In the gpu comparison between the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT and the MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech OC is 70 % faster than the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT.
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.
MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech OC is based on AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT, which has 2560 shaders and 40 execution units.
Memory
Memory
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech OC
Memory Size
4 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Memory Clock
2.250 GHz
1.750 GHz
Memory Speed
18.0 Gbps
14.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
144 GB/s
448 GB/s
Memory Interface
64 bit
256 bit
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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 MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech OC can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech OC
Base Clock
2.200 GHz
1.670 GHz
Boost Clock
2.825 GHz
1.925 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
2.69 GHz
1.82 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT clocks in the base with up to 2.200 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech OC is 1.670 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech OC
TDP
130 W
225 W
TDP (up)
--
335 W
Tjunction max
97 °C
99 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin
2 x 8-Pin
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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 MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech OC has a TDP of 225 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech OC
Fan-Type
Axial
MSI TORX FAN 3.0 (Axial)
Fan 1
2 x 90 mm
2 x 100 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
Noise (Load)
--
45 dB
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The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT has a total of 2 Axial fans.
The MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech OC has 2 MSI TORX FAN 3.0 (Axial) fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech OC
Max. Displays
2
4
HDCP
2.3
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
1x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.4
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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 MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech OC supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech OC
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech OC is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech OC
h264
Decode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
Decode / Encode
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 6500 XT
MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech OC
Length
194 mm
232 mm
Height
107 mm
126 mm
Width
40 mm
46 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
3 Slots
Weight
--
794 g
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT is 194 mm long, 107 mm high and 40 mm wide.
The MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech OC is 232 mm long, 126 mm high and 46 mm wide.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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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.
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.
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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