GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G
vs
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G has 1024 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.82 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 5.77 TFLOPS.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 has 1792 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.49 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 8.93 TFLOPS.

GPU

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 16 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 28 execution units.
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G GPU Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 6600
Navi 24 XT GPU Chip Navi 23 XL
RDNA 2 Architecture RDNA 2
16 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
1024 Shader 1792
32 Render Output Units 64
64 Texture Units 112
16 Raytracing Cores 28

Memory

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.250 GHz clocks.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

4 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.250 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
18.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
144 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
64 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G has a turbo clock of 2.815 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 is 2.491 GHz.

2.200 GHz Base Clock 1.626 GHz
2.815 GHz Boost Clock 2.491 GHz
2.61 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.04 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G has 1 x 6-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 97 °C.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.

107 W TDP 132 W
-- TDP (up) 140 W
97 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G are cooled with a Air cooling.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 80 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

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

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

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

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G is 38 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 is 38 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

192 mm Length 193 mm
117 mm Height 120 mm
38 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 710 g
PCIe 4.0 x 4 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8

Additional data

Manufactured using the 6 nanometer process, GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G was released in Q1/2022.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 published in Q4/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

GV-R65XTEAGLE-4GD Part-no 11310-01-20G
Q1/2022 Release date Q4/2021
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 329 $ (Reference)
6 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)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G
4 GB GDDR6
14 fps (avg)
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G
4 GB GDDR6
19 fps (avg)
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
31 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G
4 GB GDDR6
31 fps (avg)
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)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G
4 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)
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)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G
4 GB GDDR6
27 fps (avg)
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
44 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G
4 GB GDDR6
52 fps (avg)
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
8 GB GDDR6
98 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G
4 GB GDDR6
68 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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