AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)
The AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT is a fast upper mid-range gaming graphics card for desktops. It uses the Navi 10 chip (RDNA architecture) and is manufactured in the modern 7nm process. It features 2,304 cores (36 CUs - compute units) and fast GDDR6 graphics memory (14 Gbps). The clock speed is specified by AMD at 1,365 - 1,875 MHz (base - max).
The Navi 10 chip uses the new RDNA (Radeon DNA) microarchitecture which is a successor the the GCN instruction set. It features a new processor design, a multi-level cache hierarchy and an improved rendering pipeline with support for GDDR6 memory.
The performance of the RX 5600 XT is slightly better than a Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060. That means it should be best suited for Full HD (1920x1080) and for less demanding games QHD (2650x1440) with maximum settings.
The TDP of the RX 5600 XT is specified at 185 Watt and the energy efficiency should be similar to the RTX 2060 desktop GPU.
Pipelines | 2304 - unified |
Core Speed | 1235 - 1750 (Boost) MHz |
Memory Speed | 12000 MHz |
Memory Bus Width | 192 Bit |
Memory Type | GDDR6 |
Max. Amount of Memory | 6 GB |
Shared Memory | no |
API | DirectX 12, Shader 6.4, OpenGL 4.6 |
Power Consumption | 150 Watt |
Transistor Count | 10.3 Billion |
technology | 7 nm |
Features | 150 W TGP (Board Power), DisplayPort 1.4 w/DFSC, HDMI 2.0b, PCIe 4.0, Radeon Media Engine |
Date of Announcement | 21.01.2020 |
Benchmarks
Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
46 pt (50%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
min: 7916 avg: 7978 median: 7977.5 (41%) max: 8039 Points
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 141%
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
min: 7491 avg: 7547 median: 7546.5 (35%) max: 7602 Points
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 187%
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
min: 419088 avg: 457873 median: 457873 (61%) max: 496658 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics
min: 276174 avg: 327316 median: 327316 (45%) max: 378458 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 53465 avg: 54221 median: 54220.5 (66%) max: 54976 Points
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -2%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 -1%
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 114476 avg: 115759 median: 115758 (47%) max: 117041 Points
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 113%
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 19464 avg: 19694 median: 19464 (49%) max: 20153 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 21734 avg: 21817 median: 21817 (41%) max: 21900 Points
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 143%
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
min: 299522 avg: 363231 median: 363230 (48%) max: 426939 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Night Raid
min: 49374 avg: 49682 median: 49681.5 (60%) max: 49989 Points
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4x NVIDIA RTX A6000 0%
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3DMark - 3DMark Night Raid Graphics Score
min: 84143 avg: 87223 median: 87222.5 (48%) max: 90302 Points
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
25782 Points (52%)
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 92%
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
30515 Points (44%)
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 128%
3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
65563 Points (55%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 3%
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3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
64590 Points (50%)
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 0%
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8%
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3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
50634 Points (71%)
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -3%
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3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +45998 Points (70%)
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -4%
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 3%
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Unigine Valley 1.0 - Unigine Valley 1.0 DX
91 fps (40%)
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SPECviewperf 12
specvp12 sw-03 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03
102 fps (44%)
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 9%
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specvp12 snx-02 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02
41.9 fps (12%)
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 0%
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specvp12 showcase-01 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01
111 fps (42%)
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 139%
specvp12 mediacal-01 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01
39.7 fps (24%)
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -1%
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specvp12 maya-04 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04
106 fps (37%)
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specvp12 energy-01 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01
10.1 fps (25%)
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specvp12 creo-01 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01
75.3 fps (40%)
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 1%
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 12%
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specvp12 catia-04 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04
152 fps (52%)
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -10%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti -1%
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specvp12 3dsmax-05 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05
170 fps (46%)
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 -8%
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 118%
SPECviewperf 13 specvp13 sw-04 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 sw-04
min: 117.8 avg: 118.4 median: 118.4 (55%) max: 119 fps
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 0%
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specvp13 snx-03 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 snx-03
min: 64.8 avg: 67.3 median: 67.3 (11%) max: 69.7 fps
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 14%
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specvp13 showcase-02 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 showcase-02
min: 108 avg: 109.1 median: 109.1 (41%) max: 110.2 fps
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 143%
specvp13 medical-02 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 medical-02
min: 65.2 avg: 67.9 median: 67.9 (37%) max: 70.6 fps
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -13%
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specvp13 maya-05 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 maya-05
min: 210 avg: 210.5 median: 210.5 (37%) max: 211 fps
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 -4%
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specvp13 energy-02 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 energy-02
min: 19.43 avg: 19.5 median: 19.5 (15%) max: 19.5 fps
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specvp13 creo-02 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 creo-02
min: 140 avg: 143.8 median: 143.8 (37%) max: 147.5 fps
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 -5%
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 6%
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specvp13 catia-05 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 catia-05
min: 230.2 avg: 230.6 median: 230.6 (49%) max: 231 fps
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -6%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 0%
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specvp13 3dsmax-06 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 3dsmax-06
min: 155 avg: 163.9 median: 163.9 (44%) max: 172.8 fps
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 -5%
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 128%
SPECviewperf 2020 specvp2020 solidworks-05 4k +SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 solidworks-05 4k
51.1 fps (15%)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -44%
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 17%
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specvp2020 snx-04 4k +SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 snx-04 4k
72.2 fps (15%)
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -11%
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specvp2020 medical-03 4k +SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 medical-03 4k
12.7 fps (24%)
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -21%
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specvp2020 maya-06 4k +SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 maya-06 4k
120 fps (27%)
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 194%
specvp2020 energy-03 4k +SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 energy-03 4k
25.1 fps (18%)
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 26%
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specvp2020 creo-03 4k +SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 creo-03 4k
46.5 fps (29%)
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -14%
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 17%
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specvp2020 catia-06 4k +SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 catia-06 4k
26.1 fps (21%)
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -47%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 -16%
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specvp2020 3dsmax-07 4k +SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 3dsmax-07 4k
40.7 fps (24%)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -47%
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 15%
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
1692 Samples/s (8%)
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4x NVIDIA RTX A6000 1208%
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
4898 Samples/s (9%)
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 -7%
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4x NVIDIA RTX A6000 1065%
ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
15783 points (30%)
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 -3%
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -3%
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 231%
Power Consumption - Furmark Stress Test Power Consumption - external Monitor *
321.1 Watt (49%)
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4x NVIDIA RTX A6000 102%
Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
287.8 Watt (40%)
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4x NVIDIA RTX A6000 149%
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card

- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
Game Benchmarks
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -4%
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 180%
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -24%
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 163%
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -46%
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 162%
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -41%
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 184%
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -37%
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 297%
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -72%
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 389%
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Additional Benchmarks
Low Preset 1280x720
79.6 [X] Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 XTAMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)
73.3 fps [X] Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 XTAMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)
min:
48.9 fps, P0.1:
55.1 fps, P1:
57.4 fps, max:
99 fps
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70.8 fps [X] Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 XTAMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)
min:
34 fps, P0.1:
52.3 fps, P1:
55.1 fps, max:
94.4 fps
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64.5 fps [X] Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 XTAMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)
min:
43.2 fps, P0.1:
47.4 fps, P1:
50.9 fps, max:
80.2 fps
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58.8 fps [X] Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 XTAMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)
min:
45.6 fps, P0.1:
46.1 fps, P1:
48.4 fps, max:
72.9 fps
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43.4 fps [X] Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 XTAMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)
min:
35.8 fps, P0.1:
36.8 fps, P1:
37.6 fps, max:
50.8 fps
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -50%
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24.4 fps [X] Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 XTAMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)
min:
20.2 fps, P0.1:
20.3 fps, P1:
21.2 fps, max:
28.4 fps
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -76%
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» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Additional Benchmarks
Low / Off 1280x720
73.9 [X] Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 XTAMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)
min:
38.5 fps, P0.1:
41.5 fps, P1:
54.3 fps, max:
106 fps
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 6%
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 82%
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