MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech OC
vs
MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming Z Trio 16G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech OC and the MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming Z Trio 16G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

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

MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming Z Trio 16G is based on AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, which has 5120 shaders and 80 execution units.
MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech OC GPU MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming Z Trio 16G
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Navi 10 XLE GPU Chip Navi 21
RDNA 1 Architecture RDNA 2
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 80
2304 Shader 5120
64 Render Output Units 128
144 Texture Units 320
0 Raytracing Cores 80

Memory

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

The MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming Z Trio 16G can access 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
336 GB/s Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech OC clocks in the base with up to 1.235 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming Z Trio 16G is 1.925 GHz.

1.235 GHz Base Clock 1.925 GHz
1.620 GHz Boost Clock 2.425 GHz
1.46 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.24 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech OC is 160 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming Z Trio 16G has a TDP of 300 W and is supplied with the required energy via 3 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

160 W TDP 300 W
195 W TDP (up) 345 W
100 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 3 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming Z Trio 16G has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
28 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
33 dB Noise (Load) 34 dB

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 Mech OC.

The MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming Z Trio 16G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

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

The maximum resolution of the MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming Z Trio 16G is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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
Decode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech OC is 231 mm long, 127 mm high and 46 mm wide.

The MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming Z Trio 16G is 324 mm long, 141 mm high and 55 mm wide.

231 mm Length 324 mm
127 mm Height 141 mm
46 mm Width 55 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
790 g Weight 1581 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

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

The MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming Z Trio 16G was introduced in Q2/2021 at a price of 999 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no --
Q1/2020 Release date Q2/2021
279 $ (Reference) Launch Price 999 $ (Reference)
7 nm Structure size 7 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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech OC MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech OC
6 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming Z Trio 16G MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming Z Trio 16G
16 GB GDDR6
80 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech OC MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech OC
6 GB GDDR6
54 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming Z Trio 16G MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming Z Trio 16G
16 GB GDDR6
136 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 OC MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech OC
6 GB GDDR6
42 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming Z Trio 16G MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming Z Trio 16G
16 GB GDDR6
119 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech OC MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech OC
6 GB GDDR6
84 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming Z Trio 16G MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming Z Trio 16G
16 GB GDDR6
216 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech OC MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech OC
6 GB GDDR6
117 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming Z Trio 16G MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming Z Trio 16G
16 GB GDDR6
216 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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