PowerColor Radeon RX 5700
vs
MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 has 2304 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.73 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 7.95 TFLOPS.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G has 1408 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.85 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.20 TFLOPS.

GPU

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 1 architecture, which has 36 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G is based on the RDNA 1 architecture and is equipped with 22 execution units.
PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 GPU MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G
AMD Radeon RX 5700 Based on AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
Navi 10 GPU Chip Navi 14 XTX
RDNA 1 Architecture RDNA 1
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
2304 Shader 1408
64 Render Output Units 32
144 Texture Units 88
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 has a turbo clock of 1.725 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G is 1.845 GHz.

1.465 GHz Base Clock 1.607 GHz
1.725 GHz Boost Clock 1.845 GHz
1.63 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.72 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 98 °C.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 95 °C.

180 W TDP 130 W
220 W TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 95 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G is cooled by a Air cooling.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 80 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
46-47 dB Noise (Load) 39 dB

Connectivity

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G 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 v2.0b
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

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 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 is 42 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G is 42 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

281 mm Length 215 mm
126 mm Height 128 mm
42 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 705 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8

Additional data

Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 was released in Q3/2019.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G published in Q3/2019 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

-- Part-no --
Q3/2019 Release date Q3/2019
329 $ 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

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)

PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 PowerColor Radeon RX 5700
8 GB GDDR6
19 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 PowerColor Radeon RX 5700
8 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 PowerColor Radeon RX 5700
8 GB GDDR6
48 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 5700 PowerColor Radeon RX 5700
8 GB GDDR6
32 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G
8 GB GDDR6
20 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 PowerColor Radeon RX 5700
8 GB GDDR6
62 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)

PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 PowerColor Radeon RX 5700
8 GB GDDR6
50 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G
8 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 PowerColor Radeon RX 5700
8 GB GDDR6
96 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G
8 GB GDDR6
56 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 PowerColor Radeon RX 5700
8 GB GDDR6
135 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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