GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G
vs
XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G has 3840 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.16 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 16.55 TFLOPS.

The XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT has 5120 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.25 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 23.04 TFLOPS.

GPU

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 60 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 80 execution units.
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G GPU XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT
AMD Radeon RX 6800 Based on AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Navi 21 GPU Chip Navi 21
RDNA 2 Architecture RDNA 2
60 Streaming Multiprocessors 80
3840 Shader 5120
96 Render Output Units 128
240 Texture Units 320
60 Raytracing Cores 80

Memory

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G is equipped with a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT has a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G has a turbo clock of 2.155 GHz. The turbo frequency of the XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT is 2.250 GHz.

1.775 GHz Base Clock 1.825 GHz
2.155 GHz Boost Clock 2.250 GHz
1.93 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.02 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G has 2 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 XFX Radeon RX 6900 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.

250 W TDP 300 W
285 W TDP (up) 345 W
100 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G are cooled with a Air cooling.

The XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 80 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
35-36 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

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

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
GIGABYTE RGB Fusion LED Non 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
Decode AV1 Decode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G is 58 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT is 58 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

286 mm Length 237 mm
112 mm Height 120 mm
58 mm Width 40 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G was released in Q4/2020.

The XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT published in Q1/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

GV-R68GAMING OC-16GD Part-no RX-69TMATFD8
Q4/2020 Release date Q1/2021
649 $ Launch Price 1,099 $
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)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G
16 GB GDDR6
52 fps (avg)
XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
64 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G
16 GB GDDR6
60 fps (avg)
XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
75 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G
16 GB GDDR6
89 fps (avg)
XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
114 fps (avg)

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)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G
16 GB GDDR6
31 fps (avg)
XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G
16 GB GDDR6
61 fps (avg)
XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
74 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G
16 GB GDDR6
106 fps (avg)
XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
126 fps (avg)

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)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G
16 GB GDDR6
93 fps (avg)
XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
110 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G
16 GB GDDR6
182 fps (avg)
XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
200 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16G
16 GB GDDR6
200 fps (avg)
XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
200 fps (avg)

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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