Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G SE
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SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G SE has 2560 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.04 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 10.42 TFLOPS.

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT has 2048 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.61 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 10.68 TFLOPS.

GPU

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G SE is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 1 architecture, which has 40 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 32 execution units.
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G SE GPU SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
Navi 10 XT GPU Chip Navi 23 XT
RDNA 1 Architecture RDNA 2
40 Streaming Multiprocessors 32
2560 Shader 2048
64 Render Output Units 64
160 Texture Units 128
0 Raytracing Cores 32

Memory

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G SE is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.800 GHz clocks.

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.800 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
14.4 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
461 GB/s Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G SE has a turbo clock of 2.035 GHz. The turbo frequency of the SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT is 2.607 GHz.

1.840 GHz Base Clock 1.968 GHz
2.035 GHz Boost Clock 2.607 GHz
1.97 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.43 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G SE has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 99 °C.

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT 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.

285 W TDP 160 W
335 W TDP (up) 180 W
99 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G SE are cooled with a Air cooling.

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT is cooled by a Air cooling.

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) 0 dB
44 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G SE supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
2x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
2x 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 SE supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

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

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

Dimensions

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G SE is 49 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT is 49 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

305 mm Length 240 mm
135 mm Height 119 mm
49 mm Width 45 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8

Additional data

Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G SE was released in Q3/2019.

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6600 XT published in Q3/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

-- Part-no 11309-01-20G
Q3/2019 Release date Q3/2021
459 $ Launch Price 379 $ (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

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)

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)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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