PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil
vs
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil and the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT and has 2560 texture shaders and 40 execution units.

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT is based on AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, which has 4608 shaders and 72 execution units.
PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil GPU Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Navi 10 XT GPU Chip Navi 21 XT
RDNA 1 Architecture RDNA 2
40 Streaming Multiprocessors 72
2560 Shader 4608
64 Render Output Units 128
160 Texture Units 288
0 Raytracing Cores 72

Memory

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT can access 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil clocks in the base with up to 1.770 GHz. The base frequency of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT is 1.925 GHz.

1.770 GHz Base Clock 1.925 GHz
2.010 GHz Boost Clock 2.360 GHz
1.91 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.11 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil is 225 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT has a TDP of 300 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

225 W TDP 300 W
335 W TDP (up) 345 W
99 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 95 mm
-- Fan 2 1 x 85 mm
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
43 dB Noise (Load) 36 dB

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED Addressable LED

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil is 300 mm long, 132 mm high and 53 mm wide.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT is 310 mm long, 135 mm high and 55 mm wide.

300 mm Length 310 mm
132 mm Height 135 mm
53 mm Width 55 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1240 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil was released in Q3/2019 at a price of 469 $.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT was introduced in Q1/2021 at a price of 769 $.

AXRX 5700 XT 8GBD6-3DHE/OC Part-no 11304-02-20G
Q3/2019 Release date Q1/2021
469 $ Launch Price 769 $
7 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)

PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil
8 GB GDDR6
112 fps (avg)
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
189 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil
8 GB GDDR6
157 fps (avg)
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
210 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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