MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio 24G
vs
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming OC 16G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio 24G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 (Ampere) and has 24 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 936 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming OC 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.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio 24G has the GA102-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.

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

Memory

The graphics memory of the MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio 24G clocks at 1.219 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 19.5 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming OC 16G is 16.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

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

Clock Speeds

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

1.395 GHz Base Clock 1.875 GHz
1.785 GHz Boost Clock 2.285 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.05 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio 24G is powered by 3 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 370 W.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming OC 16G has 3 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 340 W.

370 W TDP 340 W
380 W TDP (up) 390 W
93 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
3 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 3 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio 24G is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming OC 16G has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 85 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
38 dB Noise (Load) 36-37 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio 24G.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming OC 16G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio 24G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming OC 16G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
MSI Mystic Light 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 VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio 24G is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming OC 16G needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

323 mm Length 286 mm
140 mm Height 118 mm
56 mm Width 58 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1565 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio 24G has been manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers since Q3/2020.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming OC 16G came on the market in Q4/2020 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.

V388-011R Part-no GV-R69XTGAMING OC-16GD
Q3/2020 Release date Q4/2020
1,589 $ Launch Price 1,049 $
8 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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