Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
vs
Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

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

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Turing) and has 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

GPU

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G has the Navi 10 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 1 architecture.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC is based on the graphics chip TU106, which comes from the Turing architecture.
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G GPU Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
Navi 10 XT GPU Chip TU106
RDNA 1 Architecture Turing
40 Streaming Multiprocessors 30
2560 Shader 1920
64 Render Output Units 48
160 Texture Units 120
0 Raytracing Cores 30

Memory

The graphics memory of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 336 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.670 GHz Base Clock 1.365 GHz
1.925 GHz Boost Clock 1.725 GHz
1.82 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 235 W.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 160 W.

235 W TDP 160 W
335 W TDP (up) --
99 °C Tjunction max 88 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
44 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
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

Dimensions

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

255 mm Length 235 mm
135 mm Height 115 mm
46 mm Width --
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q3/2019.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC came on the market in Q1/2019 and will have a structure width of 12 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no 471056224-2591
Q3/2019 Release date Q1/2019
429 $ Launch Price 349 $ (Reference)
7 nm Structure size 12 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
8 GB GDDR6
151 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC
6 GB GDDR6
121 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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