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ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC vs ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56

ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC
ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC 16 GB GDDR6 · 2.34 GHz · 300 W Speed index 20/100

The ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC has 5120 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.34 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 23.96 TFLOPS.

ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 8 GB HBM2 · 1.47 GHz · 210 W Speed index 9/100

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 has 3584 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.47 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 10.54 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC is 127 % faster than the ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56.

ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OCASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
Speed index
20/100
9/100
FP32
23.96 TFLOPS
10.54 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.34 GHz
1.47 GHz
Memory Size
16 GB GDDR6
8 GB HBM2
Memory bandwidth
512 GB/s
410 GB/s
TDP
300 W
210 W
Launch Price
999 $
399 $

GPU

GPUASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OCASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
Based onAMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAMD RX Vega 56
GPU ChipNavi 21Vega 10 XL
Streaming Multiprocessors8056
Shader51203584
Render Output Units12864
Texture Units320256
Raytracing Cores80--
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The ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 80 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 is based on the GCN 5 architecture and is equipped with 56 execution units.

Memory

MemoryASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OCASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
Memory Size16 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6HBM2
Memory Clock2.000 GHz0.800 GHz
Memory Speed16.0 Gbps1.6 Gbps
Memory bandwidth512 GB/s410 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit2,048 bit
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The ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC is equipped with a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 has a 8 GB large HBM2 graphics memory and the memory clock is 0.800GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OCASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
Base Clock1.900 GHz1.156 GHz
Boost Clock2.340 GHz1.471 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock2.11 GHz--
OverclockingYesYes
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The ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC has a turbo clock of 2.340 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 is 1.471 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OCASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
TDP300 W210 W
TDP (up)345 W--
Tjunction max100 °C100 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 8-Pin2 x 8-Pin
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The ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC 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 ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 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.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OCASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
Fan-TypeAxialRadial
Fan 13 x 100 mm1 x 70 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB37 dB
Noise (Load)34 dB49 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC are cooled with a Air cooling.

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OCASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.3--
HDMI1x HDMI 2.11x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort3x DP 1.4a3x DP 1.4
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The ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 supports HDCP in version -- and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OCASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_1
RaytracingYesNo
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDASUS Aura SyncNo LED lighting
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The ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OCASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8Decode / EncodeDecode
VP9Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
AV1DecodeNo
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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.

Dimensions

DimensionsASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OCASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
Length320 mm280 mm
Height140 mm127 mm
Width58 mm40 mm
Width (Slots)3 Slots2 Slots
Weight1,700 g1,090 g
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC is 58 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 is 58 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OCASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ4/2020Q3/2017
Launch Price999 $399 $
Structure size7 nm14 nm
Part-noTUF-RX6900XT-O16G-GAMINGRXVEGA56-8G
Documentsdata sheet--
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Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC was released in Q4/2020.

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 published in Q3/2017 is manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers.

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 ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC +238.0 %

  1. 10,032
  2. 2,968

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. 10,086
  2. no data

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. 3,691
  2. no data

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. 67 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 78 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 119 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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. 40 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 77 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 131 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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) ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC +165.1 %

  1. 114 fps (avg)
  2. 43 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC +160.0 %

  1. 208 fps (avg)
  2. 80 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC +85.7 %

  1. 208 fps (avg)
  2. 112 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 ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC +177.2 %

  1. 167,839
  2. 60,539

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC +163.2 %

  1. 167,885
  2. 63,794

Geekbench 6 - Metal ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC +240.4 %

  1. 244,881
  2. 71,932

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