MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech GP
vs
PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech GP and the PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech GP is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5700 and has 2304 texture shaders and 36 execution units.

PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon is based on AMD Radeon RX 6800, which has 3840 shaders and 60 execution units.
MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech GP GPU PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon
AMD Radeon RX 5700 Based on AMD Radeon RX 6800
Navi 10 GPU Chip Navi 21
RDNA 1 Architecture RDNA 2
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 60
2304 Shader 3840
64 Render Output Units 96
144 Texture Units 240
0 Raytracing Cores 60

Memory

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech GP has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon can access 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

8 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
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech GP clocks in the base with up to 1.465 GHz. The base frequency of the PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon is 1.800 GHz.

1.465 GHz Base Clock 1.800 GHz
1.725 GHz Boost Clock 2.170 GHz
1.63 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.95 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech GP is 180 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon has a TDP of 250 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

180 W TDP 250 W
220 W TDP (up) 285 W
98 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech GP has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 1 x 90 mm
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
42-43 dB Noise (Load) 35 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 5700 Mech GP.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon 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 5700 Mech GP supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon 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 Addressable LED

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 5700 Mech GP is 232 mm long, 126 mm high and 46 mm wide.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon is 310 mm long, 135 mm high and 54 mm wide.

232 mm Length 310 mm
126 mm Height 135 mm
46 mm Width 54 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
799 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech GP was released in Q3/2019 at a price of 379 $.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon was introduced in Q4/2020 at a price of 679 $.

-- Part-no AXRX 6800 16GBD6-3DHR/OC
Q3/2019 Release date Q4/2020
379 $ Launch Price 679 $
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)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech GP MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech GP
8 GB GDDR6
19 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon
16 GB GDDR6
53 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech GP MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech GP
8 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon
16 GB GDDR6
61 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech GP MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech GP
8 GB GDDR6
48 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon
16 GB GDDR6
90 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech GP MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech GP
8 GB GDDR6
32 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon
16 GB GDDR6
62 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech GP MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech GP
8 GB GDDR6
62 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon
16 GB GDDR6
107 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 5700 Mech GP MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech GP
8 GB GDDR6
50 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon
16 GB GDDR6
94 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech GP MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech GP
8 GB GDDR6
96 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon
16 GB GDDR6
184 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech GP MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech GP
8 GB GDDR6
135 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon
16 GB GDDR6
201 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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