AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
vs
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT and the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16GB, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT and has 5120 texture shaders and 80 execution units.

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16GB is based on AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE, which has 5120 shaders and 80 execution units.
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT GPU SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16GB
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE
Navi 21 GPU Chip Navi 31
RDNA 2 Architecture RDNA 3
80 Streaming Multiprocessors 80
5120 Shader 5120
128 Render Output Units 192
320 Texture Units 320
80 Raytracing Cores 80

Memory

The AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT has 16 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16GB can access 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 576 GB/s.

16 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 2.250 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 18.0 Gbps
512 GB/s Memory bandwidth 576 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT clocks in the base with up to 1.825 GHz. The base frequency of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16GB is 1.287 GHz.

1.825 GHz Base Clock 1.287 GHz
2.250 GHz Boost Clock 2.290 GHz
2.02 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.93 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT is 300 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16GB has a TDP of 268 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

300 W TDP 268 W
345 W TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16GB has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 80 mm Fan 1 3 x 95 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
38 dB Noise (Load) --

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 RX 6900 XT.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16GB supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16GB is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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
Decode AV1 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT is 267 mm long, 120 mm high and -- wide.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16GB is 320 mm long, 129 mm high and 53 mm wide.

267 mm Length 320 mm
120 mm Height 129 mm
-- Width 53 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1492 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT was released in Q4/2020 at a price of 999 $.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16GB was introduced in Q3/2023 at a price of 799 $ (Reference).

102-D412 Part-no 11325-04-21G
Q4/2020 Release date Q3/2023
999 $ Launch Price 799 $ (Reference)
7 nm Structure size 5 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 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
64 fps (avg)
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16GB SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16GB
16 GB GDDR6
41 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
75 fps (avg)
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16GB SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16GB
16 GB GDDR6
90 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
114 fps (avg)
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16GB SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16GB
16 GB GDDR6
133 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 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16GB SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16GB
16 GB GDDR6
41 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
74 fps (avg)
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16GB SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16GB
16 GB GDDR6
84 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
126 fps (avg)
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16GB SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16GB
16 GB GDDR6
116 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 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
110 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
200 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
200 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

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
235478

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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