Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G
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Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G Benchmark and Specs

Here we show you benchmarks and technical data for the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G. The graphics card is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (RDNA 1) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s. The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G has 22 execution units with 1408 shaders.
FP32
5.20TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.85GHz
Memory
8GB GDDR6
TDP
135 W

Technical details

GPU

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G has 1408 shaders and 22 execution units. The graphics card thus achieves a theoretical FP32 computing power of 5.20 TFLOPS.

GPU Chip
Navi 14 XTX (RDNA 1)
Streaming Multiprocessors
22
Shader
1408
Render Output Units
32
Texture Units
88

Memory

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G can use 8 GB graphics memory of the type GDDR6. The graphics card thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s on a 128 bit wide memory interface.

Memory Size
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
Memory Speed
14.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit

Clock Speeds

The base clock frequency of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G is 1.607 GHz. A high clock frequency (even in turbo mode) can greatly increase the speed of a graphics card.

Base Clock
1.607 GHz
Boost Clock
1.845 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
1.737 GHz+1 %
Overclocking
Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G is 135 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

TDP
135 W+4 %
Tjunction max
95 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G has a total of 2 Axial fans to cool the graphics processor and graphics memory.

Fan-Type
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 95 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB / Silent
Noise (Load)
41 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be connected to the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G.

Max. Displays
4
HDCP
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4

Featureset

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G has a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels. The graphics card supports the DirectX 12_1 standard.

Max. resolution
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
Raytracing
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
LED
No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The video codecs accelerated in hardware by the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G reduce the processor load and ensure lower energy consumption.

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

Dimensions

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G is 233 mm long and 122 mm high. With a width of 40 mm, the graphics card requires 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

Length
233 mm
Height
122 mm
Width
40 mm
Width (Slots)
2 PCIe-Slots
SFF-Ready
No

Additional data

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G made in 7 nm was published in Q3/2019 for 169 $.

GPU Interface
PCIe 4.0 x 8
Release date
Q3/2019
Launch Price
169 $ (Reference)
Structure size
7 nm
Part-no
11295-01-20G
Documents
data sheet
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G
1.607 GHz · 8 GB · 135 W TDP
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Benchmark results

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) Rank 2,536 / 2,709

  1. Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G8 GB GDDR6
    20 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 5500 XTAMD Radeon RX 5500 XTAverage of gpu group
    20 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Rank 2,754 / 2,843

  1. Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G8 GB GDDR6
    38 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 5500 XTAMD Radeon RX 5500 XTAverage of gpu group
    38 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) Rank 3,933 / 4,595

  1. Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G8 GB GDDR6
    29 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 5500 XTAMD Radeon RX 5500 XTAverage of gpu group
    33 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Rank 3,777 / 4,594

  1. Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G8 GB GDDR6
    56 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 5500 XTAMD Radeon RX 5500 XTAverage of gpu group
    64 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Rank 3,757 / 4,601

  1. Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G8 GB GDDR6
    79 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 5500 XTAMD Radeon RX 5500 XTAverage of gpu group
    88 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 Rank 3,992 / 5,255

  1. Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G8 GB GDDR6
    46,596
  2. AMD Radeon RX 5500 XTAMD Radeon RX 5500 XTAverage of gpu group
    46,476

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Rank 4,145 / 5,233

  1. Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G8 GB GDDR6
    42,867
  2. AMD Radeon RX 5500 XTAMD Radeon RX 5500 XTAverage of gpu group
    36,506

Geekbench 6 - Metal Rank 445 / 750

  1. Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G8 GB GDDR6
    55,217
  2. AMD Radeon RX 5500 XTAMD Radeon RX 5500 XTAverage of gpu group
    48,549

MonkeyBench 2026.3 · browser GPU test

Average of 1 public MonkeyBench results (WebGPU) for the AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT.

130GPU points (Ø)
Rank 77 / 189 · in the MonkeyBench GPU ranking

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