AMD Radeon Pro VII
vs
PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the AMD Radeon Pro VII and the PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The AMD Radeon Pro VII is based on the AMD Radeon VII and has 3840 texture shaders and 60 execution units.

PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon is based on AMD Radeon RX 6800, which has 3840 shaders and 60 execution units.
AMD Radeon Pro VII GPU PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon
AMD Radeon VII Based on AMD Radeon RX 6800
Vega 20 XT GPU Chip Navi 21
GCN 5.1 Architecture RDNA 2
60 Streaming Multiprocessors 60
3840 Shader 3840
64 Render Output Units 96
240 Texture Units 240
0 Raytracing Cores 60

Memory

The AMD Radeon Pro VII has 16 GB of graphics memory of the type HBM2 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 1024 GB/s.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon can access 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

16 GB Memory Size 16 GB
HBM2 Memory Type GDDR6
1.000 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
2.0 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
1024 GB/s Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s
4096 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The AMD Radeon Pro VII clocks in the base with up to 1.400 GHz. The base frequency of the PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon is 1.800 GHz.

1.400 GHz Base Clock 1.800 GHz
1.700 GHz Boost Clock 2.170 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.95 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the AMD Radeon Pro VII is 250 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon has a TDP of 250 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

250 W TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) 285 W
99 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The AMD Radeon Pro VII has a total of 1 Radial fans.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 75 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 1 x 90 mm
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
42 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
58 dB Noise (Load) 35 dB

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the AMD Radeon Pro VII.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
-- HDCP-Version 2.3
-- HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
6x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The AMD Radeon Pro VII supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED Addressable LED

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The AMD Radeon Pro VII is 283 mm long, 130 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon is 310 mm long, 135 mm high and 54 mm wide.

283 mm Length 310 mm
130 mm Height 135 mm
40 mm Width 54 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The AMD Radeon Pro VII was released in Q1/2019 at a price of 699 $ (Reference).

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon was introduced in Q4/2020 at a price of 679 $.

RX-VEGMA3FD6 Part-no AXRX 6800 16GBD6-3DHR/OC
Q1/2019 Release date Q4/2020
699 $ (Reference) Launch Price 679 $
7 nm Structure size 7 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon
16 GB GDDR6
107 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)

AMD Radeon Pro VII AMD Radeon Pro VII
16 GB HBM2
63 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon
16 GB GDDR6
94 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon Pro VII AMD Radeon Pro VII
16 GB HBM2
113 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon
16 GB GDDR6
184 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon Pro VII AMD Radeon Pro VII
16 GB HBM2
146 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon
16 GB GDDR6
201 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

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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