GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Xtreme Waterforce WB 16G
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PowerColor Liquid Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Xtreme Waterforce WB 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 PowerColor Liquid Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate 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 GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Xtreme Waterforce WB 16G has the Navi 21 graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 2 architecture.

The PowerColor Liquid Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate is based on the graphics chip Navi 21, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Xtreme Waterforce WB 16G GPU PowerColor Liquid Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Navi 21 GPU Chip Navi 21
RDNA 2 Architecture RDNA 2
80 Streaming Multiprocessors 80
5120 Shader 5120
128 Render Output Units 128
320 Texture Units 320
80 Raytracing Cores 80

Memory

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

The graphics memory speed of the PowerColor Liquid Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate is 16.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

16 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
512 GB/s Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.950 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 7 % Base Clock 1.825 GHz
2.525 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 12 % Boost Clock 2.525 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 12 %
2.38 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 18 % Avg (Game) Clock 2.38 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 18 %
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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

The PowerColor Liquid Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate has 3 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 300 W.

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

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Xtreme Waterforce WB 16G is equipped with a total of 0 -- main fans.

The PowerColor Liquid Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate has 0 -- main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

-- Fan-Type --
-- Fan 1 --
-- Fan 2 --
Water cooling Cooler-Type Water cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
0 dB Noise (Load) 0 dB

Connectivity

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

The PowerColor Liquid Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate 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 1x HDMI v2.1
2x DP v1.4a DP Ports 2x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports 1

Featureset

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

The maximum supported resolution of the PowerColor Liquid Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate 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 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 / Encode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Xtreme Waterforce WB 16G is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The PowerColor Liquid Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

282 mm Length 266 mm
146 mm Height 162 mm
28 mm Width 42 mm
2 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 Xtreme Waterforce WB 16G has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q3/2021.

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

GV-R69XTAORUSX WB-16GD Part-no AXRX 6900XTU 16GBD6-W2DHC/OC
Q3/2021 Release date Q2/2021
999 $ (Reference) Launch Price 999 $ (Reference)
7 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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