GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition
vs
Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 (Ampere) and has 24 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 936 GB/s.

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT (RDNA 2) and has 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

GPU

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition has the GA102-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT is based on the graphics chip Navi 21, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition GPU Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Based on AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
GA102-300-A1 GPU Chip Navi 21
Ampere Architecture RDNA 2
82 Streaming Multiprocessors 80
10496 Shader 5120
112 Render Output Units 128
328 Texture Units 320
82 Raytracing Cores 80

Memory

The graphics memory of the GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition clocks at 1.219 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 19.5 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT is 16.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

24 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR6
1.219 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
19.5 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
936 GB/s Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.395 GHz Base Clock 1.825 GHz
1.875 GHz Boost Clock 2.250 GHz
1.86 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.02 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition is powered by 3 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 420 W.

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 300 W.

420 W TDP 300 W
-- TDP (up) 345 W
93 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
3 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 102 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
1 x 92 mm Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition.

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 2x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports 1

Featureset

With the GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported 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 can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 4 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

352 mm Length 267 mm
160 mm Height 120 mm
68 mm Width 50 mm
4 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition has been manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers since Q4/2020.

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT came on the market in Q2/2021 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.

39NXM5MD3BLE Part-no 21308-01-20G
Q4/2020 Release date Q2/2021
1,499 $ (Reference) Launch Price 999 $ (Reference)
8 nm Structure size 7 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)

GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition
24 GB GDDR6X
71 fps (avg)
Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
64 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition
24 GB GDDR6X
86 fps (avg)
Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
75 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition
24 GB GDDR6X
125 fps (avg)
Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
114 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)

GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition
24 GB GDDR6X
46 fps (avg)
Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition
24 GB GDDR6X
88 fps (avg)
Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
74 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition
24 GB GDDR6X
144 fps (avg)
Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
126 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)

GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition
24 GB GDDR6X
124 fps (avg)
Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
110 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition
24 GB GDDR6X
208 fps (avg)
Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
200 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition
24 GB GDDR6X
221 fps (avg)
Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT Sapphire 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

Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT Sapphire 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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