SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5
vs
ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 has 512 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.21 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 1.23 TFLOPS.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB has 2560 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.58 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 13.21 TFLOPS.

GPU

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 is equipped with a graphics chip of the GCN 4 architecture, which has 8 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 40 execution units.
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 GPU ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB
AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa) Based on AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
Lexa PRO GPU Chip Navi 22 XT
GCN 4 Architecture RDNA 2
8 Streaming Multiprocessors 40
512 Shader 2560
16 Render Output Units 64
32 Texture Units 160
0 Raytracing Cores 40

Memory

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 is equipped with a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB has a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

2 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
112 GB/s Memory bandwidth 384 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 has a turbo clock of 1.206 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB is 2.581 GHz.

1.100 GHz Base Clock 2.321 GHz
1.206 GHz Boost Clock 2.581 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.42 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 has connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 80 °C.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.

65 W TDP 230 W
-- TDP (up) --
80 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB is cooled by a Air cooling.

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

Connectivity

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

5120x2880 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED Non addressable LED

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
No AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 is 28 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB is 28 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

158 mm Length 267 mm
112 mm Height 110 mm
28 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 14 nanometer process, SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 was released in Q4/2017.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB published in Q1/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

11268-03 Part-no RX6700XT 12G
Q4/2017 Release date Q1/2021
79 $ Launch Price 479 $ (Reference)
14 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)

ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB
12 GB GDDR6
40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

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

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB
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)

ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB
12 GB GDDR6
46 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB
12 GB GDDR6
84 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 RX 550 2G G5 SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5
2 GB GDDR5
8 fps (avg)
ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB
12 GB GDDR6
76 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5
2 GB GDDR5
16 fps (avg)
ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB
12 GB GDDR6
144 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5
2 GB GDDR5
23 fps (avg)
ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB
12 GB GDDR6
194 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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