SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 8GB
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SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 8GB Benchmark and Specs

All technical data and various benchmarks of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 8GB are listed on this page. The graphics card is based on the Navi 24 XT (RDNA 2) graphics chip, which is manufactured with a structure width of 6 nm. The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 8GB can operate up to 2 screens with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 become.
FP32
5.85TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.86GHz
Memory
8GB GDDR6
TDP
135 W

Technical details

GPU

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 8GB has 16 execution units with 1024 shaders. This gives the graphics card a theoretical FP32 computing power of 5.85 TFLOPS.

GPU Chip
Navi 24 XT (RDNA 2)
Streaming Multiprocessors
16
Shader
1024
Render Output Units
32
Texture Units
64
Raytracing Cores
16

Memory

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 8GB is equipped with 8 GB graphics memory of the type GDDR6. The memory clock of the graphics card is 2.250 GHz and the speed is 18 Gbps.

Memory Size
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
Memory Clock
2.250 GHz
Memory Speed
18.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
144 GB/s
Memory Interface
64 bit

Clock Speeds

The base frequency of this graphics card is 2.200 GHz and the manufacturer specifies the maximum turbo clock as 2.855 GHz. If supported (see below), the performance can be further increased by overclocking.

Base Clock
2.200 GHz
Boost Clock
2.855 GHz+1 %
Avg (Game) Clock
2.695 GHz+3 %
Overclocking
Yes

Thermal Design

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 8GB is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 135 W.

TDP
135 W+26 %
Tjunction max
97 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

Graphics processor and graphics memory of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 8GB are cooled by a Air cooling.

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

Connectivity

Up to 2 monitors can be operated with the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 8GB.

Max. Displays
2
HDCP
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
1x DP 1.4a

Featureset

With the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 8GB it is possible to operate a screen with a resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels. Furthermore, the DirectX standard version 12_2 (Ultimate) is supported.

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

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists the video codecs that the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 8GB can decode or encode in hardware in order to minimize the processor load, which leads to lower power consumption.

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

Dimensions

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 8GB needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in a case. It is 152 mm long, 110 mm high and 36 mm wide.

Length
152 mm
Height
110 mm
Width
36 mm
Width (Slots)
2 PCIe-Slots
SFF-Ready
No

Additional data

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 8GB was released in Q2/2024 at a price of 199 $. The graphics card manufactured in 6 nm is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 4 lanes.

GPU Interface
PCIe 4.0 x 4
Release date
Q2/2024
Launch Price
199 $ (Reference)
Structure size
6 nm
Part-no
11314-06-20G
Documents
data sheet
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 8GB
2.200 GHz · 8 GB · 135 W TDP
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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 Rank 4,345 / 5,633

  1. SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 8GBSAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 8GB8 GB GDDR6
    2,290
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAverage of gpu group
    2,279

Port Royal (Raytracing) Rank 4,145 / 4,176

  1. SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 8GBSAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 8GB8 GB GDDR6
    470
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAverage of gpu group
    468

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing) Rank 3,505 / 3,536

  1. SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 8GBSAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 8GB8 GB GDDR6
    142
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAverage of gpu group
    141

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) Rank 3,156 / 3,187

  1. SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 8GBSAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 8GB8 GB GDDR6
    14 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAverage of gpu group
    14 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Rank 3,159 / 3,190

  1. SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 8GBSAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 8GB8 GB GDDR6
    19 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAverage of gpu group
    19 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Rank 3,191 / 3,222

  1. SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 8GBSAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 8GB8 GB GDDR6
    31 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAverage of gpu group
    31 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 4,028 / 4,595

  1. SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 8GBSAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 8GB8 GB GDDR6
    27 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAverage of gpu group
    27 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Rank 3,960 / 4,594

  1. SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 8GBSAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 8GB8 GB GDDR6
    53 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAverage of gpu group
    52 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Rank 4,069 / 4,601

  1. SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 8GBSAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 8GB8 GB GDDR6
    69 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAverage of gpu group
    69 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 3,910 / 5,255

  1. SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 8GBSAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 8GB8 GB GDDR6
    50,588
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAverage of gpu group
    49,896

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Rank 3,825 / 5,233

  1. SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 8GBSAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 8GB8 GB GDDR6
    55,817
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTAverage of gpu group
    55,054

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