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 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 RX 550 2G G5 is based on the GCN 4 architecture and is equipped with 8 execution units.
Memory
Memory
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5
Memory Size
4 GB
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Clock
2.250 GHz
1.750 GHz
Memory Speed
18.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
144 GB/s
112 GB/s
Memory Interface
64 bit
128 bit
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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 RX 550 2G G5 has a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5
Base Clock
2.200 GHz
1.100 GHz
Boost Clock
2.815 GHz
1.206 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
2.61 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G has a turbo clock of 2.815 GHz. The turbo frequency of the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 is 1.206 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5
TDP
107 W
65 W
Tjunction max
97 °C
80 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin
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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 RX 550 2G G5 is equipped with a -- PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 80 °C.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 80 mm
1 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G are cooled with a Air cooling.
The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5
Max. Displays
2
4
HDCP
2.3
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
1x DP 1.4a
1x DP 1.4
DVI
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1
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.
The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5
Max. resolution
7680x4320
5120x2880
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).
The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5
h264
Decode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
Decode
AV1
No
No
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5
Length
192 mm
158 mm
Height
117 mm
112 mm
Width
38 mm
28 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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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 RX 550 2G G5 is 38 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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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