Your Graphics Research
Your Graphics Research
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| Game | Radeon RX 5600 XT MSI Gaming 6GB | GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q |
| Hitman 3 | 5% | 8% |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 27% | 17% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 33% | 24% |
| FIFA 21 | 63% | 58% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 3% | 17% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 35% | 26% |
| Resident Evil 8 | 27% | 17% |
| Genshin Impact | 27% | 17% |
| Far Cry 6 | 5% | 21% |
| The Medium | 9% | 4% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT MSI Gaming 6GB are very slightly better than the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q.
The RX 5600 XT has a 300 MHz higher core clock speed but 40 fewer Texture Mapping Units than the RTX 2070. The lower TMU count doesn't matter, though, as altogether the RX 5600 XT manages to provide 7.8 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 5600 XT has a 300 MHz higher core clock speed than the RTX 2070 and the same number of Render Output Units. This results in the RX 5600 XT providing 19.2 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 over a year more recently than the RTX 2070, 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 2070.
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 2070 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 2070 also has superior memory performance overall.
The RTX 2070 has 96 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the RX 5600 XT, which means that the memory performance of the RTX 2070 is massively better than the RX 5600 XT.
Both the Radeon RX 5600 XT MSI Gaming 6GB and the GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q have 2304 Shader Processing Units. While the two GPUs have the same number of SPUs, the actual performance delivered by the RTX 2070 is 2730 and by the RX 5600 XT is 2730. Knowing that the shader performance of the RTX 2070 is superior, it is not necessary to examine the GPUs' respective Texture and Pixel Fill Rates.
The RX 5600 XT transistor size technology is 5 nm (nanometers) smaller than the RTX 2070. This means that the RX 5600 XT is expected to run very slightly cooler and achieve higher clock frequencies than the RTX 2070.
The Radeon RX 5600 XT MSI Gaming 6GB requires 150 Watts to run and the GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q requires 80 Watts. We would recommend a PSU with at least 550 Watts for the RX 5600 XT. The RX 5600 XT requires 70 Watts more than the RTX 2070 to run. The difference is significant enough that the RX 5600 XT may have an adverse affect on your yearly electricity bills in comparison to the RTX 2070.
| Core Speed | 1185 MHz |  | vs | 885 MHz | |
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| Boost Clock | 1600 MHz | | vs | 1185 MHz | |
| Architecture | Navi 10 XL | Turing TU106B N18E-G2-A1 | |||
| OC Potential | - | vs | - | ||
| Driver Support | - | vs | - | ||
| Release Date | 21 Jan 2020 |  | vs | 20 Sep 2018 | |
| 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 | 8.6
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| 3840x2160 | 6.6
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6.6
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| Memory | 6144 MB | vs | | 8192 MB | |
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| Memory Speed | 1500 MHz | | vs | | 1500 MHz |
| Memory Bus | 192 Bit | vs | | 256 Bit | |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | | vs | | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 288GB/sec | vs | | 384GB/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 | | 2304 |
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| Actual Shader Performance | 100% | | vs | | 100% |
| Technology | 7nm | | vs | 12nm | |
| Texture Mapping Units | 144 | vs | | 184 | |
| Texture Rate | 170.6 GTexel/s | | vs | 162.8 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 64 | | vs | | 64 |
| Pixel Rate | 75.8 GPixel/s | | vs | 56.6 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 | 0 | |
| DisplayPort Connections | 3 | | vs | 0 | |
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| Max Power | 150 Watts | vs | | 80 Watts | |
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| Recommended PSU | 550 Watts & 42 Amps | - | |||
| DirectX | 12 | vs | | 12.1 | |
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| Shader Model | 5.0 | vs | | 6.4 | |
| Open GL | 4.5 | vs | | 4.6 | |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | no | yes | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | no | vs | no | ||
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | | yes |
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| Recommended Processor | - | Intel Core i7-9850H 6-Core 2.6GHz | |||
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| Recommended RAM | 16 GB | | vs | | 16 GB |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 1920x1080 | vs | | 3840x2160 | |
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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 GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q is a High-End laptop Graphics Card based on the Turing Architecture. As a Max-Q graphics card it is ideally suited for thin gaming laptops. However, this does impact performance. Architecture It equips a Turing GPU Codenamed TU106B N18E-G2-A1 which is a First Gen Turing GPU and has 20 SM activated, offering 2304 Shader Processing Units, 184 TMUs and 64 ROPs. The Turing architecture provides the world's first consumer support for real-time ray-tracing technology, or RTX. It also has 288 Tensor Cores for AI purposes. GPU Name: TU106B N18E-G2-A1 GPU The central unit runs at 885MHz and goes up to 1185MHz in Turbo Mode. Memory The GPU accesses an 8GB frame buffer of Second Gen GDDR6 through a 256-bit memory interface, while the Memory Clock Operates at 1500MHz, or 12GHz effective. Total memory bandwidth is 384 Gb/s. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 80W, the GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q offers good power efficiency for a high-end laptop graphics processor. Performance Performance of the GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q falls a fair way short of the desktop GeForce RTX 2070. However, the GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q is still a decently fast mobile graphics card which offers performance on par with previous-gen desktop GeForce GTX 1070. System Suggestions GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q is best suited for resolutions up to and including 2560 x 1440. We recommend a High-End Processor and 16GB of RAM for Optimal Performance. | |||
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| Recommended CPU | - | - | |||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | N/A | ||||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||