MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech
vs
ASRock Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Formula 16GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech and the ASRock Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Formula 16GB, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT and has 2560 texture shaders and 40 execution units.

ASRock Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Formula 16GB is based on AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT, which has 5120 shaders and 80 execution units.
MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech GPU ASRock Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Formula 16GB
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
Navi 10 XT GPU Chip Navi 21 KXTX
RDNA 1 Architecture RDNA 2
40 Streaming Multiprocessors 80
2560 Shader 5120
64 Render Output Units 128
160 Texture Units 320
0 Raytracing Cores 80

Memory

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

The ASRock Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Formula 16GB can access 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 576 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 2.250 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 18.0 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 576 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech clocks in the base with up to 1.605 GHz. The base frequency of the ASRock Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Formula 16GB is 2.143 GHz.

1.605 GHz Base Clock 2.143 GHz
1.905 GHz Boost Clock 2.495 GHz
1.76 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.28 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech is 225 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Formula 16GB has a TDP of 335 W and is supplied with the required energy via 3 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

225 W TDP 335 W
335 W TDP (up) --
99 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 3 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech has a total of 2 MSI TORX FAN 3.0 (Axial) fans.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Formula 16GB has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

MSI TORX FAN 3.0 (Axial) Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
45 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 5700 XT Mech.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Formula 16GB 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 XT Mech supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASRock Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Formula 16GB 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 XT Mech is 232 mm long, 126 mm high and 46 mm wide.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Formula 16GB is 332 mm long, 137 mm high and 61 mm wide.

232 mm Length 332 mm
126 mm Height 137 mm
46 mm Width 61 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
794 g Weight 1784 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech was released in Q3/2019 at a price of 419 $.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Formula 16GB was introduced in Q2/2022 at a price of 1,099 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no RX6950XT OCF 16G
Q3/2019 Release date Q2/2022
419 $ Launch Price 1,099 $ (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)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech
8 GB GDDR6
25 fps (avg)
ASRock Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Formula 16GB ASRock Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Formula 16GB
16 GB GDDR6
69 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech
8 GB GDDR6
34 fps (avg)
ASRock Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Formula 16GB ASRock Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Formula 16GB
16 GB GDDR6
81 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech
8 GB GDDR6
56 fps (avg)
ASRock Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Formula 16GB ASRock Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Formula 16GB
16 GB GDDR6
122 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)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech
8 GB GDDR6
16 fps (avg)
ASRock Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Formula 16GB ASRock Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Formula 16GB
16 GB GDDR6
43 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech
8 GB GDDR6
36 fps (avg)
ASRock Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Formula 16GB ASRock Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Formula 16GB
16 GB GDDR6
82 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech
8 GB GDDR6
70 fps (avg)
ASRock Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Formula 16GB ASRock Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Formula 16GB
16 GB GDDR6
142 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 XT Mech MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech
8 GB GDDR6
56 fps (avg)
ASRock Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Formula 16GB ASRock Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Formula 16GB
16 GB GDDR6
130 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech
8 GB GDDR6
106 fps (avg)
ASRock Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Formula 16GB ASRock Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Formula 16GB
16 GB GDDR6
215 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech
8 GB GDDR6
149 fps (avg)
ASRock Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Formula 16GB ASRock Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Formula 16GB
16 GB GDDR6
215 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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