Custom PC - UK (2019-12)

frequency to 940MHz (15040MHz effective), and we could

add another 76MHz to the GPU clock too. These settings

improved performance by a further 2-3fps in our tests, and

the cooler noise was still fine at its automatic setting.

Conclusion

Sapphire’s Radeon RX 5700 XT Pulse is a big improvement

over AMD’s reference design, offering slightly more

performanceandquieteroperation.What’smore,itscurrent

pricemeansyoualsoonlypayanextra£20orsoforthe

privilege.Evenso,£399incVATis a lotofmoneytopayfora

graphicscardthatdoesn’thavethereal-timeray-tracing

featuresofNvidia’sRTXGPUs.

Ofcourse,raytracingis stillonlysupportedina handfulof

games,butit doeslookamazinginthosegames,andthere

willbemoreoftheminthefuture.If wewerespending

around£400ona card,we’drecommendtheRTX 2060

Superforthatreason.However,if frameratesaremore

importanttoyou,theSapphireRadeonRX 5700 XTPulseis

fasterthanthe 2060 Superand,unlikeAMD’sreference

cards,it doesn’tmakea horriblenoiseeither.

BENHARDWIDGE

BENCHMARK RESULTS

1,920x1,080,Highestsettings,TAA,GPUtest

SHADOW OF THE TOMB RAIDER

0 50 100 150 200

SapphireRadeonRX 5700 XTPulse
AMDRadeonRX 5700 XT

95fps 123fps

92fps 120fps

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super

Zotac RTX 2060 Super

97fps 126fps

81fps 106fps

2,560x1,440,Highestsettings,TAA,GPUtest

0 50 100 150 200

SapphireRadeonRX 5700 XTPulse

AMDRadeonRX 5700 XT

63fps 81fps

66fps 83fps

NvidiaGeForceRTX 2070 Super

62fps 79fps

68fps 86fps

Zotac RTX 2060 Super 56fps 70fps

1,920x1,080,Ultradetail,DX11, TAA

BATTLEFIELD V

0 50 100 150 200

SapphireRadeonRX 5700 XTPulse
AMDRadeonRX 5700 XT

122fps 153fps

129fps 155fps

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super

Zotac RTX 2060 Super

119fps 141fps

96fps 120fps

2,560x1,440,Ultradetail,DX11, TAA

0 50 100 150 200

SapphireRadeonRX 5700 XTPulse
AMDRadeonRX 5700 XT

95fps 115fps

100fps 116fps

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super

Zotac RTX 2060 Super

94fps 108fps

81fps 92fps

1,920x1,080,Ultrasettings,FXAA,DX11

TOTAL WAR: WARHAMMER II

0 50 100 150 200

SapphireRadeonRX 5700 XTPulse
AMDRadeonRX 5700 XT

79fps 92fps

76fps 89fps

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super

Zotac RTX 2060 Super

81fps 100fps

73fps 87fps

2,560x1,440,Ultrasettings,FXAA,DX11

0 50 100 150 200

SapphireRadeonRX 5700 XTPulse
AMDRadeonRX 5700 XT

57fps 64fps

55fps 62fps

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super

Zotac RTX 2060 Super

60fps 72fps

52fps 62fps

TOTALSYSTEMPOWERCONSUMPTION

0 150 300 450

SapphireRadeonRX 5700 XTPulse

AMDRadeonRX 5700 XT

321W 331W

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super

Zotac RTX 2060 Super

295W

323W

248W

Stock speed Overclocked Lower is better

Unigine Superposition Benchmark, 4K Optimized, DirectX

Stockspeedmin Stockspeedavg

Overclocked min Overclocked avg

1,920x1,080,VeryHighsettings, DX12

TOTAL WAR: WARHAMMER II

0 50 100 150 200

SapphireRadeonRX 5700 XTPulse

AMDRadeonRX 5700 XT

85fps 114fps

85fps 113fps

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super

Zotac RTX 2060 Super

89fps 110fps

76fps 91fps

2,560x1,440,VeryHighsettings,DX12

0 50 100 150 200

SapphireRadeonRX 5700 XTPulse

AMDRadeonRX 5700 XT

65fps 79fps

64fps 77fps

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super

Zotac RTX 2060 Super

63fps 75fps

52fps 62fps

OVERALLSCORE

85 %

PERFORMANCE

35 / 40

FEATURES

14 / 20

VALUE

36 / 40

PULSE

+ Cooler noise^

isn’tirritating

+ Greatframerates

+ Factory overclock

FLATLINE

• Noraytracing


• Expensive


• Exhausts hot air
  into case

VERDICT

Superb performance and a quieter cooler than AMD’s

reference design, although the lack of ray-tracing support

hurts it at this price.