PowerColor Radeon RX 6900 XT vs MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming 8G

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PowerColor Radeon RX 6900 XT launched Q1/2021, which is based on AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT architecture. It will come with 16 GB of high-bandwidth GDDR6 memory.The PowerColor Radeon RX 6900 XT features 5120 shader, 128 render output units, has a boost clock of 2.250 GHz 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 Gaming 8G

MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming 8G 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 Gaming 8G 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.

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	GPU
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	Based on	AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
Navi 21	GPU Chip	Navi 14 XTX
80	Execution units	22
5120	Shader	1408
128	Render Output Units	32
320	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
1.825 GHz	Base Clock	1.647 GHz+ 2 %
2.250 GHz	Boost Clock	1.845 GHz
2.015 GHz	Avg (Game) Clock	1.733 GHz+ 1 %
Yes	Overclocking	Yes
	Thermal Design
300 W	TDP	130 W
345 W	TDP (up)	--
--	Tjunction max	--
2 x 8-Pin	PCIe-Power	1 x 8-Pin
	Cooler & Fans
Axial	Fan-Type	Axial
3 x 80 mm	Fan 1	2 x 90 mm
--	Fan 2	--
Air cooling	Cooler-Type	Air cooling
0 dB / Silent	Noise (Idle)	0 dB / Silent
40 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
2x DP v1.4a	DP Ports	3x DP v1.4
--	DVI Ports	--
--	VGA Ports	--
1	USB-C Ports	--
	Featureset
7680x4320	Max. resolution	7680x4320
12_2	DirectX	12_1
Yes	Raytracing	Yes
No	DLSS / FSR	No}
Non addressable LED	LED	MSI Mystic Light
	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
267 mm	Length	247 mm
120 mm	Height	128 mm
50 mm	Width	47 mm
3 PCIe-Slots	Width (Slots)	3 PCIe-Slots
1500 g	Weight	869 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16	GPU Interface	PCIe 4.0 x 8
	Additional data
AXRX 6900XT 16GBD6-M2DHC	Part-no	--
Q1/2021	Release date	Q3/2019
--	Release price	--
7 nm	Structure size	7 nm
data sheet	Documents	data sheet
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PowerColor Radeon RX 6900 XT		MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming 8G
300 W	Max TDP	130 W
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