SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT vs ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G

GPU comparison with benchmarks In the gpu comparison between the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT and the ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and has 1024 texture shaders and 16 execution units. ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G is based on AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU), which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT	GPU	ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT	Based on	AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU)
Navi 24 XT	GPU Chip	Polaris 20 XT
RDNA 2	Architecture	GCN 4
16	Streaming Multiprocessors	36
1024	Shader	2304
32	Render Output Units	32
64	Texture Units	144
16	Raytracing Cores	0

Memory The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 144 GB/s. The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G can access 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.
4 GB	Memory Size	8 GB
GDDR6	Memory Type	GDDR5
2.250 GHz	Memory Clock	2.000 GHz
18.0 Gbps	Memory Speed	8.0 Gbps
144 GB/s	Memory bandwidth	256 GB/s
64 bit	Memory Interface	256 bit

Clock Speeds The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT clocks in the base with up to 2.200 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G is 1.257 GHz.
2.200 GHz	Base Clock	1.257 GHz
2.825 GHz	Boost Clock	1.360 GHz
2.69 GHz	Avg (Game) Clock	1.34 GHz
Yes	Overclocking	Yes

Thermal Design The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT is 130 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector. The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G has a TDP of 185 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
130 W	TDP	185 W
--	TDP (up)	--
97 °C	Tjunction max	90 °C
1 x 6-Pin	PCIe-Power	1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT has a total of 2 Axial fans. The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Axial	Fan-Type	Axial
2 x 90 mm	Fan 1	2 x 100 mm
--	Fan 2	--
Air cooling	Cooler-Type	Air cooling
0 dB	Noise (Idle)	0 dB
--	Noise (Load)	--

Connectivity In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 2 screens can be connected to the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT. The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G supports a maximum of 4 screens.
2	Max. Displays	4
2.3	HDCP-Version	2.2
1x HDMI v2.1	HDMI Ports	2x HDMI v2.0b
1x DP v1.4a	DP Ports	2x DP v1.4
--	DVI Ports	1
--	VGA Ports	--
--	USB-C Ports	--

Featureset The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels. The maximum resolution of the ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.
7680x4320	Max. resolution	7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate)	DirectX	12
Yes	Raytracing	No
Yes	DLSS / FSR	Yes
No LED lighting	LED	No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Decode	h264	Decode / Encode
Decode	h265 / HEVC	Decode / Encode
No	AV1	No
Decode	VP8	Decode
Decode	VP9	Decode

Dimensions The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT is 194 mm long, 107 mm high and 40 mm wide. The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G is 242 mm long, 129 mm high and 38 mm wide.
194 mm	Length	242 mm
107 mm	Height	129 mm
40 mm	Width	38 mm
2 PCIe-Slots	Width (Slots)	2 PCIe-Slots
--	Weight	--
PCIe 4.0 x 4	GPU Interface	PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT was released in Q1/2022 at a price of 199 $ (Reference). The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G was introduced in Q4/2017 at a price of 229 $.
11314-01-20G	Part-no	DUAL-RX580-8G
Q1/2022	Release date	Q4/2017
199 $ (Reference)	Launch Price	229 $
6 nm	Structure size	14 nm
data sheet	Documents	data sheet

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
2.200 GHz, 4 GB (130 W TDP)

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ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G
1.257 GHz, 8 GB (185 W TDP)

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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


	SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 4 GB GDDR6	2278
	ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G 8 GB GDDR5	1972

Port Royal (Raytracing)


	SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 4 GB GDDR6	468

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)


	SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 4 GB GDDR6	141

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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)


	SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 4 GB GDDR6	14 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 4 GB GDDR6	19 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 4 GB GDDR6	31 fps (avg)

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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.

1920x1080 (1080p)


	SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 4 GB GDDR6	30 fps (avg)

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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 6500 XT 4 GB GDDR6	50069
	ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G 8 GB GDDR5	43000

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan


	SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 4 GB GDDR6	55245
	ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G 8 GB GDDR5	40241

Geekbench 6 - Metal


	SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 4 GB GDDR6	50413
	ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G 8 GB GDDR5	42492

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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)


	SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 4 GB GDDR6	5.79
	ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G 8 GB GDDR5	5.68

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SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
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ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 8G

GPU comparison with benchmarks

GPU

Memory

Clock Speeds

Thermal Design

Cooler & Fans

Connectivity

Featureset

Supported Video Codecs

Dimensions

Additional data

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