GPU comparison with benchmarks

ASUS Radeon VII vs Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition

ASUS Radeon VII
ASUS Radeon VII 16 GB HBM2 · 1.75 GHz · 300 W Speed index 11/100
In the gpu comparison between the ASUS Radeon VII and the Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition is 114 % faster than the ASUS Radeon VII.

ASUS Radeon VIISapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition
Speed index
11/100
23/100
FP32
13.07 TFLOPS
27.96 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.75 GHz
2.73 GHz
Memory Size
16 GB HBM2
16 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
1,024 GB/s
512 GB/s
TDP
300 W
430 W
Launch Price
699 $
1,499 $

GPU

GPUASUS Radeon VIISapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition
Based onAMD Radeon VIIAMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
GPU ChipVega 20 XTNavi 21
Streaming Multiprocessors6080
Shader38405120
Render Output Units64128
Texture Units240320
Raytracing Cores--80
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The ASUS Radeon VII is based on the AMD Radeon VII and has 3840 texture shaders and 60 execution units.

Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition is based on AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, which has 5120 shaders and 80 execution units.

Memory

MemoryASUS Radeon VIISapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition
Memory Size16 GB16 GB
Memory TypeHBM2GDDR6
Memory Clock1.000 GHz2.000 GHz
Memory Speed2.0 Gbps16.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth1,024 GB/s512 GB/s
Memory Interface4,096 bit256 bit
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The ASUS Radeon VII has 16 GB of graphics memory of the type HBM2 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 1024 GB/s.

The Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition can access 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsASUS Radeon VIISapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition
Base Clock1.400 GHz1.825 GHz
Boost Clock1.750 GHz2.730 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock--2.38 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The ASUS Radeon VII clocks in the base with up to 1.400 GHz. The base frequency of the Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition is 1.825 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignASUS Radeon VIISapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition
TDP300 W430 W
Tjunction max99 °C100 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 8-Pin1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS Radeon VII is 300 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition has a TDP of 430 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansASUS Radeon VIISapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 13 x 75 mm3 x 120 mm
Fan 2--1 x 90 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAIO water cooling
Noise (Idle)32 dB0 dB
Noise (Load)52 dB--
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The ASUS Radeon VII has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition has 4 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivityASUS Radeon VIISapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort3x DP 1.4a3x DP 1.4a
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the ASUS Radeon VII.

The Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition supports a maximum of 4 screens.

Featureset

FeaturesetASUS Radeon VIISapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_112_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingNoYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNon addressable LEDAddressable LED
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The ASUS Radeon VII supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition is 7680x4320 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsASUS Radeon VIISapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode / Encode
VP9Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
AV1NoDecode
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Dimensions

DimensionsASUS Radeon VIISapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition
Length268 mm270 mm
Height120 mm130 mm
Width42 mm45 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots3 Slots
Weight--1,148 g
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The ASUS Radeon VII is 268 mm long, 120 mm high and 42 mm wide.

The Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition is 270 mm long, 130 mm high and 45 mm wide.

Additional data

Additional dataASUS Radeon VIISapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 16
Release dateQ1/2019Q1/2021
Launch Price699 $1,499 $
Structure size7 nm7 nm
Part-no--11308-08-20G
Documents--data sheet
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The ASUS Radeon VII was released in Q1/2019 at a price of 699 $.

The Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition was introduced in Q1/2021 at a price of 1,499 $.

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 Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition +150.1 %

  1. ASUS Radeon VIIASUS Radeon VII16 GB HBM2
    4,353
  2. 10,886

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. ASUS Radeon VIIASUS Radeon VII16 GB HBM2
    no data
  2. 10,945

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. ASUS Radeon VIIASUS Radeon VII16 GB HBM2
    no data
  2. 4,005

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)

  1. ASUS Radeon VIIASUS Radeon VII16 GB HBM2
    no data
  2. 78 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. ASUS Radeon VIIASUS Radeon VII16 GB HBM2
    no data
  2. 91 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. ASUS Radeon VIIASUS Radeon VII16 GB HBM2
    no data
  2. 138 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)

  1. ASUS Radeon VIIASUS Radeon VII16 GB HBM2
    no data
  2. 46 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. ASUS Radeon VIIASUS Radeon VII16 GB HBM2
    no data
  2. 90 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. ASUS Radeon VIIASUS Radeon VII16 GB HBM2
    no data
  2. 153 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) Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition +104.6 %

  1. ASUS Radeon VIIASUS Radeon VII16 GB HBM2
    65 fps (avg)
  2. 133 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition +109.5 %

  1. ASUS Radeon VIIASUS Radeon VII16 GB HBM2
    116 fps (avg)
  2. 243 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition +62.0 %

  1. ASUS Radeon VIIASUS Radeon VII16 GB HBM2
    150 fps (avg)
  2. 243 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 Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition +121.6 %

  1. ASUS Radeon VIIASUS Radeon VII16 GB HBM2
    88,364
  2. 195,858

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition +114.0 %

  1. ASUS Radeon VIIASUS Radeon VII16 GB HBM2
    91,547
  2. 195,913

Geekbench 6 - Metal Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition +274.7 %

  1. ASUS Radeon VIIASUS Radeon VII16 GB HBM2
    76,267
  2. 285,762

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