PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT V2
vs
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT V2 and the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT V2 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT and has 2304 texture shaders and 36 execution units.

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G is based on AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, which has 4608 shaders and 72 execution units.
PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT V2 GPU GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Navi 10 XLE GPU Chip Navi 21 XT
RDNA 1 Architecture RDNA 2
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 72
2304 Shader 4608
64 Render Output Units 128
144 Texture Units 288
0 Raytracing Cores 72

Memory

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT V2 has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G can access 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 16 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 512 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT V2 clocks in the base with up to 1.130 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G is 1.825 GHz.

1.130 GHz Base Clock 1.825 GHz
1.620 GHz Boost Clock 2.250 GHz
1.56 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.02 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT V2 is 160 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G has a TDP of 300 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

160 W TDP 300 W
195 W TDP (up) 345 W
100 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT V2 has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
34 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
39-40 dB Noise (Load) 36-37 dB

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT V2.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT V2 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

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 / 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 V2 is 230 mm long, 98 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G is 286 mm long, 118 mm high and 58 mm wide.

230 mm Length 286 mm
98 mm Height 118 mm
40 mm Width 58 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT V2 was released in Q1/2020 at a price of 279 $ (Reference).

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G was introduced in Q4/2020 at a price of 649 $ (Reference).

AXRX 5600 XT 6GBD6-3DHV2/OC Part-no GV-R68XTGAMING-16GD
Q1/2020 Release date Q4/2020
279 $ (Reference) Launch Price 649 $ (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)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G
16 GB GDDR6
102 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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT V2 PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT V2
6 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G
16 GB GDDR6
64 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT V2 PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT V2
6 GB GDDR6
54 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G
16 GB GDDR6
112 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 V2 PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT V2
6 GB GDDR6
42 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G
16 GB GDDR6
105 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT V2 PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT V2
6 GB GDDR6
84 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G
16 GB GDDR6
180 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT V2 PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT V2
6 GB GDDR6
117 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G
16 GB GDDR6
200 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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