ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X 16G OC vs Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT

GPU comparison with benchmarks In the gpu comparison between the ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X 16G OC and the Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU The ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X 16G OC is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT and has 4608 texture shaders and 72 execution units. Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT is based on AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, which has 5120 shaders and 80 execution units.
ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X 16G OC	GPU	Sapphire 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 ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X 16G OC has 16 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s. The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT can access 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.
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 ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X 16G OC clocks in the base with up to 1.925 GHz. The base frequency of the Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT is 1.825 GHz.
1.925 GHz	Base Clock	1.825 GHz
2.360 GHz	Boost Clock	2.250 GHz
2.11 GHz	Avg (Game) Clock	2.02 GHz
Yes	Overclocking	Yes

Thermal Design The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X 16G OC is 300 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 3 x 8-Pin connector. The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT has a TDP of 300 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
300 W	TDP	300 W
345 W	TDP (up)	345 W
100 °C	Tjunction max	100 °C
3 x 8-Pin	PCIe-Power	2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans The ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X 16G OC has a total of 3 Axial fans. The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Axial	Fan-Type	Axial
2 x 100 mm	Fan 1	3 x 80 mm
1 x 90 mm	Fan 2	--
Air cooling	Cooler-Type	Air cooling
0 dB	Noise (Idle)	0 dB
36-37 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 ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X 16G OC. The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT supports a maximum of 4 screens.
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	2x DP v1.4a
--	DVI Ports	--
--	VGA Ports	--
1	USB-C Ports	1

Featureset The ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X 16G OC supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels. The maximum resolution of the Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT is 7680x4320 pixels.
7680x4320	Max. resolution	7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate)	DirectX	12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes	Raytracing	Yes
Yes	DLSS / FSR	Yes
Addressable LED	LED	Non 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
Decode	AV1	Decode
Decode / Encode	VP8	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	VP9	Decode / Encode

Dimensions The ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X 16G OC is 330 mm long, 140 mm high and 56 mm wide. The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT is 267 mm long, 120 mm high and 50 mm wide.
330 mm	Length	267 mm
140 mm	Height	120 mm
56 mm	Width	50 mm
3 PCIe-Slots	Width (Slots)	3 PCIe-Slots
1815 g	Weight	--
PCIe 4.0 x 16	GPU Interface	PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data The ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X 16G OC was released in Q1/2021 at a price of 799 $. The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT was introduced in Q2/2021 at a price of 999 $ (Reference).
RX6800XT TCX 16GO	Part-no	21308-01-20G
Q1/2021	Release date	Q2/2021
799 $	Launch Price	999 $ (Reference)
7 nm	Structure size	7 nm
data sheet	Documents	data sheet

ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X 16G OC
1.925 GHz, 16 GB (300 W TDP)

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Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
1.825 GHz, 16 GB (300 W TDP)

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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


	ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X 16G OC 16 GB GDDR6	9437
	Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6	9836

Port Royal (Raytracing)


	ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X 16G OC 16 GB GDDR6	9692
	Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6	9889

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)


	ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X 16G OC 16 GB GDDR6	3613
	Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6	3619

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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)


	ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X 16G OC 16 GB GDDR6	62 fps (avg)
	Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6	64 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X 16G OC 16 GB GDDR6	71 fps (avg)
	Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6	75 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X 16G OC 16 GB GDDR6	107 fps (avg)
	Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6	114 fps (avg)

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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)


	ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X 16G OC 16 GB GDDR6	34 fps (avg)
	Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6	38 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X 16G OC 16 GB GDDR6	67 fps (avg)
	Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6	74 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X 16G OC 16 GB GDDR6	117 fps (avg)
	Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6	126 fps (avg)

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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


	ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X 16G OC 16 GB GDDR6	162976
	Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6	161394

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan


	ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X 16G OC 16 GB GDDR6	162987
	Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6	161439

Geekbench 6 - Metal


	ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X 16G OC 16 GB GDDR6	204732
	Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6	235478

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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)


	ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X 16G OC 16 GB GDDR6	21.75
	Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6	23.04

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ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X 16G OC
vs
Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT

GPU comparison with benchmarks

GPU

Memory

Clock Speeds

Thermal Design

Cooler & Fans

Connectivity

Featureset

Supported Video Codecs

Dimensions

Additional data

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