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


GPU comparison with benchmarks

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.

GPU

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.
ASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5 GPU Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
AMD Radeon RX 560 (16 CU) Based on AMD Radeon RX 6600
Polaris 21 XT GPU Chip Navi 23 XL
GCN 4 Architecture RDNA 2
16 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
1024 Shader 1792
16 Render Output Units 64
64 Texture Units 112
0 Raytracing Cores 28

Memory

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.

2 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
112 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

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.

1.187 GHz Base Clock 1.626 GHz
1.187 GHz Boost Clock 2.491 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.04 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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.

75 W TDP 132 W
-- TDP (up) 140 W
97 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 75 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

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.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
1x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

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.

5120x2880 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

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.

220 mm Length 193 mm
115 mm Height 120 mm
39 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 710 g
PCIe 3.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8

Additional data

The ASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5 was released in Q2/2017 at a price of 99 $ (Reference).

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

RX560-O2G Part-no 11310-01-20G
Q2/2017 Release date Q4/2021
99 $ (Reference) Launch Price 329 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 7 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

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)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
31 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
50 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

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.

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
28 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
64 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)

ASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5 ASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5
2 GB GDDR5
11 fps (avg)
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
44 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5 ASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5
2 GB GDDR5
32 fps (avg)
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
98 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5 ASUS Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5
2 GB GDDR5
42 fps (avg)
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
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

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

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)

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