The Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 570 8G G5 has the Polaris 20 XL graphics chip installed, which is based on the GCN 4 architecture.
The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT is based on the graphics chip Navi 24 XT, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
Memory
Memory
Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 570 8G G5
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Memory Size
8 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
2.250 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
18.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
144 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
64 bit
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The graphics memory of the Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 570 8G G5 clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT is 18.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.250 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 570 8G G5
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Base Clock
1.168 GHz
2.200 GHz
Boost Clock
1.244 GHz
2.815 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
--
2.61 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 570 8G G5
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
TDP
195 W
107 W
Tjunction max
90 °C
97 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
1 x 6-Pin
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The Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 570 8G G5 is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 195 W.
The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 107 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 570 8G G5
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 100 mm
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Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 570 8G G5 is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.
The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT has 0 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 570 8G G5
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Max. Displays
4
2
HDCP
2.2
2.3
HDMI
2x HDMI 2.0b
--
DisplayPort
2x DP 1.4
--
DVI
1
--
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 570 8G G5.
The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT supports the operation of a maximum of 2 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 570 8G G5
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
No
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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With the Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 570 8G G5 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 570 8G G5
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
Decode
AV1
No
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.
Dimensions
Dimensions
Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 570 8G G5
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Length
260 mm
--
Height
135 mm
--
Width
43 mm
--
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 570 8G G5 is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 4 Lanes interface.
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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