In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 8G and the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT SF 4G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 8G is 53 % faster than the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT SF 4G.
The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 8G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5700 and has 2304 texture shaders and 36 execution units.
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT SF 4G is based on AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT, which has 1408 shaders and 22 execution units.
Memory
Memory
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 8G
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT SF 4G
Memory Size
8 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
1.750 GHz
Memory Speed
14.0 Gbps
14.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
448 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
128 bit
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.
The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT SF 4G can access 4 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 8G
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT SF 4G
Base Clock
1.465 GHz
1.607 GHz
Boost Clock
1.725 GHz
1.845 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
1.63 GHz
1.74 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.465 GHz. The base frequency of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT SF 4G is 1.607 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 8G
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT SF 4G
TDP
180 W
135 W
TDP (up)
220 W
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Tjunction max
98 °C
95 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 8G is 180 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connector.
The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT SF 4G has a TDP of 135 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 8G
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT SF 4G
Fan-Type
Radial
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 80 mm
1 x 85 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
Noise (Load)
46-47 dB
47 dB
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 8G has a total of 1 Radial fans.
The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT SF 4G has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 8G
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT SF 4G
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4
3x DP 1.4
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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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 8G.
The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT SF 4G supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 8G
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT SF 4G
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT SF 4G is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 8G
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT SF 4G
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
AV1
No
No
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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
Dimensions
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 8G
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT SF 4G
Length
270 mm
177 mm
Height
110 mm
102 mm
Width
35 mm
38 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 8G is 270 mm long, 110 mm high and 35 mm wide.
The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT SF 4G is 177 mm long, 102 mm high and 38 mm wide.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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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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