MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC
vs
MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (RDNA 2) and has 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 384 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (RDNA 1) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

GPU

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC has the Navi 22 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 2 architecture.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G is based on the graphics chip Navi 14 XTX, which comes from the RDNA 1 architecture.
MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC GPU MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
Navi 22 XT GPU Chip Navi 14 XTX
RDNA 2 Architecture RDNA 1
40 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
2560 Shader 1408
64 Render Output Units 32
160 Texture Units 88
40 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 16.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
384 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

2.321 GHz Base Clock 1.607 GHz
2.620 GHz Boost Clock 1.845 GHz
2.47 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.72 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 230 W.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 130 W.

230 W TDP 130 W
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 95 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 39 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
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 can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 No
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 8 Lanes interface.

247 mm Length 215 mm
131 mm Height 128 mm
51 mm Width 40 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
921 g Weight 705 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8

Additional data

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q1/2021.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G came on the market in Q3/2019 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no --
Q1/2021 Release date Q3/2019
479 $ (Reference) Launch Price 169 $ (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.

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC
12 GB GDDR6
47 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G
8 GB GDDR6
20 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC
12 GB GDDR6
85 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G
8 GB GDDR6
38 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 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC
12 GB GDDR6
77 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G
8 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC
12 GB GDDR6
146 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G
8 GB GDDR6
56 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC
12 GB GDDR6
197 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G
8 GB GDDR6
79 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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