Your Graphics Research
Your Graphics Research
| Recommended System Requirements | ||
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| Game | Radeon RX 5600 XT MSI Gaming 6GB | Radeon RX 5500 4GB |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 27% | 0% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 33% | 8% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 35% | 11% |
| FIFA 21 | 63% | 49% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 3% | 41% |
| Hitman 3 | 5% | 31% |
| Genshin Impact | 27% | 0% |
| Far Cry 6 | 5% | 45% |
| World of Warcraft: Shadowlands | 5% | 44% |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 30% | 3% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT MSI Gaming 6GB are significantly better than the AMD Radeon RX 5500 4GB.
The RX 5500 has a 485 MHz higher core clock speed but 16 fewer Texture Mapping Units than the RX 5600 XT. The lower TMU count doesn't matter, though, as altogether the RX 5500 manages to provide 43.2 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 RX 5500 has a 485 MHz higher core clock speed than the RX 5600 XT, but the RX 5600 XT has 32 more Render Output Units than the RX 5500. As a result, the RX 5600 XT exhibits a 22.4 GPixel/s better Pixel Fill Rate than the RX 5500. 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 RX 5500, 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 RX 5600 XT has 2048 MB more video memory than the RX 5500, 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 RX 5600 XT has 64 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the RX 5500, which means that the memory performance of the RX 5600 XT is much better than the RX 5500.
The Radeon RX 5600 XT MSI Gaming 6GB has 2304 Shader Processing Units and the Radeon RX 5500 4GB has 1408. However, the actual shader performance of the RX 5600 XT is 2396 and the actual shader performance of the RX 5500 is 1689. The RX 5600 XT having 707 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the RX 5600 XT delivers a massively smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the RX 5500.
The Radeon RX 5600 XT MSI Gaming 6GB requires 150 Watts to run and the Radeon RX 5500 4GB requires 110 Watts. We would recommend a PSU with at least 550 Watts for the RX 5600 XT and a PSU with at least 500 Watts for the RX 5500. The RX 5600 XT requires 40 Watts more than the RX 5500 to run. The difference is significant enough that the RX 5600 XT may have a slight adverse affect on your yearly electricity bills in comparison to the RX 5500.
| Core Speed | 1185 MHz | vs |  | 1670 MHz | |
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| Boost Clock | 1600 MHz | vs | | 1845 MHz | |
| Architecture | Navi 10 XL | Navi | |||
| OC Potential | - | vs | - | ||
| Driver Support | - | vs | - | ||
| Release Date | 21 Jan 2020 |  | vs | 18 Nov 2019 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
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| 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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vs | 7.9
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| 3840x2160 | 6.6
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vs | 6
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| Memory | 6144 MB | | vs | 4096 MB | |
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| Memory Speed | 1500 MHz | vs | | 1750 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | 192 Bit | | vs | 128 Bit | |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | | vs | | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 288GB/sec | | vs | 224GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | 0 KB | |
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0 KB |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
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0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 2304 | | vs | 1408 | |
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| Actual Shader Performance | 100% | | vs | 81% | |
| Technology | 7nm | | vs | | 7nm |
| Texture Mapping Units | 144 | | vs | 128 | |
| Texture Rate | 170.6 GTexel/s | vs | | 213.8 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 64 | | vs | 32 | |
| Pixel Rate | 75.8 GPixel/s | | vs | 53.4 GPixel/s | |
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| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 7680x4320 | | vs | 4096x2160 | |
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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 | | 110 Watts | |
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| Recommended PSU | 550 Watts & 42 Amps | vs | | 500 Watts & 30 Amps | |
| DirectX | 12 | | vs | | 12.0 |
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| Shader Model | 5.0 | | vs | | 5.0 |
| Open GL | 4.5 | | vs | | 4.5 |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | no | no | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | no | vs | no | ||
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | | yes |
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| Recommended Processor | - | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core 3.6GHz | |||
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| Recommended RAM | 16 GB | | vs | | 16 GB |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 1920x1080 | | vs | | 1920x1080 |
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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 The Radeon RX 5500 4GB is an entry-level graphics card which is part of the AMD Radeon RX 5000 series, announced on October 7th, 2019. Architecture It is powered by the 7nm Navi GPU, which has 1408 shader processing units, [xx] TMUs and [xx]] ROPs. GPU The central unit runs at 1670 MHz and goes up to 1845 MHz when the boost mode is triggered. Memory The RX 5500 4GB comes with a 4GB frame buffer of GDDR6 video memory through a 128-bit memory interface, while the memory clock operates at 1750MHz. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 110W, it requires at least a 500W PSU with one available 8-pin connector. Performance The Radeon RX 5500 4GB been built as a Low/Mid performance graphics card for 2019. Its direct competitor is the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Super. It will run most triple AAA titles released during 2019 on medium to high graphics at 1080p screen resolution. With adjustments and lowering anti aliasing this RX 5500 4GB card can confidently maintain 60+ frames per seconds on high graphic settings at 1080p. Moving to 1440p screen resolution and the graphics card may need to be adjusted down to medium in order to maintain 50-60+ fps. System Suggestions The Radeon RX 5500 4GB is best suited for resolutions up to and including 1920x1080. We recommend a mid range R5 Ryzen processor and at least 8GB of system memory for optimal gaming performance from the RX 5500 4GB. | |||
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| GPU Variants | - | - | |||