Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
vs
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G and the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT and has 2560 texture shaders and 40 execution units.

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT is based on AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT, which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G GPU Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
Navi 10 XT GPU Chip Navi 10 XLE
RDNA 1 Architecture RDNA 1
40 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
2560 Shader 2304
64 Render Output Units 64
160 Texture Units 144
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 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 5600 XT can access 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 336 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.770 GHz. The base frequency of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT is 1.130 GHz.

1.770 GHz Base Clock 1.130 GHz
2.010 GHz Boost Clock 1.750 GHz
1.91 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.62 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G is 265 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT has a TDP of 160 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

265 W TDP 160 W
335 W TDP (up) 195 W
99 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 95 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
1 x 87 mm Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 34 dB
44 dB Noise (Load) 38 dB

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 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing No
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 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G is 305 mm long, 135 mm high and 49 mm wide.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT is 254 mm long, 135 mm high and 47 mm wide.

305 mm Length 254 mm
135 mm Height 135 mm
49 mm Width 47 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G was released in Q3/2019 at a price of 449 $.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT was introduced in Q1/2020 at a price of 279 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no 11296-01-20G
Q3/2019 Release date Q1/2020
449 $ Launch Price 279 $ (Reference)
7 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

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
8 GB GDDR6
112 fps (avg)
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT
6 GB GDDR6
91 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
8 GB GDDR6
157 fps (avg)
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT
6 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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