SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
vs
ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT and the ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and has 1024 texture shaders and 16 execution units.

ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G is based on AMD Radeon RX 5700, which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT GPU ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 5700
Navi 24 XT GPU Chip Navi 10
RDNA 2 Architecture RDNA 1
16 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
1024 Shader 2304
32 Render Output Units 64
64 Texture Units 144
16 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 144 GB/s.

The ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

4 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.250 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
18.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
144 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
64 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT clocks in the base with up to 2.200 GHz. The base frequency of the ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G is 1.465 GHz.

2.200 GHz Base Clock 1.465 GHz
2.825 GHz Boost Clock 1.725 GHz
2.69 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.63 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT is 130 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.

The ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G has a TDP of 180 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

130 W TDP 180 W
-- TDP (up) 220 W
97 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 46-47 dB

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 2 screens can be connected to the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT.

The ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes 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 h264 Decode / Encode
Decode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT is 194 mm long, 107 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G is 281 mm long, 127 mm high and 42 mm wide.

194 mm Length 281 mm
107 mm Height 127 mm
40 mm Width 42 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 4 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT was released in Q1/2022 at a price of 199 $ (Reference).

The ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G was introduced in Q3/2019 at a price of 329 $.

11314-01-20G Part-no 90-GA16ZZ-00UANF
Q1/2022 Release date Q3/2019
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 329 $
6 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)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
4 GB GDDR6
14 fps (avg)
ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G
8 GB GDDR6
19 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
4 GB GDDR6
19 fps (avg)
ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G
8 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
4 GB GDDR6
31 fps (avg)
ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G
8 GB GDDR6
48 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)

ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G
8 GB GDDR6
32 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
4 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)
ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G
8 GB GDDR6
62 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 PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
4 GB GDDR6
27 fps (avg)
ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G
8 GB GDDR6
50 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
4 GB GDDR6
52 fps (avg)
ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G
8 GB GDDR6
96 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
4 GB GDDR6
68 fps (avg)
ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G ASRock Radeon RX 5700 8G
8 GB GDDR6
135 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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