GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 MASTER 16G
vs
PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Red Devil


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 MASTER 16G and the PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Red Devil, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 MASTER 16G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6800 and has 3840 texture shaders and 60 execution units.

PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Red Devil is based on AMD RX Vega 56, which has 3584 shaders and 56 execution units.
GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 MASTER 16G GPU PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Red Devil
AMD Radeon RX 6800 Based on AMD RX Vega 56
Navi 21 GPU Chip Vega 10 XL
RDNA 2 Architecture GCN 5
60 Streaming Multiprocessors 56
3840 Shader 3584
96 Render Output Units 64
240 Texture Units 256
60 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 MASTER 16G has 16 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Red Devil can access 8 GB HBM2 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 410 GB/s.

16 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type HBM2
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 0.800 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 1.6 Gbps
512 GB/s Memory bandwidth 410 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 2048 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 MASTER 16G clocks in the base with up to 1.775 GHz. The base frequency of the PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Red Devil is 1.308 GHz.

1.775 GHz Base Clock 1.308 GHz
2.190 GHz Boost Clock 1.526 GHz
1.98 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 MASTER 16G is 250 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Red Devil has a TDP of 210 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

250 W TDP 210 W
285 W TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 MASTER 16G has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Red Devil has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
1 x 95 mm Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

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 Radeon RX 6800 MASTER 16G.

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Red Devil supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version --
2x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.0b
2x DP v1.4a DP Ports 2x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 MASTER 16G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Red Devil is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
GIGABYTE RGB Fusion LED No LED lighting

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 No
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 MASTER 16G is -- long, -- high and -- wide.

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Red Devil is 316 mm long, 150 mm high and 55 mm wide.

-- Length 316 mm
-- Height 150 mm
-- Width 55 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 MASTER 16G was released in Q1/2021 at a price of 649 $.

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Red Devil was introduced in Q3/2017 at a price of 399 $ (Reference).

GV-R68AORUS M-16GD Part-no AXRX VEGA 56 8GBHBM2-2D2HD/OC
Q1/2021 Release date Q3/2017
649 $ Launch Price 399 $ (Reference)
7 nm Structure size 14 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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