The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT has the Navi 23 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 2 architecture.
The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G is based on the graphics chip Navi 14 XTX, which comes from the RDNA 1 architecture.
Memory
Memory
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G
Memory Size
8 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Memory Clock
2.000 GHz
1.750 GHz
Memory Speed
16.0 Gbps
14.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
256 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
128 bit
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The graphics memory of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 16.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G
Base Clock
1.968 GHz
1.607 GHz
Boost Clock
2.593 GHz
1.845 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
2.38 GHz
1.73 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G
TDP
160 W
130 W
TDP (up)
170 W
--
Tjunction max
100 °C
95 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 160 W.
The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 130 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 100 mm
2 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
Noise (Load)
--
41 dB
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The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.
The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4
3x DP 1.4
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT.
The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_1
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
Addressable LED
No LED lighting
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With the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode / Encode
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
AV1
Decode
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.
Dimensions
Dimensions
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G
Length
240 mm
225 mm
Height
120 mm
119 mm
Width
45 mm
40 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 8 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 8 Lanes interface.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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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