MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC vs MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming Trio Plus 16G. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC and MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming Trio Plus 16G, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
• GPU Chip
  Navi 24 Navi 21 XT
• Execution units
  16 72
• Shader
  1024 4608
• Render Output Units
  32 128
• Texture Units
  64 288

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

• Memory Size
  4 GB 16 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  2.25 GHz 2 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  144 GB/s 512 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  64 bit 256 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC and MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming Trio Plus 16G. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  2.200 GHz 1.825 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.825 GHz 2.250 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.685 GHz+ 3 % 2.015 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  107 W 300 W
• TDP (up)
  -- --
• Tjunction max
  110 °C 96 °C
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 6-Pin 3 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC and MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming Trio Plus 16G.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Fan 1
  2 x 80 mm 3 x 100 mm
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Noise (Load)
  -- 35 dB

Connectivity and connections.

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

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

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_2 12_2
• Raytracing
  Yes Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  No No
• LED
  No LED lighting MSI Mystic Light

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

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

• Length
  172 mm 324 mm
• Height
  112 mm 142 mm
• Width
  42 mm 55 mm
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  452 g 1564 g

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming Trio Plus 16G and MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 4 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q1/2022
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  6 nm 7 nm
• Part-no
  -- --
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet