Power, Temperature and Noise
The efficiency of AMD's 7nm Navi GPUs is a significant step in the right direction; RX 5500 XT is typically faster than the outgoing Radeon RX 580 despite a 26 per cent reduction in system-wide power consumption. A welcome improvement, though GTX 1650 Super still has the edge in this department.
Sapphire's well-built cooler has no problem keeping temperatures the right side of 75ºC. There's scope to run cooler with higher fan speeds, but there's really no need, as the card by default keeps cool and blissfully quiet.
Every credit to Sapphire for not treating its entry-level models as second-class citizens. The fan profiles on both Radeon RX 5500 XT Pulse cards are about as good as it gets; the duo of blowers switch off at low load, and they remain barely noticeable when gaming. Top marks here.
