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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 4 GB GDDR6 · 2.82 GHz · 107 W Speed index 5/100

The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT has 1024 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.82 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 5.77 TFLOPS.

SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP 4 GB GDDR5 · 1.07 GHz · 65 W Speed index 1/100

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP has 640 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.07 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 1.37 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT is 321 % faster than the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP.

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XTSAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP
Speed index
5/100
1/100
FP32
5.77 TFLOPS
1.37 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.82 GHz
1.07 GHz
Memory Size
4 GB GDDR6
4 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
144 GB/s
96 GB/s
TDP
107 W
65 W
Launch Price
199 $
79 $

GPU

GPUAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTSAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP
Based onAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAMD Radeon RX 550 (Baffin 10 CU)
GPU ChipNavi 24 XTBaffin LE
Streaming Multiprocessors1610
Shader1024640
Render Output Units3216
Texture Units6440
Raytracing Cores16--
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The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 16 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP is based on the GCN 4 architecture and is equipped with 10 execution units.

Memory

MemoryAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTSAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP
Memory Size4 GB4 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR5
Memory Clock2.250 GHz1.500 GHz
Memory Speed18.0 Gbps6.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth144 GB/s96 GB/s
Memory Interface64 bit128 bit
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The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.250 GHz clocks.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP has a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.500GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTSAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP
Base Clock2.200 GHz1.019 GHz
Boost Clock2.815 GHz1.071 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock2.61 GHz--
OverclockingYesYes
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The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT has a turbo clock of 2.815 GHz. The turbo frequency of the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP is 1.071 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTSAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP
TDP107 W65 W
Tjunction max97 °C80 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 6-Pin--
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The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT has 1 x 6-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 97 °C.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP is equipped with a -- PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 80 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTSAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 1--1 x 90 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB--
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT are cooled with a Air cooling.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTSAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP
Max. Displays24
HDCP2.32.2
HDMI--1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort--1x DP 1.4
DVI--1
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The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTSAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP
Max. resolution7680x43205120x2880
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12
RaytracingYesNo
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTSAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP
h264DecodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecodeDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9DecodeDecode
AV1NoNo
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Dimensions

DimensionsAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTSAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP
Length--158 mm
Height--112 mm
Width--28 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTSAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 4PCIe 3.0 x 8
Release dateQ1/2022Q4/2017
Launch Price199 $79 $
Structure size6 nm14 nm
Part-no--11268-15
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 6 nanometer process, AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT was released in Q1/2022.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP published in Q4/2017 is manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers.

Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT +296.9 %

  1. 2,274
  2. 573

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. 467
  2. no data

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. 141
  2. no data

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

  1. 14 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 19 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 31 fps (avg)
  2. no data

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p) AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT +200.0 %

  1. 27 fps (avg)
  2. 9 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT +188.9 %

  1. 52 fps (avg)
  2. 18 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT +172.0 %

  1. 68 fps (avg)
  2. 25 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT +303.5 %

  1. 49,896
  2. 12,367

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT +378.9 %

  1. 55,054
  2. 11,496

Geekbench 6 - Metal AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT +216.1 %

  1. 50,239
  2. 15,894

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