AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
vs
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT has 4608 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.25 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 20.74 TFLOPS.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT has 5120 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.29 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 23.40 TFLOPS.

GPU

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 72 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 80 execution units.
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT GPU Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Navi 21 XT GPU Chip Navi 21
RDNA 2 Architecture RDNA 2
72 Streaming Multiprocessors 80
4608 Shader 5120
128 Render Output Units 128
288 Texture Units 320
72 Raytracing Cores 80

Memory

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is equipped with a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT has a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

16 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
512 GB/s Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT has a turbo clock of 2.250 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT is 2.285 GHz.

1.825 GHz Base Clock 1.825 GHz
2.250 GHz Boost Clock 2.285 GHz
2.02 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.05 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 100 °C.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.

300 W TDP 340 W
345 W TDP (up) 390 W
100 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT are cooled with a Air cooling.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 80 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 1 x 90 mm
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
37 dB Noise (Load) 33 dB

Connectivity

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Non addressable LED LED Addressable LED

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 Decode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT is -- and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

270 mm Length 310 mm
120 mm Height 134 mm
-- Width 55 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1503 g Weight 1300 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT was released in Q4/2020.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT published in Q4/2020 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

-- Part-no 11308-01-20G
Q4/2020 Release date Q4/2020
799 $ Launch Price 999 $
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)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
59 fps (avg)
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
65 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
68 fps (avg)
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
76 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
102 fps (avg)
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
116 fps (avg)

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)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
32 fps (avg)
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
39 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
64 fps (avg)
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
75 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
112 fps (avg)
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
128 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 RX 6800 XT AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
105 fps (avg)
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
112 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
180 fps (avg)
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
203 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
200 fps (avg)
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
203 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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