MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio 16G V1
vs
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7800 XT


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio 16G V1 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 SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7800 XT has 3840 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.43 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 37.32 TFLOPS.

GPU

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio 16G V1 is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 60 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7800 XT is based on the RDNA 3 architecture and is equipped with 60 execution units.
MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio 16G V1 GPU SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7800 XT
AMD Radeon RX 6800 Based on AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
Navi 21 GPU Chip Navi 32 XT
RDNA 2 Architecture RDNA 3
60 Streaming Multiprocessors 60
3840 Shader 3840
96 Render Output Units 96
240 Texture Units 240
60 Raytracing Cores 60

Memory

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio 16G V1 is equipped with a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7800 XT has a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.438GHz.

16 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 2.438 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 19.5 Gbps
512 GB/s Memory bandwidth 624 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio 16G V1 has a turbo clock of 2.155 GHz. The turbo frequency of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7800 XT is 2.430 GHz.

1.700 GHz Base Clock 1.800 GHz
2.155 GHz Boost Clock 2.430 GHz
1.93 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.12 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio 16G V1 has 3 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 PULSE Radeon RX 7800 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 96 °C.

250 W TDP 266 W
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 96 °C
3 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio 16G V1 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7800 XT is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio 16G V1 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7800 XT supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

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 v2.1
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio 16G V1 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7800 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
MSI Mystic Light 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
Decode AV1 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio 16G V1 is 55 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7800 XT is 55 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

324 mm Length 280 mm
142 mm Height 129 mm
55 mm Width 53 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1564 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio 16G V1 was released in Q2/2023.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7800 XT published in Q3/2023 is manufactured with a structure width of 5 nanometers.

-- Part-no 11330-02-20G
Q2/2023 Release date Q3/2023
579 $ (Reference) Launch Price 499 $ (Reference)
7 nm Structure size 5 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)

MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio 16G V1 MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio 16G V1
16 GB GDDR6
31 fps (avg)
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7800 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
41 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio 16G V1 MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio 16G V1
16 GB GDDR6
61 fps (avg)
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7800 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
84 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio 16G V1 MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio 16G V1
16 GB GDDR6
106 fps (avg)
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7800 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
132 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio 16G V1 MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio 16G V1
16 GB GDDR6
182 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio 16G V1 MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio 16G V1
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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