ASUS Dual Radeon RX 5500 XT OC Evo vs SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards ASUS Dual Radeon RX 5500 XT OC Evo and SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
• GPU Chip
  Navi 14 XTX Navi 24
• Execution units
  22 16
• Shader
  1408 1024
• Render Output Units
  32 32
• Texture Units
  88 64

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  8 GB 4 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  1.75 GHz 2.25 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  224 GB/s 144 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  128 bit 64 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards ASUS Dual Radeon RX 5500 XT OC Evo and SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.607 GHz 2.200 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.865 GHz+ 1 % 2.825 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  1.737 GHz+ 1 % 2.685 GHz+ 3 %
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  130 W 130 W+ 21 %
• TDP (up)
  -- --
• Tjunction max
  -- 110 °C
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 8-Pin 1 x 6-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system ASUS Dual Radeon RX 5500 XT OC Evo and SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  2 x 95 mm 2 x 90 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Noise (Load)
  39 dB --

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 2
• HDCP-Version
  2.3 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.0b 1x HDMI v2.1
• DP Ports
  3x DP v1.4 1x DP v1.4a
• DVI Ports
  -- --
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  -- --

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_1 12_2
• Raytracing
  Yes Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  No No
• LED
  No LED lighting No LED lighting

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Length
  242 mm 194 mm
• Height
  130 mm 107 mm
• Width
  49 mm 40 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and ASUS Dual Radeon RX 5500 XT OC Evo.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 8 PCIe 4.0 x 4
• Release date
  Q3/2019 Q1/2022
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  7 nm 6 nm
• Part-no
  DUAL-RX5500XT-O8G-EVO 11314-01-20G
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet