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GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Premium vs Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT

GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Premium
GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Premium 24 GB GDDR6X · 1.82 GHz · 420 W Speed index 32/100

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Premium has 10496 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.82 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 38.10 TFLOPS.

Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6 · 2.25 GHz · 300 W Speed index 19/100

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT has 5120 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.25 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 23.04 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Premium is 65 % faster than the Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT.

GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF PremiumSapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
Speed index
32/100
19/100
FP32
38.10 TFLOPS
23.04 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.82 GHz
2.25 GHz
Memory Size
24 GB GDDR6X
16 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
936 GB/s
512 GB/s
TDP
420 W
300 W
Launch Price
1,499 $
999 $
665 pts
602 pts

GPU

GPUGALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF PremiumSapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
Based onNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
GPU ChipGA102-300-A1Navi 21
Streaming Multiprocessors8280
Shader104965120
Render Output Units112128
Texture Units328320
Raytracing Cores8280
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The GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Premium is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 82 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 80 execution units.

Memory

MemoryGALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF PremiumSapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
Memory Size24 GB16 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6XGDDR6
Memory Clock1.219 GHz2.000 GHz
Memory Speed19.5 Gbps16.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth936 GB/s512 GB/s
Memory Interface384 bit256 bit
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The GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Premium is equipped with a 24 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.219 GHz clocks.

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT has a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsGALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF PremiumSapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
Base Clock1.395 GHz1.825 GHz
Boost Clock1.815 GHz2.250 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock1.80 GHz2.02 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Premium has a turbo clock of 1.815 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT is 2.250 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignGALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF PremiumSapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
TDP420 W300 W
TDP (up)--345 W
Tjunction max93 °C100 °C
PCIe-Power3 x 8-Pin2 x 8-Pin
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The GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Premium 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 93 °C.

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 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 & FansGALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF PremiumSapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 12 x 102 mm3 x 80 mm
Fan 21 x 92 mm--
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Premium are cooled with a Air cooling.

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityGALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF PremiumSapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.11x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort3x DP 1.4a2x DP 1.4a
USB-C--1
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The GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Premium supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetGALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF PremiumSapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingYesYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDAddressable LEDNon addressable LED
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The GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Premium supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsGALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF PremiumSapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode / Encode
VP9DecodeDecode / Encode
AV1DecodeDecode
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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

DimensionsGALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF PremiumSapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
Length352 mm267 mm
Height160 mm120 mm
Width68 mm50 mm
Width (Slots)4 Slots3 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Premium is 68 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT is 68 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataGALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF PremiumSapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 16
Release dateQ4/2020Q2/2021
Launch Price1,499 $999 $
Structure size8 nm7 nm
Part-no39NXM5MD3BMG21308-01-20G
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 8 nanometer process, GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Premium was released in Q4/2020.

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT published in Q2/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 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 GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Premium +7.3 %

  1. 10,554
  2. 9,836

Port Royal (Raytracing) GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Premium +40.5 %

  1. 13,892
  2. 9,889

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing) GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Premium +55.0 %

  1. 5,608
  2. 3,619

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 Premium +7.8 %

  1. 69 fps (avg)
  2. 64 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Premium +12.0 %

  1. 84 fps (avg)
  2. 75 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Premium +6.1 %

  1. 121 fps (avg)
  2. 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 Premium +18.4 %

  1. 45 fps (avg)
  2. 38 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Premium +16.2 %

  1. 86 fps (avg)
  2. 74 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Premium +10.3 %

  1. 139 fps (avg)
  2. 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 Premium +9.1 %

  1. 120 fps (avg)
  2. 110 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Premium +0.5 %

  1. 201 fps (avg)
  2. 200 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Premium +7.0 %

  1. 214 fps (avg)
  2. 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 GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Premium +27.0 %

  1. 204,918
  2. 161,394

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Premium +11.4 %

  1. 179,843
  2. 161,439

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. no data
  2. 235,478

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