AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT vs AMD Radeon VII

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT and AMD Radeon VII videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

AMD Radeon VII

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
519.6x more texture fill rate: 224.6 GTexel/s vs 432.24 GT/s
2x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 881 vs 786
Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 207.909 vs 206.353
2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 148.938 vs 69.256
2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1111.648 vs 499.927
Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 13621 vs 11724
Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 13621 vs 11724

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 Jan 2020 vs 7 February 2019
Texture fill rate	224.6 GTexel/s vs 432.24 GT/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	881 vs 786
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	207.909 vs 206.353
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	148.938 vs 69.256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1111.648 vs 499.927
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	13621 vs 11724
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3719 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	13621 vs 11724
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3719 vs 3717

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon VII

Around 24% higher core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1130 MHz
Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 1750 MHz vs 1560 MHz
Around 67% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 2304
2.7x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 6 GB
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16690 vs 13688
Around 38% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 89406 vs 64853
Around 31% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4659.199 vs 3560.776
Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 21.606 vs 20.486
Around 21% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 9291 vs 7710

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1130 MHz
Boost clock speed	1750 MHz vs 1560 MHz
Pipelines	3840 vs 2304
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	16690 vs 13688
Geekbench - OpenCL	89406 vs 64853
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	4659.199 vs 3560.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	21.606 vs 20.486
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360 vs 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	9291 vs 7710

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon VII

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13688

16690

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

881

786

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

64853

89406

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

207.909

206.353

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3560.776

4659.199

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20.486

21.606

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

148.938

69.256

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1111.648

499.927

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

13621

11724

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3719

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3360

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

13621

11724

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3719

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3360

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

7710

9291

Name	AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT	AMD Radeon VII
PassMark - G3D Mark	13688	16690
PassMark - G2D Mark	881	786
Geekbench - OpenCL	64853	89406
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	207.909	206.353
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3560.776	4659.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	20.486	21.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	148.938	69.256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1111.648	499.927
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	13621	11724
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3719	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358	3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	13621	11724
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3719	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358	3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7710	9291

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT	AMD Radeon VII
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	GCN 5.1
Code name	Navi 10 XLE	Vega 20
Launch date	21 Jan 2020	7 February 2019
Launch price (MSRP)	$279	$699
Place in performance rating	193	214
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon 2nd generation Vega
GCN generation		5th Gen
Price now		$699.99
Value for money (0-100)		32.74
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1560 MHz	1750 MHz
Compute units	36	60
Core clock speed	1130 MHz	1400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	449.3 GFLOPS	3.46 TFLOPs
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	14.38 TFLOPS	27.7 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.188 TFLOPS	13.8 TFLOPs
Pipelines	2304	3840
Pixel fill rate	99.84 GPixel/s	115.26 GP/s
Texture fill rate	224.6 GTexel/s	432.24 GT/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	10300 million	13,230 million
Stream Processors		3840
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count	3	3
DisplayPort support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	10.5 inches (267 mm)	305 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	350 Watt	750 W
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	2x 8-pin
Width	Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12	12.0
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	1024 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	4096 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	HBM2
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
FreeSync
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
ZeroCore