SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2
vs
GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2 and the GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and has 1024 texture shaders and 16 execution units.

GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, which has 10496 shaders and 82 execution units.
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2 GPU GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
Navi 24 XT GPU Chip GA102-300-A1
RDNA 2 Architecture Ampere
16 Streaming Multiprocessors 82
1024 Shader 10496
32 Render Output Units 112
64 Texture Units 328
16 Raytracing Cores 82

Memory

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2 has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 144 GB/s.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF can access 24 GB GDDR6X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 936 GB/s.

4 GB Memory Size 24 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6X
2.250 GHz Memory Clock 1.219 GHz
18.0 Gbps Memory Speed 19.5 Gbps
144 GB/s Memory bandwidth 936 GB/s
64 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2 clocks in the base with up to 2.200 GHz. The base frequency of the GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF is 1.395 GHz.

2.200 GHz Base Clock 1.395 GHz
2.825 GHz Boost Clock 1.815 GHz
2.69 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.80 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2 is 130 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF has a TDP of 420 W and is supplied with the required energy via 3 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

130 W TDP 420 W
-- TDP (up) --
97 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 3 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2 has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 102 mm
-- Fan 2 1 x 92 mm
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 V2.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF 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 V2 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF 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 V2 is 194 mm long, 107 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF is 352 mm long, 160 mm high and 68 mm wide.

194 mm Length 352 mm
107 mm Height 160 mm
40 mm Width 68 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 4 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 4 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2 was released in Q3/2024 at a price of 199 $ (Reference).

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF was introduced in Q4/2020 at a price of 1,499 $ (Reference).

11314-07-20G Part-no 39NXM5MD3BNO
Q3/2024 Release date Q4/2020
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 1,499 $ (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)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2 SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2
4 GB GDDR6
14 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF
24 GB GDDR6X
69 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2 SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2
4 GB GDDR6
19 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF
24 GB GDDR6X
84 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2 SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2
4 GB GDDR6
31 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF
24 GB GDDR6X
121 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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF
24 GB GDDR6X
45 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF
24 GB GDDR6X
86 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2 SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2
4 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF
24 GB GDDR6X
139 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)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2 SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2
4 GB GDDR6
27 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF
24 GB GDDR6X
120 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2 SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2
4 GB GDDR6
52 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF
24 GB GDDR6X
201 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2 SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT V2
4 GB GDDR6
68 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF
24 GB GDDR6X
214 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

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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