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MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming
MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT MECH 2X 8G OC

Comparing MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming vs MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT MECH 2X 8G OC

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Q1/2020

Comparison of MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming video card vs MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT MECH 2X 8G OC video card by specs and benchmarks. MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming runs at 1.185 GHz+ 5 % base clock speed and has 6 GB of GDDR6 memory, while video card MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT MECH 2X 8G OC runs at 1.185 GHz+ 5 % base clock speed and has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory. The weight is different, 1401 g vs 721 g. The TDP of the first video card is 160 W, and the second is 160 W . Compare the benchmark results to find out which video card is better.

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  • Higher clock speed
    1.968 GHz left arrow 1.185 GHz+ 5 %
    Around 40% better clock speed
  • More memory
    8 GB left arrow 6 GB
    25% more memory
Specifications
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MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT MECH 2X 8G OC MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT MECH 2X 8G OC
GPU

gpu MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming item

  • Based on
    AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT left arrow AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
  • GPU Chip
    Navi 10 XLE left arrow Navi 23 XT
  • Execution units
    36 left arrow 32
  • Shader
    2304 left arrow 2048
  • Render Output Units
    64 left arrow 64
  • Texture Units
    144 left arrow 128
Memory
  • Memory Size
    6 GB left arrow 8 GB
  • Memory Type
    GDDR6 left arrow GDDR6
  • Memory Speed
    1.75 GHz left arrow 2 GHz
  • Memory Bandwith
    336 GB/s left arrow 256 GB/s
  • Memory Interface
    192 bit left arrow 128 bit
Clock Speeds
  • Base Clock
    1.185 GHz+ 5 % left arrow 1.968 GHz
  • Boost Clock
    1.600 GHz+ 3 % left arrow 2.602 GHz+ 1 %
  • Avg (Game) Clock
    1.420 GHz+ 3 % left arrow 2.413 GHz+ 2 %
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Design
  • TDP
    160 W left arrow 160 W
  • TDP (up)
    195 W left arrow --
  • Tjunction max
    -- left arrow 110 °C
  • PCIe-Power
    2 x 8-Pin left arrow 1 x 8-Pin
Cooler & Fans
  • Fan-Type
    Axial left arrow Axial
  • Cooler-Type
    Air cooling left arrow Air cooling
  • Fan 1
    2 x 100 mm left arrow 2 x 100 mm
  • Noise (Idle)
    28 dB left arrow 0 dB / Silent
  • Noise (Load)
    33 dB left arrow --
Connectivity
  • Max. Displays
    4 left arrow 4
  • HDCP-Version
    2.3 left arrow 2.3
  • HDMI Ports
    1x HDMI v2.0b left arrow 1x HDMI v2.1
  • DP Ports
    3x DP v1.4 left arrow 3x DP v1.4
Featureset
  • Max. resolution
    7680x4320 left arrow 7680x4320
  • DirectX
    12_2 left arrow 12_2
  • Raytracing
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • DLSS / FSR
    No left arrow No
  • LED
    MSI Mystic Light left arrow No LED lighting
Supported Video Codecs
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    Decode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • AV1
    No left arrow Decode
Dimensions
  • Length
    297 mm left arrow 235 mm
  • Height
    140 mm left arrow 125 mm
  • Width
    58 mm left arrow 46 mm
  • Width (Slots)
    3 PCIe-Slots left arrow 3 PCIe-Slots
  • Weight
    1401 g left arrow 721 g
Additional data
  • GPU Interface
    PCIe 4.0 x 16 left arrow PCIe 4.0 x 8
  • Release date
    Q1/2020 left arrow Q3/2021
  • Structure size
    7 nm left arrow 7 nm
  • Documents
    data sheet left arrow data sheet
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