SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
vs
GALAX GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC)


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT and the GALAX GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC), 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.

GALAX GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC) is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050, which has 2560 shaders and 20 execution units.
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT GPU GALAX GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
Navi 24 XT GPU Chip GA106-150-A1
RDNA 2 Architecture Ampere
16 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
1024 Shader 2560
32 Render Output Units 48
64 Texture Units 80
16 Raytracing Cores 20

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 GALAX GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC) can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

4 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.250 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
18.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
144 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
64 bit Memory Interface 128 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 GALAX GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC) is 1.552 GHz.

2.200 GHz Base Clock 1.552 GHz
2.825 GHz Boost Clock 1.792 GHz
2.69 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
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 GALAX GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC) has a TDP of 130 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

130 W TDP 130 W
-- TDP (up) --
97 °C Tjunction max 93 °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 GALAX GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC) has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 92 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 GALAX GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC) supports a maximum of 4 screens.

2 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
1x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- 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 GALAX GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC) is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED Addressable LED

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 Decode
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 GALAX GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC) is 204 mm long, 126 mm high and 38 mm wide.

194 mm Length 204 mm
107 mm Height 126 mm
40 mm Width 38 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 4 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT was released in Q1/2022 at a price of 199 $ (Reference).

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC) was introduced in Q1/2022 at a price of 249 $ (Reference).

11314-01-20G Part-no 35NSL8MD6ZOC / 35NSL8MD5YBP
Q1/2022 Release date Q1/2022
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 249 $ (Reference)
6 nm Structure size 8 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 6500 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
4 GB GDDR6
68 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC) GALAX GeForce RTX 3050 (1-Click OC)
8 GB GDDR6
100 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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