SAPPHIRE Nitro + Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB Special Edition, 8192 MB GDDR6 [11295-05-20G]

The "Navi 14" graphics chip of the Radeon RX 5500 XT has 1,408 streaming processors (shader units) and offers, among other things, H265 / HEVC video encoding and the support of Radeon VR Ready Premium. When it comes to video memory, the Texas chip maker relies on the GDDR6 standard and a capacity of up to 8 GB.

The features of the Sapphire Nitro + Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G Special Edition:
- Dual fan design with RGB lighting and backplate
- AMD Navi graphics chip with RDNA architecture
- Support for DirectX 12 & Vulkan
- 8 GB GDDR6 video memory with 128-bit memory interface
- 4K H264 and H265 / HEVC video encoding (decode & encode)
- Base clock: 1,685 MHz
- Game clock: 1.737 MHz
- Boost clock: 1,845 MHz
- RDNA GPU architecture designed for gaming
- High efficiency thanks to the 7 nm manufacturing process
- TDP of only 140 watts with high-end performance
- Additional power supply: 1x 8-pin PCIe

The Sapphire Nitro + Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G Special Edition in detail:
The navigation graphics chip of the Sapphire Nitro + Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G Special Edition clocks in reference design with a maximum boost clock of 1,845 MHz, while the base clock is 1,685 MHz. The so-called game clock of 1,737 MHz indicates the nominal average clock under load that is present during gaming. The 8 GB GDDR6 video memory clocks at 7,000 MHz (effectively 14,000 MHz) and is connected to the Navi chip via a 128-bit memory interface. To ensure that the graphics chip clocks as high as possible, a 24.7 cm long cooler design with two fans is used, which occupies two slot covers in the housing. An 8 PCIe power connector is required to power the Radeon RX 5500 XT gaming graphics card, and AMD recommends a 450 watt power supply.

Technical details:
Dimensions: 257 x 44.2 x 132.8 mm (W x H x D)
Height: 2.2 slot

GPU: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT ("Navi")
Manufacturing: 7 nm
Base clock: 1,685 MHz
Game clock: 1.737 MHz
Max. Boost clock: 1,845 MHz
Shader units: 1,408

Memory size: 8,192 MB
Memory clock: 7,000 (effectively 14,000) MHz
Type: GDDR6
Memory connection: 128 bit
Memory bandwidth: 224 GB / s

Slot: PCIe 4.0 x16 (backward compatible with PCIe 3.0)

Connections:
3x DisplayPort 1.4
1x HDMI 2.0b

TDP: 140 watts

Power supply: 1x 8-pin PCIe
Recommended power supply output: min. 450 watts

Features: RDNA-GPU architecture, H265 / HEVC video coding, VSR (4K), DirectX 12, Vulkan, OpenGL 4.5, OpenCL 2.1, Mantle, Eyefinity 2.0, CrossFireX, HD3D, TrueAudio, FreeSync 2, HDR-Ready, Radeon VR -Ready premium