GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Windforce 6G (rev. 2.0) vs Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT

GPU comparison with benchmarks The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Windforce 6G (rev. 2.0) has 2304 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.56 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 7.20 TFLOPS. The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT has 4608 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.36 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 21.75 TFLOPS.

GPU The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Windforce 6G (rev. 2.0) is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 1 architecture, which has 36 streaming multiprocessors. The graphics card Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 72 execution units.
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Windforce 6G (rev. 2.0)	GPU	Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT	Based on	AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Navi 10 XLE	GPU Chip	Navi 21 XT
RDNA 1	Architecture	RDNA 2
36	Streaming Multiprocessors	72
2304	Shader	4608
64	Render Output Units	128
144	Texture Units	288
0	Raytracing Cores	72

Memory The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Windforce 6G (rev. 2.0) is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks. The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT has a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.
6 GB	Memory Size	16 GB
GDDR6	Memory Type	GDDR6
1.750 GHz	Memory Clock	2.000 GHz
14.0 Gbps	Memory Speed	16.0 Gbps
336 GB/s	Memory bandwidth	512 GB/s
192 bit	Memory Interface	256 bit

Clock Speeds The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Windforce 6G (rev. 2.0) has a turbo clock of 1.560 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT is 2.360 GHz.
1.130 GHz	Base Clock	1.925 GHz
1.560 GHz	Boost Clock	2.360 GHz
1.38 GHz	Avg (Game) Clock	2.11 GHz
Yes	Overclocking	Yes

Thermal Design The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Windforce 6G (rev. 2.0) has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 100 °C. The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 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.
160 W	TDP	300 W
195 W	TDP (up)	345 W
100 °C	Tjunction max	100 °C
1 x 8-Pin	PCIe-Power	2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Windforce 6G (rev. 2.0) are cooled with a Air cooling. The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT is cooled by a Air cooling.
Axial	Fan-Type	Axial
2 x 90 mm	Fan 1	2 x 95 mm
--	Fan 2	1 x 85 mm
Air cooling	Cooler-Type	Air cooling
28 dB	Noise (Idle)	0 dB
34 dB	Noise (Load)	36 dB

Connectivity The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Windforce 6G (rev. 2.0) supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3. The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.
4	Max. Displays	4
2.3	HDCP-Version	2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b	HDMI Ports	1x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4	DP Ports	3x DP v1.4a
--	DVI Ports	--
--	VGA Ports	--
--	USB-C Ports	--

Featureset The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Windforce 6G (rev. 2.0) supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate). The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).
7680x4320	Max. resolution	7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate)	DirectX	12_2 (Ultimate)
No	Raytracing	Yes
Yes	DLSS / FSR	Yes
No LED lighting	LED	Addressable LED

Supported Video Codecs 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.
Decode / Encode	h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	h265 / HEVC	Decode / Encode
No	AV1	Decode
Decode	VP8	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	VP9	Decode / Encode

Dimensions The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Windforce 6G (rev. 2.0) is 41 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case. The width of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT is 41 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
228 mm	Length	310 mm
118 mm	Height	135 mm
41 mm	Width	55 mm
2 PCIe-Slots	Width (Slots)	3 PCIe-Slots
--	Weight	1240 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16	GPU Interface	PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Windforce 6G (rev. 2.0) was released in Q1/2020. The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT published in Q1/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.
GV-R56XTWF2-6GD	Part-no	11304-02-20G
Q1/2020	Release date	Q1/2021
279 $ (Reference)	Launch Price	769 $
7 nm	Structure size	7 nm
data sheet	Documents	data sheet

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Windforce 6G (rev. 2.0)
1.130 GHz, 6 GB (160 W TDP)

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Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT
1.925 GHz, 16 GB (300 W TDP)

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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


	GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Windforce 6G (rev. 2.0) 6 GB GDDR6	3428
	Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB GDDR6	9437

Port Royal (Raytracing)


	Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB GDDR6	9692

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)


	Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB GDDR6	3613

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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)


	Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB GDDR6	62 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB GDDR6	71 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB GDDR6	107 fps (avg)

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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)


	Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB GDDR6	34 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Windforce 6G (rev. 2.0) 6 GB GDDR6	28 fps (avg)
	Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB GDDR6	67 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Windforce 6G (rev. 2.0) 6 GB GDDR6	52 fps (avg)
	Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB GDDR6	117 fps (avg)

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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


	GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Windforce 6G (rev. 2.0) 6 GB GDDR6	64869
	Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB GDDR6	162976

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan


	GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Windforce 6G (rev. 2.0) 6 GB GDDR6	60648
	Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB GDDR6	162987

Geekbench 6 - Metal


	GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Windforce 6G (rev. 2.0) 6 GB GDDR6	78692
	Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB GDDR6	204732

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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)


	GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Windforce 6G (rev. 2.0) 6 GB GDDR6	7.2
	Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB GDDR6	21.75

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GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Windforce 6G (rev. 2.0)
vs
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT

GPU comparison with benchmarks

GPU

Memory

Clock Speeds

Thermal Design

Cooler & Fans

Connectivity

Featureset

Supported Video Codecs

Dimensions

Additional data

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