GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 Ti XTREME WATERFORCE 24G
vs
PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 Ti XTREME WATERFORCE 24G and the PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 Ti XTREME WATERFORCE 24G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti and has 10752 texture shaders and 84 execution units.

PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT is based on AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, which has 5120 shaders and 80 execution units.
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 Ti XTREME WATERFORCE 24G GPU PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Based on AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
GA102-350-A1 GPU Chip Navi 21
Ampere Architecture RDNA 2
84 Streaming Multiprocessors 80
10752 Shader 5120
112 Render Output Units 128
336 Texture Units 320
84 Raytracing Cores 80

Memory

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 Ti XTREME WATERFORCE 24G has 24 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 1008 GB/s.

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT can access 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

24 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR6
1.313 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
21.0 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
1008 GB/s Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 Ti XTREME WATERFORCE 24G clocks in the base with up to 1.560 GHz. The base frequency of the PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT is 1.825 GHz.

1.560 GHz Base Clock 1.825 GHz
1.935 GHz Boost Clock 2.340 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.11 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 Ti XTREME WATERFORCE 24G is 450 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 16-Pin connector.

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT has a TDP of 300 W and is supplied with the required energy via 3 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

450 W TDP 300 W
-- TDP (up) 345 W
92 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 16-Pin PCIe-Power 3 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 Ti XTREME WATERFORCE 24G has a total of 3 Axial (Radiator) fans.

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial (Radiator) Fan-Type Axial
3 x 120 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 1 x 90 mm
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 34 dB

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 Ti XTREME WATERFORCE 24G.

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 Ti XTREME WATERFORCE 24G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the PowerColor Red Devil 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
No LED lighting LED Addressable LED

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 Ti XTREME WATERFORCE 24G is 238 mm long, 141 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT is 320 mm long, 135 mm high and 62 mm wide.

238 mm Length 320 mm
141 mm Height 135 mm
40 mm Width 62 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 Ti XTREME WATERFORCE 24G was released in Q1/2022 at a price of 1,999 $ (Reference).

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT was introduced in Q4/2020 at a price of 1,099 $.

GV-N309TAORUSX W-24GD Part-no AXRX 6900XT 16GBD6-3DHE/OC
Q1/2022 Release date Q4/2020
1,999 $ (Reference) Launch Price 1,099 $
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)

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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