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Radeon RX 5600 XT
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VRAM
6 GB
CUDA
2,304
FP32
7.188 TF
Bandwidth
288 GB/s
TDP
150W
Boost
1560 MHz
Strengths at a Glance
How it stacks up to the flagship
Each metric is shown as a percentage of the GeForce RTX 5090 D, the strongest card we track.
FP32 compute7.188 TFLOPS7%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth288 GB/s16%
vs RTX 5090 D: 1790 GB/s
VRAM capacity6 GB19%
vs RTX 5090 D: 32 GB
Shading units2,30411%
vs RTX 5090 D: 21,760
Power efficiency15/10026%
vs RTX 5090 D: 58/100
Synthetic Benchmarks
Estimated benchmark results
Each result is shown as a share of the RTX 5090 D's score in the same test.
3DMark Time Spy11,520pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)5,040pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)1,508spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute60,000pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts
Performance breakdown
Gaming32
Ray tracing28
AI / Compute25
Creator / 3D29
Power efficiency15
Real-World Gaming
FPS Across Resolutions
1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 31 fps
1080p
52
1440p
29
4K
12
Counter-Strike 2avg 82 fps
1080p
131
1440p
78
4K
37
Fortniteavg 88 fps
1080p
141
1440p
81
4K
42
Battlefield 5avg 83 fps
1080p
112
1440p
85
4K
51
Far Cry 5avg 84 fps
1080p
122
1440p
86
4K
44
Valorantavg 199 fps
1080p
144
1440p
244
4K
208
Average FPS across all PC games
1080p
100fps
1440p
66fps
4K
34fps
Cost per frame
Launch MSRP ($279) ÷ average FPS — lower is better.
1080p
$2.50
1440p
$4.26
4K
$8.14
Community Feedback
What Owners Say
Owners love the great 1080p gaming value and solid performance for the price. The common gripe is the finicky BIOS switching and inconsistent driver stability early on.
Pros
- Great for 1080p high settings gaming
- Sips power, stays cool and quiet
- Plays modern titles without breaking a sweat
- Solid value for budget-conscious builders
Cons
- VRAM limited for modern games
- Ray tracing performance is poor
- Drivers had early stability issues
Supported technologies
AV1 Encode
Full specifications
Graphics processor
Core configuration
- CUDA Cores
- 2,304
- TMUs
- 144
- ROPs
- 64
- L2 cache
- 3 MB
Memory
- Size
- 6 GB
- Type
- GDDR6
- Bus width
- 192-bit
- Bandwidth
- 288 GB/s
- Memory clock
- 14000 MHz
Clocks & throughput
- Base clock
- 1130 MHz
- Boost clock
- 1560 MHz
- FP32 (float)
- 7.188 TFLOPS
- FP16 (half)
- 7.188 TFLOPS
- Pixel rate
- 100 GPixel/s
- Texture rate
- 224.6 GTexel/s
Board & power
- TDP
- 150W
- Suggested PSU
- 300W
- Power connectors
- 1x 8-pin
- Bus interface
- PCIe 4.0 x16
- Length
- 267 mm
- Slot width
- 2-slot
Display & outputs
- Max resolution
- 7680×4320
- Outputs
- 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
API and SDK support
- DirectX
- 12 (12_1)
- Shader Model
- 6.5
- OpenGL
- 4.6
- OpenCL
- 2.0
- Vulkan
- 1.2.131
Verdict
Our verdict on the RX 5600 XT
The AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT is a 1080p workhorse that needed a controversial driver rev to hit its advertised performance.
Get it if you need a solid 1080p card for esports and older AAA games on a tight budget. Skip it if you want modern ray tracing or high-refresh 1440p gaming.
Buy it if…
- You want 1080p gaming with high settings on a budget.
- You’re building a no-frills first PC for a teen.
- You need a solid upgrade from an older, weaker card.
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