The MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 72 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech is based on the RDNA 1 architecture and is equipped with 36 execution units.
Memory
Memory
MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT
MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech
Memory Size
16 GB
6 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Memory Clock
2.000 GHz
1.750 GHz
Memory Speed
16.0 Gbps
14.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
512 GB/s
336 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
192 bit
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The MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT is equipped with a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.
The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech has a 6 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT
MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech
Base Clock
1.825 GHz
1.130 GHz
Boost Clock
2.250 GHz
1.560 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
2.02 GHz
1.38 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT has a turbo clock of 2.250 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech is 1.560 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT
MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech
TDP
300 W
160 W
TDP (up)
345 W
195 W
Tjunction max
100 °C
100 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 100 °C.
The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT
MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
3 x 80 mm
2 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
28 dB
Noise (Load)
37 dB
33 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT are cooled with a Air cooling.
The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT
MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
2x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.4
USB-C
1
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The MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.
The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT
MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
Non addressable LED
No LED lighting
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The MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).
The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT
MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode / Encode
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
AV1
Decode
No
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.
Dimensions
Dimensions
MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT
MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech
Length
267 mm
231 mm
Height
120 mm
127 mm
Width
50 mm
46 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
2 Slots
Weight
1,520 g
790 g
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT is 50 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech is 50 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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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.
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.
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.
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