GPU comparison with benchmarks

MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio Plus 16G V1 vs Sapphire Radeon VII

Sapphire Radeon VII
Sapphire Radeon VII 16 GB HBM2 · 1.75 GHz · 300 W Speed index 11/100
In the gpu comparison between the MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio Plus 16G V1 and the Sapphire Radeon VII, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio Plus 16G V1 is 18 % faster than the Sapphire Radeon VII.

MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio Plus 16G V1Sapphire Radeon VII
Speed index
13/100
11/100
FP32
15.48 TFLOPS
13.07 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.02 GHz
1.75 GHz
Memory Size
16 GB GDDR6
16 GB HBM2
Memory bandwidth
512 GB/s
1,024 GB/s
TDP
250 W
300 W
Launch Price
579 $
699 $

GPU

GPUMSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio Plus 16G V1Sapphire Radeon VII
Based onAMD Radeon RX 6800AMD Radeon VII
GPU ChipNavi 21Vega 20 XT
Streaming Multiprocessors6060
Shader38403840
Render Output Units9664
Texture Units240240
Raytracing Cores60--
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The MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio Plus 16G V1 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6800 and has 3840 texture shaders and 60 execution units.

Sapphire Radeon VII is based on AMD Radeon VII, which has 3840 shaders and 60 execution units.

Memory

MemoryMSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio Plus 16G V1Sapphire Radeon VII
Memory Size16 GB16 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6HBM2
Memory Clock2.000 GHz1.000 GHz
Memory Speed16.0 Gbps2.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth512 GB/s1,024 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit4,096 bit
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The MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio Plus 16G V1 has 16 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

The Sapphire Radeon VII can access 16 GB HBM2 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 1024 GB/s.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsMSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio Plus 16G V1Sapphire Radeon VII
Base Clock1.700 GHz1.400 GHz
Boost Clock2.015 GHz1.750 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock1.82 GHz--
OverclockingYesYes
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The MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio Plus 16G V1 clocks in the base with up to 1.700 GHz. The base frequency of the Sapphire Radeon VII is 1.400 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignMSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio Plus 16G V1Sapphire Radeon VII
TDP250 W300 W
Tjunction max100 °C99 °C
PCIe-Power3 x 8-Pin2 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio Plus 16G V1 is 250 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 3 x 8-Pin connector.

The Sapphire Radeon VII has a TDP of 300 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansMSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio Plus 16G V1Sapphire Radeon VII
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 13 x 100 mm3 x 75 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB32 dB
Noise (Load)--52 dB
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The MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio Plus 16G V1 has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The Sapphire Radeon VII has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivityMSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio Plus 16G V1Sapphire Radeon VII
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.11x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort3x DP 1.4a3x 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 MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio Plus 16G V1.

The Sapphire Radeon VII supports a maximum of 4 screens.

Featureset

FeaturesetMSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio Plus 16G V1Sapphire Radeon VII
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_1
RaytracingYesNo
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDMSI Mystic LightNon addressable LED
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The MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio Plus 16G V1 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Sapphire Radeon VII is 7680x4320 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsMSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio Plus 16G V1Sapphire Radeon VII
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8Decode / EncodeDecode
VP9Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
AV1DecodeNo
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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

DimensionsMSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio Plus 16G V1Sapphire Radeon VII
Length324 mm268 mm
Height142 mm120 mm
Width55 mm42 mm
Width (Slots)3 Slots2 Slots
Weight1,564 g1,280 g
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio Plus 16G V1 is 324 mm long, 142 mm high and 55 mm wide.

The Sapphire Radeon VII is 268 mm long, 120 mm high and 42 mm wide.

Additional data

Additional dataMSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio Plus 16G V1Sapphire Radeon VII
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ2/2023Q1/2019
Launch Price579 $699 $
Structure size7 nm7 nm
Part-no--21291-01-40G
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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The MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio Plus 16G V1 was released in Q2/2023 at a price of 579 $.

The Sapphire Radeon VII was introduced in Q1/2019 at a price of 699 $.

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 Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio Plus 16G V1 +72.5 %

  1. 7,507
  2. 4,353

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. 7,699
  2. no data

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. 2,868
  2. no data

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)

  1. 49 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 56 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 83 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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)

  1. 29 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 57 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 100 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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) MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio Plus 16G V1 +33.8 %

  1. 87 fps (avg)
  2. 65 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio Plus 16G V1 +46.6 %

  1. 170 fps (avg)
  2. 116 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio Plus 16G V1 +24.7 %

  1. 187 fps (avg)
  2. 150 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 MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio Plus 16G V1 +36.9 %

  1. 120,972
  2. 88,364

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio Plus 16G V1 +34.4 %

  1. 122,997
  2. 91,547

Geekbench 6 - Metal MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Trio Plus 16G V1 +107.7 %

  1. 158,387
  2. 76,267

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