The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT has the Navi 10 XLE graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 1 architecture.
The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT is based on the graphics chip Navi 24 XT, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
Memory
Memory
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
Memory Size
6 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Memory Clock
1.500 GHz
2.250 GHz
Memory Speed
12.0 Gbps
18.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
288 GB/s
144 GB/s
Memory Interface
192 bit
64 bit
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The graphics memory of the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT clocks at 1.500 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 12.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT is 18.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.250 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
Base Clock
1.400 GHz
2.200 GHz
Boost Clock
1.770 GHz
2.825 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
1.67 GHz
2.69 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
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
TDP
160 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 ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 160 W.
The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 130 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
3 x 85 mm
2 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
28 dB
0 dB
Noise (Load)
31 dB
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The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.
The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
Max. Displays
4
2
HDCP
2.3
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
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 ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT.
The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT supports the operation of a maximum of 2 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
No
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
ASUS Aura Sync
No LED lighting
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With the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT 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 is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode
Decode
AV1
No
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
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
Length
304 mm
194 mm
Height
130 mm
107 mm
Width
54 mm
40 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 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 ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT +60.6 %
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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