SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
vs
XFX Radeon RX 560 4GB 16CU Single Fan


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT and the XFX Radeon RX 560 4GB 16CU Single Fan, 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.

XFX Radeon RX 560 4GB 16CU Single Fan is based on AMD Radeon RX 560 (16 CU), which has 1024 shaders and 16 execution units.
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT GPU XFX Radeon RX 560 4GB 16CU Single Fan
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 560 (16 CU)
Navi 24 XT GPU Chip Polaris 21 XT
RDNA 2 Architecture GCN 4
16 Streaming Multiprocessors 16
1024 Shader 1024
32 Render Output Units 16
64 Texture Units 64
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 XFX Radeon RX 560 4GB 16CU Single Fan can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

4 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
2.250 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
18.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
144 GB/s Memory bandwidth 112 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 XFX Radeon RX 560 4GB 16CU Single Fan is 1.175 GHz.

2.200 GHz Base Clock 1.175 GHz
2.825 GHz Boost Clock 1.295 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 XFX Radeon RX 560 4GB 16CU Single Fan has a TDP of 75 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.

130 W TDP 75 W
-- TDP (up) --
97 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The XFX Radeon RX 560 4GB 16CU Single Fan has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 90 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 XFX Radeon RX 560 4GB 16CU Single Fan supports a maximum of 4 screens.

2 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0
1x DP v1.4a DP Ports 1x 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 XFX Radeon RX 560 4GB 16CU Single Fan is 5120x2880 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 5120x2880
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 XFX Radeon RX 560 4GB 16CU Single Fan is 170 mm long, 121 mm high and 40 mm wide.

194 mm Length 170 mm
107 mm Height 121 mm
40 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 4 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 8

Additional data

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

The XFX Radeon RX 560 4GB 16CU Single Fan was introduced in Q2/2017 at a price of 99 $ (Reference).

11314-01-20G Part-no RX-560P4SFG5 / RX-560P4SFGR
Q1/2022 Release date Q2/2017
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 99 $ (Reference)
6 nm Structure size 14 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)

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

2560x1440 (1440p)

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

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
4 GB GDDR6
31 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.

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
4 GB GDDR6
30 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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