The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2 has 1024 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.83 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.79 TFLOPS.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT is 128 % faster than the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2.
The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 40 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2 is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 16 execution units.
Memory
Memory
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2
Memory Size
12 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Memory Clock
2.000 GHz
2.250 GHz
Memory Speed
16.0 Gbps
18.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
384 GB/s
144 GB/s
Memory Interface
192 bit
64 bit
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The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT is equipped with a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.
The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2 has a 4 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.250GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2
Base Clock
2.321 GHz
2.200 GHz
Boost Clock
2.581 GHz
2.825 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
2.42 GHz
2.69 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT has a turbo clock of 2.581 GHz. The turbo frequency of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2 is 2.825 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2
TDP
230 W
130 W
Tjunction max
100 °C
97 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
1 x 6-Pin
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The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 100 °C.
The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2 is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 97 °C.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
--
2 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT are cooled with a Air cooling.
The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2 is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2
Max. Displays
4
2
HDCP
2.3
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
1x DP 1.4a
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The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.
The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2 supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
Yes
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).
The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode
VP8
Decode / Encode
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode
Decode
AV1
Decode
No
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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
Dimensions
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2
Length
--
194 mm
Height
--
107 mm
Width
--
40 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2 is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.
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.
The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.
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