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Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2 vs Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 8 GB GDDR6 · 2.49 GHz · 132 W Speed index 7/100
In the gpu comparison between the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2 and the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600, 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 6600 is 59 % faster than the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2.

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
Speed index
5/100
7/100
FP32
5.60 TFLOPS
8.93 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.34 GHz
2.49 GHz
Memory Size
4 GB GDDR5
8 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
224 GB/s
TDP
225 W
132 W
Launch Price
229 $
329 $

GPU

GPUSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
Based onAMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU)AMD Radeon RX 6600
GPU ChipPolaris 20 XTNavi 23 XL
Streaming Multiprocessors3628
Shader23041792
Render Output Units3264
Texture Units144112
Raytracing Cores--28
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU) and has 2304 texture shaders and 36 execution units.

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 is based on AMD Radeon RX 6600, which has 1792 shaders and 28 execution units.

Memory

MemorySapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
Memory Size4 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR6
Memory Clock1.750 GHz1.750 GHz
Memory Speed7.0 Gbps14.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth224 GB/s224 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit128 bit
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2 has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
Base Clock1.257 GHz1.626 GHz
Boost Clock1.340 GHz2.491 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock--2.04 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2 clocks in the base with up to 1.257 GHz. The base frequency of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 is 1.626 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
TDP225 W132 W
TDP (up)--140 W
Tjunction max90 °C100 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 8-Pin1 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2 is 225 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 has a TDP of 132 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 12 x 95 mm2 x 90 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2 has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivitySapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.3
HDMI2x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort2x DP 1.43x DP 1.4a
DVI1--
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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 580 4G G5 V2.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

Featureset

FeaturesetSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX1212_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingNoYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 is 7680x4320 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode / Encode
VP9DecodeDecode / Encode
AV1NoDecode
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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 580 4G G5 V2Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
Length230 mm193 mm
Height125 mm120 mm
Width40 mm40 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
Weight--710 g
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2 is 230 mm long, 125 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 is 193 mm long, 120 mm high and 40 mm wide.

Additional data

Additional dataSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 8
Release dateQ4/2018Q4/2021
Launch Price229 $329 $
Structure size14 nm7 nm
Part-no11265-1011310-01-20G
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2 was released in Q4/2018 at a price of 229 $.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 was introduced in Q4/2021 at a price of 329 $.

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 6600 +93.7 %

  1. 1,958
  2. 3,792

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 3,907

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 1,344

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)

  1. no data
  2. 24 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 31 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 50 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)

  1. no data
  2. 28 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 64 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 6600 +46.7 %

  1. 30 fps (avg)
  2. 44 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 +69.0 %

  1. 58 fps (avg)
  2. 98 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 +53.0 %

  1. 83 fps (avg)
  2. 127 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 6600 +68.1 %

  1. 42,394
  2. 71,285

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 +102.7 %

  1. 39,674
  2. 80,425

Geekbench 6 - Metal Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 +134.2 %

  1. 41,894
  2. 98,120

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