The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT (RDNA 2) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 144 GB/s.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D is 53 % faster than the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB.
The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D has the Navi 23 XL graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 2 architecture.
The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB is based on the graphics chip Navi 24 XT, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
Memory
Memory
ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB
Memory Size
8 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
2.250 GHz
Memory Speed
14.0 Gbps
18.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
144 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
64 bit
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The graphics memory of the ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB is 18.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.250 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB
Base Clock
1.626 GHz
2.200 GHz
Boost Clock
2.491 GHz
2.855 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
2.04 GHz
2.70 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB
TDP
132 W
130 W
Tjunction max
100 °C
97 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 132 W.
The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 130 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 95 mm
2 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.
The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB
Max. Displays
4
2
HDCP
2.3
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4
1x DP 1.4a
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D.
The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB supports the operation of a maximum of 2 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB
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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With the ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode
VP8
Decode / Encode
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode
Decode
AV1
Decode
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.
Dimensions
Dimensions
ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB
Length
269 mm
194 mm
Height
132 mm
107 mm
Width
41 mm
40 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
Weight
627 g
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SFF-Ready
No
No
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The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 8 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 4 Lanes interface.
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 ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D +65.6 %
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3840x2160 (2160p) ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D +71.4 %
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.
FP32 (TFLOPS) ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D +52.6 %
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