The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT has 1024 shaders and 16 execution units. The graphics card thus achieves a theoretical FP32 computing power of 5.79 TFLOPS.
- GPU Chip
- Navi 24 XT (RDNA 2)
- Streaming Multiprocessors
- 16
- Shader
- 1024
- Render Output Units
- 32
- Texture Units
- 64
- Raytracing Cores
- 16
The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT can use 4 GB graphics memory of the type GDDR6. The graphics card thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 144 GB/s on a 64 bit wide memory interface.
- Memory Size
- 4 GB
- Memory Type
- GDDR6
- Memory Clock
- 2.250 GHz
- Memory Speed
- 18.0 Gbps
- Memory bandwidth
- 144 GB/s
- Memory Interface
- 64 bit
The base clock frequency of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT is 2.200 GHz. A high clock frequency (even in turbo mode) can greatly increase the speed of a graphics card.
- Base Clock
- 2.200 GHz
- Boost Clock
- 2.825 GHz
- Avg (Game) Clock
- 2.685 GHz+3 %
- Overclocking
- Yes
The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT is 130 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.
- TDP
- 130 W+21 %
- Tjunction max
- 97 °C
- PCIe-Power
- 1 x 6-Pin
The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT has a total of 2 Axial fans to cool the graphics processor and graphics memory.
- Fan-Type
- Axial
- Fan 1
- 2 x 90 mm
- Cooler-Type
- Air cooling
- Noise (Idle)
- 0 dB / Silent
Up to 2 screens can be connected to the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT.
- Max. Displays
- 2
- HDCP
- 2.3
- HDMI
- 1x HDMI 2.1
- DisplayPort
- 1x DP 1.4a
The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT has a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels. The graphics card supports the DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate) standard.
- Max. resolution
- 7680x4320
- DirectX
- 12_2 (Ultimate)
- Raytracing
- Yes
- DLSS / FSR
- Yes
- LED
- No LED lighting
The video codecs accelerated in hardware by the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT reduce the processor load and ensure lower energy consumption.
- h264
- Decode
- h265 / HEVC
- Decode
- VP8
- Decode
- VP9
- Decode
- AV1
- No
The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT is 194 mm long and 107 mm high. With a width of 40 mm, the graphics card requires 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.
- Length
- 194 mm
- Height
- 107 mm
- Width
- 40 mm
- Width (Slots)
- 2 PCIe-Slots
- SFF-Ready
- No
The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT made in 6 nm was published in Q1/2022 for 199 $.
- GPU Interface
- PCIe 4.0 x 4
- Release date
- Q1/2022
- Launch Price
- 199 $ (Reference)
- Structure size
- 6 nm
- Part-no
- 11314-01-20G
