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ASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5 vs Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600

ASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5
ASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5 2 GB GDDR5 · 1.19 GHz · 75 W Speed index 2/100
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 8 GB GDDR6 · 2.49 GHz · 132 W Speed index 7/100
In the gpu comparison between the ASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5 and the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 is 312 % faster than the ASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5.

ASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
Speed index
2/100
7/100
FP32
2.17 TFLOPS
8.93 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.19 GHz
2.49 GHz
Memory Size
2 GB GDDR5
8 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
224 GB/s
TDP
75 W
132 W
Launch Price
99 $
329 $

GPU

GPUASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
Based onAMD Radeon RX 560 (16 CU)AMD Radeon RX 6600
GPU ChipPolaris 21 XTNavi 23 XL
Streaming Multiprocessors1628
Shader10241792
Render Output Units1664
Texture Units64112
Raytracing Cores--28
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The ASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 560 (16 CU) and has 1024 texture shaders and 16 execution units.

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 is based on AMD Radeon RX 6600, which has 1792 shaders and 28 execution units.

Memory

MemoryASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
Memory Size2 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR6
Memory Clock1.750 GHz1.750 GHz
Memory Speed7.0 Gbps14.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth112 GB/s224 GB/s
Memory Interface128 bit128 bit
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The ASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5 has 2 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
Base Clock1.187 GHz1.626 GHz
Boost Clock1.187 GHz2.491 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock--2.04 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The ASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5 clocks in the base with up to 1.187 GHz. The base frequency of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 is 1.626 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
TDP75 W132 W
TDP (up)--140 W
Tjunction max97 °C100 °C
PCIe-Power--1 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5 is 75 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the -- connector.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 has a TDP of 132 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 12 x 75 mm2 x 90 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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The ASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5 has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivityASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort1x DP 1.43x DP 1.4a
DVI1--
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the ASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

Featureset

FeaturesetASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
Max. resolution5120x28807680x4320
DirectX1212_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingNoYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The ASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5 supports a maximum resolution of 5120x2880 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 is 7680x4320 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode / Encode
VP9DecodeDecode / Encode
AV1NoDecode
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Dimensions

DimensionsASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
Length220 mm193 mm
Height115 mm120 mm
Width39 mm40 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
Weight--710 g
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The ASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5 is 220 mm long, 115 mm high and 39 mm wide.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 is 193 mm long, 120 mm high and 40 mm wide.

Additional data

Additional dataASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 8PCIe 4.0 x 8
Release dateQ2/2017Q4/2021
Launch Price99 $329 $
Structure size14 nm7 nm
Part-noRX560-O2G11310-01-20G
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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The ASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5 was released in Q2/2017 at a price of 99 $.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 was introduced in Q4/2021 at a price of 329 $.

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 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 +410.4 %

  1. 743
  2. 3,792

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 3,907

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 1,344

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. no data
  2. 24 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 31 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 50 fps (avg)

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) Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 +300.0 %

  1. 11 fps (avg)
  2. 44 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 +206.3 %

  1. 32 fps (avg)
  2. 98 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 +202.4 %

  1. 42 fps (avg)
  2. 127 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 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 +252.8 %

  1. 20,204
  2. 71,285

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 +351.3 %

  1. 17,820
  2. 80,425

Geekbench 6 - Metal Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 +400.9 %

  1. 19,589
  2. 98,120

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