In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming OC 16G and the MSI Radeon VII 16G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming OC 16G is 79 % faster than the MSI Radeon VII 16G.
The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming OC 16G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT and has 5120 texture shaders and 80 execution units.
MSI Radeon VII 16G is based on AMD Radeon VII, which has 3840 shaders and 60 execution units.
Memory
Memory
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming OC 16G
MSI Radeon VII 16G
Memory Size
16 GB
16 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
HBM2
Memory Clock
2.000 GHz
1.000 GHz
Memory Speed
16.0 Gbps
2.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
512 GB/s
1,024 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
4,096 bit
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming OC 16G has 16 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.
The MSI Radeon VII 16G can access 16 GB HBM2 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 1024 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming OC 16G
MSI Radeon VII 16G
Base Clock
1.875 GHz
1.400 GHz
Boost Clock
2.285 GHz
1.750 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
2.05 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming OC 16G clocks in the base with up to 1.875 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI Radeon VII 16G is 1.400 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming OC 16G
MSI Radeon VII 16G
TDP
340 W
300 W
TDP (up)
390 W
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Tjunction max
100 °C
99 °C
PCIe-Power
3 x 8-Pin
2 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming OC 16G is 340 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 3 x 8-Pin connector.
The MSI Radeon VII 16G has a TDP of 300 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming OC 16G
MSI Radeon VII 16G
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
3 x 85 mm
3 x 75 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
32 dB
Noise (Load)
36-37 dB
52 dB
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming OC 16G has a total of 3 Axial fans.
The MSI Radeon VII 16G has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming OC 16G
MSI Radeon VII 16G
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.2
HDMI
2x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
2x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.4a
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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 Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming OC 16G.
The MSI Radeon VII 16G supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming OC 16G
MSI Radeon VII 16G
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_1
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
GIGABYTE RGB Fusion
Non addressable LED
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming OC 16G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the MSI Radeon VII 16G is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming OC 16G
MSI Radeon VII 16G
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode / Encode
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
AV1
Decode
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming OC 16G
MSI Radeon VII 16G
Length
286 mm
267 mm
Height
118 mm
121 mm
Width
58 mm
40 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
2 Slots
Weight
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1,280 g
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming OC 16G is 286 mm long, 118 mm high and 58 mm wide.
The MSI Radeon VII 16G is 267 mm long, 121 mm high and 40 mm wide.
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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.
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.
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