ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OC vs MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G OC

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ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OC launched Q1/2021, which is based on AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT architecture. It will come with 16 GB of high-bandwidth GDDR6 memory.The ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OC features 4608 shader, 128 render output units, has a boost clock of 2.340 GHz+ 4 % and equipped with a power draw of 300 W. The GPU supports up to 4 monitors with resolutions of 7680x4320. In addition, if you are looking for Air cooling cooler & Axial fan-type, it would be your best choice.

MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G OC

MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G OC launched Q3/2019, which is based on AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT architecture. It will come with 8 GB of high-bandwidth GDDR6 memory.The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G OC features 1408 shader, 32 render output units, has a boost clock of 1.845 GHz and equipped with a power draw of 130 W. The GPU supports up to 4 monitors with resolutions of 7680x4320. In addition, if you are looking for Air cooling cooler & Axial fan-type, it would be your best choice.

	GPU
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT	Based on	AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
Navi 21 XT	GPU Chip	Navi 14 XTX
72	Execution units	22
4608	Shader	1408
128	Render Output Units	32
288	Texture Units	88
	Memory
16 GB	Memory Size	8 GB
GDDR6	Memory Type	GDDR6
2 GHz	Memory Speed	1.75 GHz
512 GB/s	Memory Bandwith	224 GB/s
256 bit	Memory Interface	128 bit
	Clock Speeds
1.875 GHz+ 3 %	Base Clock	1.647 GHz+ 2 %
2.340 GHz+ 4 %	Boost Clock	1.845 GHz
2.090 GHz+ 4 %	Avg (Game) Clock	1.733 GHz+ 1 %
Yes	Overclocking	Yes
	Thermal Design
300 W	TDP	130 W
345 W	TDP (up)	--
96 °C	Tjunction max	--
2 x 8-Pin	PCIe-Power	1 x 8-Pin
	Cooler & Fans
Axial	Fan-Type	Axial
3 x 100 mm	Fan 1	2 x 90 mm
--	Fan 2	--
Air cooling	Cooler-Type	Air cooling
0 dB / Silent	Noise (Idle)	0 dB / Silent
35 dB	Noise (Load)	39 dB
	Connectivity
4	Max. Displays	4
2.3	HDCP-Version	2.3
1x HDMI v2.1	HDMI Ports	1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4a	DP Ports	3x DP v1.4
--	DVI Ports	--
--	VGA Ports	--
--	USB-C Ports	--
	Featureset
7680x4320	Max. resolution	7680x4320
12_2	DirectX	12_1
Yes	Raytracing	Yes
No	DLSS / FSR	No}
ASUS Aura Sync	LED	No LED lighting
	Supported Video Codecs
Decode / Encode	h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	h265 / HEVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	AV1	No
Decode / Encode	VP8	Decode
Decode / Encode	VP9	Decode / Encode
	Dimensions
320 mm	Length	215 mm
140 mm	Height	128 mm
58 mm	Width	40 mm
3 PCIe-Slots	Width (Slots)	2 PCIe-Slots
--	Weight	705 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16	GPU Interface	PCIe 4.0 x 8
	Additional data
90YV0FL1-M0NM00	Part-no	--
Q1/2021	Release date	Q3/2019
829 $	Release price	--
7 nm	Structure size	7 nm
data sheet	Documents	data sheet
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ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OC		MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G OC
300 W	Max TDP	130 W
NA	Power consumption per day (kWh)	NA
NA	Running cost per day	NA
NA	Power consumption per year (kWh)	NA
NA	Running cost per year	NA

ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OC vs MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G OC

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