PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT Red Dragon
vs
MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT Red Dragon has 2304 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.62 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 7.48 TFLOPS.

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G has 2560 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.58 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 13.21 TFLOPS.

GPU

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT Red Dragon is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 1 architecture, which has 36 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 40 execution units.
PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT Red Dragon GPU MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
Navi 10 XLE GPU Chip Navi 22 XT
RDNA 1 Architecture RDNA 2
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 40
2304 Shader 2560
64 Render Output Units 64
144 Texture Units 160
0 Raytracing Cores 40

Memory

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT Red Dragon is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G has a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

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

Clock Speeds

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT Red Dragon has a turbo clock of 1.620 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G is 2.581 GHz.

1.130 GHz Base Clock 2.321 GHz
1.620 GHz Boost Clock 2.581 GHz
1.56 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.42 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT Red Dragon has 1 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 6700 XT 12G is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.

160 W TDP 230 W
195 W TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT Red Dragon are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G is cooled by a Air cooling.

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

Connectivity

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT Red Dragon supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

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 PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT Red Dragon supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED Non addressable LED

Supported Video Codecs

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.

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 PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT Red Dragon is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

240 mm Length 267 mm
118 mm Height 110 mm
40 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 908 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT Red Dragon was released in Q1/2020.

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G published in Q1/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

AXRX 5600 XT 6GBD6-3DHR/OC Part-no --
Q1/2020 Release date Q1/2021
279 $ (Reference) Launch Price 479 $ (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 6700 XT 12G MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
12 GB GDDR6
40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
12 GB GDDR6
49 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
12 GB GDDR6
74 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.

2560x1440 (1440p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT Red Dragon PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT Red Dragon
6 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
12 GB GDDR6
46 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT Red Dragon PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT Red Dragon
6 GB GDDR6
54 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
12 GB GDDR6
84 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)

PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT Red Dragon PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT Red Dragon
6 GB GDDR6
42 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
12 GB GDDR6
76 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT Red Dragon PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT Red Dragon
6 GB GDDR6
84 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
12 GB GDDR6
144 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT Red Dragon PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT Red Dragon
6 GB GDDR6
117 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
12 GB GDDR6
194 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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