Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT SF 4G
vs
MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT SF 4G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (RDNA 1) and has 4 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5700 (RDNA 1) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

GPU

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT SF 4G has the Navi 14 XTX graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 1 architecture.

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech is based on the graphics chip Navi 10, which comes from the RDNA 1 architecture.
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT SF 4G GPU MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 5700
Navi 14 XTX GPU Chip Navi 10
RDNA 1 Architecture RDNA 1
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
1408 Shader 2304
32 Render Output Units 64
88 Texture Units 144
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT SF 4G clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

4 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.607 GHz Base Clock 1.465 GHz
1.845 GHz Boost Clock 1.725 GHz
1.74 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.63 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT SF 4G is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 135 W.

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 180 W.

135 W TDP 180 W
-- TDP (up) 220 W
95 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT SF 4G is equipped with a total of 1 Axial main fans.

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 85 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
47 dB Noise (Load) 42-43 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT SF 4G.

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

With the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT SF 4G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 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 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 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT SF 4G is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 8 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

177 mm Length 232 mm
102 mm Height 126 mm
38 mm Width 46 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 788 g
PCIe 4.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT SF 4G has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q3/2019.

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech came on the market in Q3/2019 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.

11295-07-20G Part-no --
Q3/2019 Release date Q3/2019
169 $ (Reference) Launch Price 369 $
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)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech
8 GB GDDR6
19 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech
8 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech
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)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT SF 4G Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT SF 4G
4 GB GDDR6
20 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech
8 GB GDDR6
32 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT SF 4G Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT SF 4G
4 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech
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 5500 XT SF 4G Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT SF 4G
4 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech
8 GB GDDR6
50 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT SF 4G Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT SF 4G
4 GB GDDR6
56 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech
8 GB GDDR6
96 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT SF 4G Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT SF 4G
4 GB GDDR6
79 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech
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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