The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 has the Lexa PRO graphics chip installed, which is based on the GCN 4 architecture.
The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT is based on the graphics chip Navi 24 XT, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
Memory
Memory
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Memory Size
4 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Memory Clock
1.500 GHz
2.250 GHz
Memory Speed
6.0 Gbps
18.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
96 GB/s
144 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
64 bit
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The graphics memory of the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 clocks at 1.500 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 6.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT is 18.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.250 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Base Clock
1.100 GHz
2.200 GHz
Boost Clock
1.206 GHz
2.815 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
--
2.61 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 RX 550 4G G5
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
TDP
65 W
107 W
Tjunction max
80 °C
97 °C
PCIe-Power
--
1 x 6-Pin
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The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 is powered by -- connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 65 W.
The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 107 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 90 mm
--
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
--
0 dB
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The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 is equipped with a total of 1 Axial main fans.
The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT has 0 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Max. Displays
4
2
HDCP
2.2
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
--
DisplayPort
1x DP 1.4
--
DVI
1
--
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5.
The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT supports the operation of a maximum of 2 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Max. resolution
5120x2880
7680x4320
DirectX
12
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
No
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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With the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 5120x2880 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
Decode
AV1
No
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 RX 550 4G G5
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Length
158 mm
--
Height
112 mm
--
Width
28 mm
--
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 8 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 4 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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