Sapphire NITRO RX 590 8G G5
vs
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The Sapphire NITRO RX 590 8G G5 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 590 (GCN 4) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT (RDNA 2) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

GPU

The Sapphire NITRO RX 590 8G G5 has the Polaris 30 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the GCN 4 architecture.

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT is based on the graphics chip Navi 23 XT, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
Sapphire NITRO RX 590 8G G5 GPU AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
AMD Radeon RX 590 Based on AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
Polaris 30 XT GPU Chip Navi 23 XT
GCN 4 Architecture RDNA 2
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 32
2304 Shader 2048
32 Render Output Units 64
144 Texture Units 128
0 Raytracing Cores 32

Memory

The graphics memory of the Sapphire NITRO RX 590 8G G5 clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT is 16.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
256 GB/s Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.469 GHz Base Clock 1.968 GHz
1.545 GHz Boost Clock 2.589 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.36 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The Sapphire NITRO RX 590 8G G5 is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 225 W.

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 160 W.

225 W TDP 160 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The Sapphire NITRO RX 590 8G G5 is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT has 1 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 95 mm Fan 1 1
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Sapphire NITRO RX 590 8G G5.

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
2x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
2x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the Sapphire NITRO RX 590 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 6600 XT is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

Supported Video Codecs

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.

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

Dimensions

The Sapphire NITRO RX 590 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 6600 XT needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 8 Lanes interface.

260 mm Length --
135 mm Height --
43 mm Width --
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8

Additional data

The Sapphire NITRO RX 590 8G G5 has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q4/2018.

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT came on the market in Q3/2021 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.

11289-02 Part-no --
Q4/2018 Release date Q3/2021
279 $ Launch Price 379 $ (Reference)
14 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)

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
4549

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
1583

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)

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
36 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
58 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)

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
70 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)

Sapphire NITRO RX 590 8G G5 Sapphire NITRO RX 590 8G G5
8 GB GDDR5
32 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
52 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire NITRO RX 590 8G G5 Sapphire NITRO RX 590 8G G5
8 GB GDDR5
64 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
106 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire NITRO RX 590 8G G5 Sapphire NITRO RX 590 8G G5
8 GB GDDR5
90 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
151 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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