SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT
vs
PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT Red Dragon


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT has 2560 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.58 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 13.21 TFLOPS.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT Red Dragon has 2304 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.62 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 7.48 TFLOPS.

GPU

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 40 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT Red Dragon is based on the RDNA 1 architecture and is equipped with 36 execution units.
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT GPU PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT Red Dragon
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
Navi 22 XT GPU Chip Navi 10 XLE
RDNA 2 Architecture RDNA 1
40 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
2560 Shader 2304
64 Render Output Units 64
160 Texture Units 144
40 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT is equipped with a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT Red Dragon has a 6 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
384 GB/s Memory bandwidth 336 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT has a turbo clock of 2.581 GHz. The turbo frequency of the PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT Red Dragon is 1.620 GHz.

2.321 GHz Base Clock 1.130 GHz
2.581 GHz Boost Clock 1.620 GHz
2.42 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.56 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 100 °C.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT Red Dragon is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.

230 W TDP 160 W
-- TDP (up) 195 W
100 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT are cooled with a Air cooling.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT Red Dragon is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 34 dB
-- Noise (Load) 38 dB

Connectivity

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT Red Dragon supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT Red Dragon supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Addressable LED LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 No
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT is 50 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT Red Dragon is 50 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

260 mm Length 240 mm
120 mm Height 118 mm
50 mm Width 40 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT was released in Q1/2021.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT Red Dragon published in Q1/2020 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

11306-02-20G Part-no AXRX 5600 XT 6GBD6-3DHR/OC
Q1/2021 Release date Q1/2020
479 $ (Reference) Launch Price 279 $ (Reference)
7 nm Structure size 7 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 6700 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
49 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
74 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.

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
194 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT Red Dragon PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT Red Dragon
6 GB GDDR6
117 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

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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