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Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT vs Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix GLH

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT 6 GB GDDR6 · 1.75 GHz · 160 W Speed index 7/100
In the gpu comparison between the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT and the Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix GLH, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix GLH is 19 % faster than the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT.

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XTGainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix GLH
Speed index
7/100
8/100
FP32
8.08 TFLOPS
9.65 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.75 GHz
1.89 GHz
Memory Size
6 GB GDDR6
8 GB GDDR5X
Memory bandwidth
336 GB/s
320 GB/s
TDP
160 W
180 W
Launch Price
279 $
599 $
208 pts
231 pts

GPU

GPUSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XTGainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix GLH
Based onAMD Radeon RX 5600 XTNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
GPU ChipNavi 10 XLEGP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors3620
Shader23042560
Render Output Units6464
Texture Units144160
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT and has 2304 texture shaders and 36 execution units.

Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix GLH is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, which has 2560 shaders and 20 execution units.

Memory

MemorySapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XTGainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix GLH
Memory Size6 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR5X
Memory Clock1.750 GHz1.251 GHz
Memory Speed14.0 Gbps10.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth336 GB/s320 GB/s
Memory Interface192 bit256 bit
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix GLH can access 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 320 GB/s.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XTGainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix GLH
Base Clock1.130 GHz1.746 GHz
Boost Clock1.750 GHz1.885 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock1.62 GHz--
OverclockingYesYes
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT clocks in the base with up to 1.130 GHz. The base frequency of the Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix GLH is 1.746 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XTGainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix GLH
TDP160 W180 W
TDP (up)195 W--
Tjunction max100 °C94 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 8-Pin1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT is 160 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix GLH 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.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XTGainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix GLH
Fan-TypeAxialRadial
Fan 12 x 100 mm2 x 100 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)34 dB--
Noise (Load)38 dB--
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix GLH has 2 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivitySapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XTGainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix GLH
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort3x DP 1.43x DP 1.4
DVI--1
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix GLH supports a maximum of 4 screens.

Featureset

FeaturesetSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XTGainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix GLH
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_1
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix GLH is 7680x4320 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XTGainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix GLH
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9Decode / EncodeDecode
AV1NoNo
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Dimensions

DimensionsSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XTGainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix GLH
Length254 mm285 mm
Height135 mm133 mm
Width47 mm--
Width (Slots)3 Slots3 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT is 254 mm long, 135 mm high and 47 mm wide.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix GLH is 285 mm long, 133 mm high and -- wide.

Additional data

Additional dataSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XTGainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix GLH
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ1/2020Q2/2016
Launch Price279 $599 $
Structure size7 nm16 nm
Part-no11296-01-20G426018336-3668
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT was released in Q1/2020 at a price of 279 $.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix GLH was introduced in Q2/2016 at a price of 599 $.

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 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT +5.0 %

  1. 3,637
  2. 3,465

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 1,659

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)

  1. 31 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 58 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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 5600 XT +2.3 %

  1. 45 fps (avg)
  2. 44 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT +11.0 %

  1. 91 fps (avg)
  2. 82 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT +10.4 %

  1. 127 fps (avg)
  2. 115 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 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT +25.6 %

  1. 72,797
  2. 57,978

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix GLH +2.1 %

  1. 68,061
  2. 69,501

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. 88,310
  2. no data

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