In the gpu comparison between the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT and the PNY GeForce GTX 970 XLR8 OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT is 92 % faster than the PNY GeForce GTX 970 XLR8 OC.
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.
PNY GeForce GTX 970 XLR8 OC is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, which has 1664 shaders and 13 execution units.
Memory
Memory
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT
PNY GeForce GTX 970 XLR8 OC
Memory Size
6 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
14.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
336 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
192 bit
256 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 PNY GeForce GTX 970 XLR8 OC can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT
PNY GeForce GTX 970 XLR8 OC
Base Clock
1.130 GHz
1.127 GHz
Boost Clock
1.750 GHz
1.266 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
1.62 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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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 PNY GeForce GTX 970 XLR8 OC is 1.127 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT
PNY GeForce GTX 970 XLR8 OC
TDP
160 W
145 W
TDP (up)
195 W
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Tjunction max
100 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
2 x 6-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 PNY GeForce GTX 970 XLR8 OC has a TDP of 145 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT
PNY GeForce GTX 970 XLR8 OC
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
2 x 100 mm
1 x 65 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
34 dB
0 dB
Noise (Load)
38 dB
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT has a total of 2 Axial fans.
The PNY GeForce GTX 970 XLR8 OC has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT
PNY GeForce GTX 970 XLR8 OC
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4
2x DP 1.2
DVI
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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 PNY GeForce GTX 970 XLR8 OC supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT
PNY GeForce GTX 970 XLR8 OC
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
No LED lighting
No 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 PNY GeForce GTX 970 XLR8 OC is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT
PNY GeForce GTX 970 XLR8 OC
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode
No
AV1
No
No
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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
Dimensions
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT
PNY GeForce GTX 970 XLR8 OC
Length
254 mm
255 mm
Height
135 mm
126 mm
Width
47 mm
41 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT is 254 mm long, 135 mm high and 47 mm wide.
The PNY GeForce GTX 970 XLR8 OC is 255 mm long, 126 mm high and 41 mm wide.
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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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