MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming Z Trio 16G
vs
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Windforce OC 6G (rev. 2.0)


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming Z Trio 16G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT (RDNA 2) and has 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Windforce OC 6G (rev. 2.0) is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (RDNA 1) and has 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

GPU

The MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming Z Trio 16G has the Navi 21 graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 2 architecture.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Windforce OC 6G (rev. 2.0) is based on the graphics chip Navi 10 XLE, which comes from the RDNA 1 architecture.
MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming Z Trio 16G GPU GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Windforce OC 6G (rev. 2.0)
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
Navi 21 GPU Chip Navi 10 XLE
RDNA 2 Architecture RDNA 1
80 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
5120 Shader 2304
128 Render Output Units 64
320 Texture Units 144
80 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming Z Trio 16G clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 16.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Windforce OC 6G (rev. 2.0) is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

16 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
512 GB/s Memory bandwidth 336 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.925 GHz Base Clock 1.130 GHz
2.425 GHz Boost Clock 1.620 GHz
2.24 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.46 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming Z Trio 16G is powered by 3 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 300 W.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Windforce OC 6G (rev. 2.0) has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 160 W.

300 W TDP 160 W
345 W TDP (up) 195 W
100 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
3 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming Z Trio 16G is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Windforce OC 6G (rev. 2.0) has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 28 dB
34 dB Noise (Load) 34 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming Z Trio 16G.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Windforce OC 6G (rev. 2.0) 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 6900 XT Gaming Z Trio 16G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Windforce OC 6G (rev. 2.0) is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
MSI Mystic Light 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 6900 XT Gaming Z Trio 16G is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Windforce OC 6G (rev. 2.0) needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

324 mm Length 228 mm
141 mm Height 118 mm
55 mm Width 41 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1581 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming Z Trio 16G has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q2/2021.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Windforce OC 6G (rev. 2.0) came on the market in Q1/2020 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no GV-R56XTWF2OC-6GD
Q2/2021 Release date Q1/2020
999 $ (Reference) Launch Price 279 $ (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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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