ASRock Radeon RX 5500 XT Challenger D 8G OC vs AMD Radeon RX 6800. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards ASRock Radeon RX 5500 XT Challenger D 8G OC and AMD Radeon RX 6800, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT AMD Radeon RX 6800
• GPU Chip
  Navi 14 XTX Navi 21
• Execution units
  22 60
• Shader
  1408 3840
• Render Output Units
  32 96
• Texture Units
  88 240

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  8 GB 16 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  1.75 GHz 2 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  224 GB/s 512 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  128 bit 256 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards ASRock Radeon RX 5500 XT Challenger D 8G OC and AMD Radeon RX 6800. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.685 GHz+ 5 % 1.700 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.845 GHz 2.105 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  1.737 GHz+ 1 % 1.815 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  130 W 250 W
• TDP (up)
  -- 285 W
• Tjunction max
  -- --
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 8-Pin 2 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system ASRock Radeon RX 5500 XT Challenger D 8G OC and AMD Radeon RX 6800.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  2 x 90 mm 3 x 85 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Noise (Load)
  40 dB 35 dB

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.3 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.0b 1x HDMI v2.1
• DP Ports
  3x DP v1.4 2x DP v1.4a
• DVI Ports
  -- --
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  -- 1

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_1 12_2
• Raytracing
  Yes Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  No No
• LED
  No LED lighting Non addressable LED

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No Decode

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Length
  241 mm 267 mm
• Height
  127 mm 120 mm
• Width
  42 mm --
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU AMD Radeon RX 6800 and ASRock Radeon RX 5500 XT Challenger D 8G OC.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 8 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q3/2019 Q4/2020
• Release price
  -- 579 $
• Structure size
  7 nm 7 nm
• Part-no
  RX5500XT CLD 8GO --
• Documents
  data sheet --