MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G OC vs Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition

GPU comparison with benchmarks The MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 (Ampere) and has 24 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 936 GB/s. The Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition 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 Ventus 3X 24G OC has the GA102-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture. The Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition is based on the graphics chip Navi 21, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G OC	GPU	Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition
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 Ventus 3X 24G OC clocks at 1.219 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 19.5 Gbps. The graphics memory speed of the Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition 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	1.825 GHz
1.725 GHz	Boost Clock	2.730 GHz
	Avg (Game) Clock	2.38 GHz
Yes	Overclocking	Yes

Thermal Design The MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G OC is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 350 W. The Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition has 1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 430 W.
350 W	TDP	430 W
--	TDP (up)	--
93 °C	Tjunction max	100 °C
2 x 8-Pin	PCIe-Power	1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans The MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G OC is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans. The Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition has 4 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Axial	Fan-Type	Axial
3 x 90 mm	Fan 1	3 x 120 mm
--	Fan 2	1 x 90 mm
Air cooling	Cooler-Type	AIO water cooling
0 dB	Noise (Idle)	0 dB
34 dB	Noise (Load)	--

Connectivity Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G OC. The Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition 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	1x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4a	DP Ports	3x DP v1.4a
--	DVI Ports	--
--	VGA Ports	--
--	USB-C Ports	--

Featureset With the MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G OC it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels. The maximum supported resolution of the Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition is 7680x4320 pixels.
7680x4320	Max. resolution	7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate)	DirectX	12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes	Raytracing	Yes
Yes	DLSS / FSR	Yes
No LED lighting	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	VP8	Decode / Encode
Decode	VP9	Decode / Encode

Dimensions The MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G OC is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing. The Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.
305 mm	Length	270 mm
120 mm	Height	130 mm
57 mm	Width	45 mm
3 PCIe-Slots	Width (Slots)	3 PCIe-Slots
1387 g	Weight	1148 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16	GPU Interface	PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data The MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G OC has been manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers since Q3/2020. The Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition came on the market in Q1/2021 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.
--	Part-no	11308-08-20G
Q3/2020	Release date	Q1/2021
1,539 $	Launch Price	1,499 $
8 nm	Structure size	7 nm
data sheet	Documents	data sheet

MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G OC
1.395 GHz, 24 GB (350 W TDP)

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Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition
1.825 GHz, 16 GB (430 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


	MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G OC 24 GB GDDR6X	10283
	Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition 16 GB GDDR6	10886

Port Royal (Raytracing)


	MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G OC 24 GB GDDR6X	13536
	Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition 16 GB GDDR6	10945

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)


	MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G OC 24 GB GDDR6X	5464
	Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition 16 GB GDDR6	4005

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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)


	MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G OC 24 GB GDDR6X	65 fps (avg)
	Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition 16 GB GDDR6	78 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G OC 24 GB GDDR6X	79 fps (avg)
	Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition 16 GB GDDR6	91 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G OC 24 GB GDDR6X	115 fps (avg)
	Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition 16 GB GDDR6	138 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)


	MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G OC 24 GB GDDR6X	43 fps (avg)
	Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition 16 GB GDDR6	46 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G OC 24 GB GDDR6X	81 fps (avg)
	Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition 16 GB GDDR6	90 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G OC 24 GB GDDR6X	132 fps (avg)
	Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition 16 GB GDDR6	153 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


	MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G OC 24 GB GDDR6X	194752
	Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition 16 GB GDDR6	195858

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan


	MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G OC 24 GB GDDR6X	170922
	Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition 16 GB GDDR6	195913

Geekbench 6 - Metal


	Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition 16 GB GDDR6	285762

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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)


	MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G OC 24 GB GDDR6X	36.21
	Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition 16 GB GDDR6	27.96

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MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G OC
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Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition

GPU comparison with benchmarks

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Thermal Design

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