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Game | Radeon RX 5600 XT MSI Gaming 6GB | GeForce RTX 2060 Super 8GB |
Cyberpunk 2077 | 27% | 36% |
Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 33% | 41% |
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 35% | 43% |
FIFA 21 | 63% | 68% |
Grand Theft Auto VI | 3% | 10% |
Far Cry 6 | 5% | 7% |
Genshin Impact | 27% | 36% |
Hitman 3 | 5% | 16% |
Watch Dogs Legion | 30% | 38% |
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands | 5% | 8% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super 8GB are very slightly better than the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT MSI Gaming 6GB.
The RTX 2060 has a 285 MHz higher core clock speed but 8 fewer Texture Mapping Units than the RX 5600 XT. The lower TMU count doesn't matter, though, as altogether the RTX 2060 manages to provide 29.3 GTexel/s better texturing performance. 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 285 MHz higher core clock speed than the RX 5600 XT and the same number of Render Output Units. This results in the RTX 2060 providing 18.3 GPixel/s better pixeling performance. 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 less than a year after the RTX 2060, and so they are likely to have similar driver support for optimizing performance when running the latest games.
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 RTX 2060 has 2048 MB more video memory than the RX 5600 XT, so is likely to be much better at displaying game textures at higher resolutions. This is supported by the fact that the RTX 2060 also has superior memory performance overall.
The RTX 2060 has 160 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the RX 5600 XT, which means that the memory performance of the RTX 2060 is massively better than the RX 5600 XT.
The Radeon RX 5600 XT MSI Gaming 6GB has 2304 Shader Processing Units and the GeForce RTX 2060 Super 8GB has 2176. However, the actual shader performance of the RX 5600 XT is 2396 and the actual shader performance of the RTX 2060 is 3590. The RTX 2060 having 1194 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the RTX 2060 delivers a massively smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the RX 5600 XT.
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 Super 8GB requires 160 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 RTX 2060 requires 10 Watts more than the RX 5600 XT to run. The difference is not significant enough for the RTX 2060 to have a noticeably larger impact on your yearly electricity bills than the RX 5600 XT.
Core Speed | 1185 MHz | vs | ![]() | 1470 MHz | |
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Boost Clock | 1600 MHz | vs | ![]() | 1650 MHz | |
Architecture | Navi 10 XL | Turing | |||
OC Potential | - | vs | - | ||
Driver Support | - | vs | Great | ||
Release Date | 21 Jan 2020 | ![]() | vs | 09 Jul 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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9.8
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3840x2160 | 6.6
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vs | ![]() |
7.6
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Memory | 6144 MB | vs | ![]() | 8192 MB | |
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Memory Speed | 1500 MHz | vs | ![]() | 1750 MHz | |
Memory Bus | 192 Bit | vs | ![]() | 256 Bit | |
Memory Type | GDDR6 | ![]() | vs | ![]() | GDDR6 |
Memory Bandwidth | 288GB/sec | vs | ![]() | 448GB/sec | |
L2 Cache | 0 KB | vs | ![]() |
4096 KB | |
Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
Memory Performance | 0% | ![]() |
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0% |
Comparison |
Shader Processing Units | 2304 | ![]() | vs | 2176 | |
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Actual Shader Performance | 100% | ![]() | vs | ![]() | 100% |
Technology | 7nm | ![]() | vs | 12nm | |
Texture Mapping Units | 144 | ![]() | vs | 136 | |
Texture Rate | 170.6 GTexel/s | vs | ![]() | 199.9 GTexel/s | |
Render Output Units | 64 | ![]() | vs | ![]() | 64 |
Pixel Rate | 75.8 GPixel/s | vs | ![]() | 94.1 GPixel/s | |
Comparison |
Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 7680x4320 | ![]() | vs | ![]() | 7680x4320 |
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VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
DVI Connections | 0 | vs | ![]() | 1 | |
HDMI Connections | 1 | ![]() | vs | ![]() | 1 |
DisplayPort Connections | 3 | ![]() | vs | 2 | |
Comparison |
Max Power | 150 Watts | ![]() | vs | 160 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 | ![]() | 6.4 | |
Open GL | 4.5 | vs | ![]() | 4.6 | |
Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
Notebook GPU | no | no | |||
SLI/Crossfire | no | vs | no | ||
Dedicated | yes | ![]() | vs | ![]() | yes |
Comparison |
Recommended Processor | - | AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core 3.8GHz | |||
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Recommended RAM | 16 GB | ![]() | vs | ![]() | 16 GB |
Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 1920x1080 | vs | ![]() | 2560x1440 |
Performance Value | ![]() |
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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 Super 8GB is a mid to high-range GeForce 20 Series graphics card and considered a great price to performance graphics card based on the Turing architecture. This is the 'Super' variant of the RTX 2060 and utilises a cut-down version of the RTX 2070 GPU. 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 Super 8GB supports real-time ray-tracing and excels at 1080p and 1440p screen resolutions. GPU It equips a Turing GPU codenamed TU106-410-A which has 2176 Shader Processing Units, 136 TMUs and 64 ROPs. The central unit runs at 1470 MHz and goes up to 1650 MHz in Boost mode. Memory The GPU accesses an 8GB frame buffer of first-gen GDDR6 memory through a 256-bit memory interface, while the Memory clock operates at 1750MHz, or 14GHz effective. This provides total memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 160W, it requires at least a 450W PSU with an 8-pin power connector. System Suggestions GeForce RTX 2060 Super 8GB 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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