MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC
vs
MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC and the MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and has 1024 texture shaders and 16 execution units.

MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech is based on AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT, which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC GPU MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
Navi 24 XT GPU Chip Navi 10 XLE
RDNA 2 Architecture RDNA 1
16 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
1024 Shader 2304
32 Render Output Units 64
64 Texture Units 144
16 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 144 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech can access 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

4 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.250 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
18.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
144 GB/s Memory bandwidth 336 GB/s
64 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC clocks in the base with up to 2.200 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech is 1.130 GHz.

2.200 GHz Base Clock 1.130 GHz
2.825 GHz Boost Clock 1.560 GHz
2.69 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.38 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC is 107 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech has a TDP of 160 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

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

Cooler & Fans

The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 2 screens can be connected to the MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC.

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting 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 h264 Decode / Encode
Decode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC is 172 mm long, 112 mm high and 42 mm wide.

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

172 mm Length 231 mm
112 mm Height 127 mm
42 mm Width 46 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
452 g Weight 790 g
PCIe 4.0 x 4 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC was released in Q1/2022 at a price of 199 $ (Reference).

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

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Q1/2022 Release date Q1/2020
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 279 $ (Reference)
6 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.

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 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC
4 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech
6 GB GDDR6
52 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 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC
4 GB GDDR6
27 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech
6 GB GDDR6
40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC
4 GB GDDR6
52 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech
6 GB GDDR6
81 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC
4 GB GDDR6
68 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech
6 GB GDDR6
113 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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