GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Master 16G
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GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 XTREME WATERFORCE WB 24G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Master 16G 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.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 XTREME WATERFORCE WB 24G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 (Ampere) and has 24 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 936 GB/s.

GPU

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Master 16G has the Navi 21 graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 2 architecture.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 XTREME WATERFORCE WB 24G is based on the graphics chip GA102-300-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Master 16G GPU GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 XTREME WATERFORCE WB 24G
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
Navi 21 GPU Chip GA102-300-A1
RDNA 2 Architecture Ampere
80 Streaming Multiprocessors 82
5120 Shader 10496
128 Render Output Units 112
320 Texture Units 328
80 Raytracing Cores 82

Memory

The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Master 16G clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 16.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 XTREME WATERFORCE WB 24G is 19.5 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.219 GHz.

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

Clock Speeds

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

1.950 GHz Base Clock 1.395 GHz
2.365 GHz Boost Clock 1.785 GHz
2.15 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Master 16G is powered by 3 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 300 W.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 XTREME WATERFORCE WB 24G has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 400 W.

300 W TDP 400 W
345 W TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
3 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Master 16G is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 XTREME WATERFORCE WB 24G has 0 -- main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type --
2 x 110 mm Fan 1 --
1 x 100 mm Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Water cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
36 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Master 16G.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 XTREME WATERFORCE WB 24G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Master 16G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 XTREME WATERFORCE WB 24G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
GIGABYTE RGB Fusion LED GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

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 / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Master 16G is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 XTREME WATERFORCE WB 24G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

322 mm Length 252 mm
140 mm Height 163 mm
60 mm Width 29 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Master 16G has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q4/2020.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 XTREME WATERFORCE WB 24G came on the market in Q4/2020 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

GV-R69XTAORUS M-16GD Part-no GV-N3090AORUSX WB-24GD
Q4/2020 Release date Q4/2020
1,249 $ Launch Price 1,499 $ (Reference)
7 nm Structure size 8 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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