Your Graphics Research
Your Graphics Research
| Recommended System Requirements | ||
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| Game | Radeon RX 5600 XT MSI Gaming 6GB | GeForce RTX 2060 4GB GDDR6 |
| Hitman 3 | 5% | 2% |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 27% | 25% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 33% | 31% |
| FIFA 21 | 63% | 62% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 3% | 6% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 35% | 33% |
| Resident Evil 8 | 27% | 25% |
| Genshin Impact | 27% | 25% |
| Far Cry 6 | 5% | 9% |
| The Medium | 9% | 6% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT MSI Gaming 6GB are marginally better than the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 4GB GDDR6.
The RTX 2060 has a 180 MHz higher core clock speed than the RX 5600 XT, but the RX 5600 XT has 24 more Texture Mapping Units than the RTX 2060. As a result, the RX 5600 XT exhibits a 6.8 GTexel/s better Texture Fill Rate than the RTX 2060. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.
The RTX 2060 has a 180 MHz higher core clock speed than the RX 5600 XT, but the RX 5600 XT has 17 more Render Output Units than the RTX 2060. As a result, the RX 5600 XT exhibits a 11.6 GPixel/s better Pixel Fill Rate than the RTX 2060. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.
The RX 5600 XT was released over a year more recently than the RTX 2060, and so the RX 5600 XT is likely to have better driver support, meaning it will be more optimized for running the latest games when compared to the RTX 2060.
Both GPUs exhibit very powerful performance, so it probably isn't worth upgrading from one to the other, as both are capable of running even the most demanding games at the highest settings.
The RX 5600 XT has 2048 MB more video memory than the RTX 2060, so is likely to be much better at displaying game textures at higher resolutions. This is supported by the fact that the RX 5600 XT also has superior memory performance overall.
The memory bandwidth of the Radeon RX 5600 XT MSI Gaming 6GB and the GeForce RTX 2060 4GB GDDR6 are the same, which means the RX 5600 XT and the RTX 2060 have equal limitations when it comes to graphical data transfer.
The Radeon RX 5600 XT MSI Gaming 6GB has 2304 Shader Processing Units and the GeForce RTX 2060 4GB GDDR6 has 1920. However, the actual shader performance of the RX 5600 XT is 2396 and the actual shader performance of the RTX 2060 is 3226. The RTX 2060 having 830 better shader performance is not particularly notable, as altogether the RX 5600 XT performs better when taking into account other relevant data.
The RX 5600 XT transistor size technology is 5 nm (nanometers) smaller than the RTX 2060. This means that the RX 5600 XT is expected to run very slightly cooler and achieve higher clock frequencies than the RTX 2060.
The Radeon RX 5600 XT MSI Gaming 6GB requires 150 Watts to run and the GeForce RTX 2060 4GB GDDR6 requires 150 Watts. We would recommend a PSU with at least 550 Watts for the RX 5600 XT and a PSU with at least 450 Watts for the RTX 2060. The two GPUs require the same amount of wattage to run. As such, there is no need to worry about which will more significantly affect your yearly electricity bills.
| Core Speed | 1185 MHz | vs |  | 1365 MHz | |
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| Boost Clock | 1600 MHz | vs | | 1680 MHz | |
| Architecture | Navi 10 XL | Turing | |||
| OC Potential | - | vs | - | ||
| Driver Support | - | vs | Great | ||
| Release Date | 21 Jan 2020 |  | vs | 15 Jan 2019 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved |  | | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| 1366x768 | 10
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10
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| 1600x900 | 10
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10
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| 1920x1080 | 10
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10
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| 2560x1440 | 9
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9.2
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| 3840x2160 | 6.6
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vs | |
7.2
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| Memory | 6144 MB | | vs | 4096 MB | |
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| Memory Speed | 1500 MHz | | vs | | 1500 MHz |
| Memory Bus | 192 Bit | | vs | | 192 Bit |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | | vs | | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 288GB/sec | | vs | | 288GB/sec |
| L2 Cache | 0 KB | |
vs | |
0 KB |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
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0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 2304 | | vs | 1920 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual Shader Performance | 100% | | vs | | 100% |
| Technology | 7nm | | vs | 12nm | |
| Texture Mapping Units | 144 | | vs | 120 | |
| Texture Rate | 170.6 GTexel/s | | vs | 163.8 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 64 | | vs | 47 | |
| Pixel Rate | 75.8 GPixel/s | | vs | 64.2 GPixel/s | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 7680x4320 | | vs | | 7680x4320 |
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| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| HDMI Connections | 1 | | vs | | 1 |
| DisplayPort Connections | 3 | | vs | | 3 |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 150 Watts | | vs | | 150 Watts |
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| Recommended PSU | 550 Watts & 42 Amps | vs | | 450 Watts | |
| DirectX | 12 | | vs | | 12.0 |
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| Shader Model | 5.0 | | vs | - | |
| Open GL | 4.5 | vs | | 4.6 | |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | no | no | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | no | vs | no | ||
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | | yes |
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| Recommended Processor | - | Intel Core i5-8500 6-Core 3.0GHz | |||
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| Recommended RAM | 16 GB | | vs | | 16 GB |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 1920x1080 | vs | | 2560x1440 | |
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| Mini Review | Overview The AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT MSI Gaming 6GB is an mid-tier gaming Graphics Card based on the first (1.0) Revision of the RDNA Architecture. Architecture The Navi 10 XL GPU offers support for GDDR6 Memory, DirectX 12.0, Vulkan 1.0, and OpenGL 4.5. GPU This variant of the Navi 10 XL GPU features 36 Compute Units activated, offering 2304 Shader Processing Units, 144 TMUs and 64 ROPs. The GPU features a 1375 MHz base clock speed and up to 1560 MHz with boost clock, making it an estimated 20% slower than a Radeon RX 5700 8GB. This puts its predicted performance at roughly 20% faster than a GeForce GTX 1660 Ti. Memory: Speed The GPU is equipped with 6GB high-speed GDDR6 and accesses the Frame Buffer through a 192-bit memory interface, providing total memory bandwidth of 288 GB/s. Memory: Frame Buffer The GPU can fill up a Memory Pool of up to 6GB. Under most circumstances, this only proves useful in certain 3D Games whose Settings Require Large Amounts of Memory. However,the GPU itself is aimed for 1080p Gaming. In some limited scenarios at 1440p resolution, 6GB video memory might be a bottleneck and Performance could be better were the Frame Buffer larger, however this would only be an issue in the most demanding games. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 150W, it requires at least a 550W PSU with available 8+8-pin connector. Performance AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT 6GB competes with GeForce GTX 1660 Ti which is available for $329. System Suggestions The Radeon RX 5600 XT MSI Gaming 6GB is best suited for resolutions up to and including 2650 x 1480 but is ideally suited for 1920 x 1080. For the most demanding AAA games it should be ideally suited to 1080p. We recommend a mid-tier CPU and at least 16GB of RAM for Optimal Performance. | Overview GeForce RTX 2060 4GB GDDR6 is a mid-range GeForce 20 Series graphics card and considered a great price to performance graphics card based on the Turing architecture. Architecture The Turing architecture represents a process shrink down to 12nm compared to 14nm Pascal. The Turing architecture provides the world's first consumer support for real-time ray-tracing technology, or RTX. The GeForce RTX 2060 does support real-time ray-tracing and excels at 1080p screen resolution. GPU It equips a Turing GPU codenamed TU106 which has 1920 Shader Processing Units, 120 TMUs and 47 ROPs. The central unit runs at 1365 MHz and goes up to 1680 MHz, in Boost mode. Memory The GPU accesses a 4GB frame buffer of first-gen GDDR6 memory running through a 192-bit memory interface, while the Memory clock operates at 1500MHz, or 14GHz effective. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 150W, it requires at least a 450W PSU with an 8-pin power connector. System Suggestions GeForce RTX 2060 4GB GDDR6 is best suited for resolutions up to and including 2560x1440. We recommend a mid-range Processor and at least 16GB of RAM for optimal performance. | |||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | - | ||||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||