In the gpu comparison between the Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 and the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 is 54 % faster than the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT.
The Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6600 and has 1792 texture shaders and 28 execution units.
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT is based on AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT, which has 1024 shaders and 16 execution units.
Memory
Memory
Sapphire Radeon RX 6600
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
Memory Size
8 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
2.250 GHz
Memory Speed
14.0 Gbps
18.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
144 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
64 bit
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The Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.
The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT can access 4 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 144 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
Sapphire Radeon RX 6600
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
Base Clock
1.626 GHz
2.200 GHz
Boost Clock
2.491 GHz
2.825 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
2.04 GHz
2.69 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 clocks in the base with up to 1.626 GHz. The base frequency of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT is 2.200 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
Sapphire Radeon RX 6600
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
TDP
132 W
130 W
TDP (up)
140 W
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Tjunction max
100 °C
97 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
1 x 6-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 is 132 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.
The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT has a TDP of 130 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
Sapphire Radeon RX 6600
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 90 mm
2 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 has a total of 2 Axial fans.
The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
Sapphire Radeon RX 6600
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
Max. Displays
4
2
HDCP
2.3
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
1x DP 1.4a
1x DP 1.4a
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the Sapphire Radeon RX 6600.
The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT supports a maximum of 2 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
Sapphire Radeon RX 6600
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
Yes
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
Sapphire Radeon RX 6600
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode
VP8
Decode / Encode
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode
Decode
AV1
Decode
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
Sapphire Radeon RX 6600
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
Length
193 mm
194 mm
Height
120 mm
107 mm
Width
40 mm
40 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 is 193 mm long, 120 mm high and 40 mm wide.
The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT is 194 mm long, 107 mm high and 40 mm wide.
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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