In the gpu comparison between the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is 117 % faster than the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB.
The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and has 1024 texture shaders and 16 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, which has 3584 shaders and 28 execution units.
Memory
Memory
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Memory Size
8 GB
12 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Memory Clock
2.250 GHz
1.875 GHz
Memory Speed
18.0 Gbps
15.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
144 GB/s
360 GB/s
Memory Interface
64 bit
192 bit
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The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 144 GB/s.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 can access 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 360 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Base Clock
2.200 GHz
1.320 GHz
Boost Clock
2.855 GHz
1.777 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
2.70 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB clocks in the base with up to 2.200 GHz. The base frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is 1.320 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
TDP
130 W
170 W
Tjunction max
97 °C
93 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB is 130 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 has a TDP of 170 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 90 mm
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Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB has a total of 2 Axial fans.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 has 0 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Max. Displays
2
4
HDCP
2.3
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
1x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.4a
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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 8GB.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
Yes
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
h264
Decode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
Decode
AV1
No
Decode
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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 8GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Length
194 mm
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Height
107 mm
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Width
40 mm
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Width (Slots)
2 Slots
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SFF-Ready
No
No
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The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB is 194 mm long, 107 mm high and 40 mm wide.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is -- long, -- high and -- 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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