ASRock Radeon RX 6900 XT OC Formula 16GB
vs
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 16CU


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASRock Radeon RX 6900 XT OC Formula 16GB has 5120 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.48 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 25.34 TFLOPS.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 16CU has 1024 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.30 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 2.38 TFLOPS.

GPU

The ASRock Radeon RX 6900 XT OC Formula 16GB is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 80 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 16CU is based on the GCN 4 architecture and is equipped with 16 execution units.
ASRock Radeon RX 6900 XT OC Formula 16GB GPU SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 16CU
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 560 (16 CU)
Navi 21 GPU Chip Polaris 21 XT
RDNA 2 Architecture GCN 4
80 Streaming Multiprocessors 16
5120 Shader 1024
128 Render Output Units 16
320 Texture Units 64
80 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The ASRock Radeon RX 6900 XT OC Formula 16GB is equipped with a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 16CU has a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

16 GB Memory Size 2 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
512 GB/s Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASRock Radeon RX 6900 XT OC Formula 16GB has a turbo clock of 2.475 GHz. The turbo frequency of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 16CU is 1.300 GHz.

2.125 GHz Base Clock 1.090 GHz
2.475 GHz Boost Clock 1.300 GHz
2.37 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASRock Radeon RX 6900 XT OC Formula 16GB has 3 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 PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 16CU is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 97 °C.

300 W TDP 90 W
345 W TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
3 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASRock Radeon RX 6900 XT OC Formula 16GB are cooled with a Air cooling.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 16CU is cooled by a Air cooling.

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

Connectivity

The ASRock Radeon RX 6900 XT OC Formula 16GB supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 16CU supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 1x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ASRock Radeon RX 6900 XT OC Formula 16GB supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 16CU supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 5120x2880
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Addressable LED LED No LED lighting

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 No
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The ASRock Radeon RX 6900 XT OC Formula 16GB is 61 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 16CU is 61 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

332 mm Length 210 mm
137 mm Height 112 mm
61 mm Width 36 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1784 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 8

Additional data

Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, ASRock Radeon RX 6900 XT OC Formula 16GB was released in Q2/2021.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 16CU published in Q3/2017 is manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers.

RX6900XT OCF 16G Part-no --
Q2/2021 Release date Q3/2017
999 $ (Reference) Launch Price 99 $ (Reference)
7 nm Structure size 14 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)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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