 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 100 °C.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 97 °C.

160 W TDP 107 W
195 W TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech are cooled with a Air cooling.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G is cooled by a Air cooling.

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

Connectivity

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

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

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

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

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

Dimensions

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech is 46 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G is 46 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

231 mm Length 192 mm
127 mm Height 117 mm
46 mm Width 38 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
790 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 4

Additional data

Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech was released in Q1/2020.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G published in Q1/2022 is manufactured with a structure width of 6 nanometers.

-- Part-no GV-R65XTEAGLE-4GD
Q1/2020 Release date Q1/2022
279 $ (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 5600 XT Mech MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech
6 GB GDDR6
28 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech
6 GB GDDR6
52 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G
4 GB GDDR6
30 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 Mech MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech
6 GB GDDR6
40 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G
4 GB GDDR6
27 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech
6 GB GDDR6
81 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G
4 GB GDDR6
52 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech
6 GB GDDR6
113 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G
4 GB GDDR6
68 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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