PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate
vs
MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming X Trio 16G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate and the MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming X Trio 16G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT and has 5120 texture shaders and 80 execution units.

MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming X Trio 16G is based on AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, which has 5120 shaders and 80 execution units.
PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate GPU MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming X Trio 16G
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Navi 21 GPU Chip Navi 21
RDNA 2 Architecture RDNA 2
80 Streaming Multiprocessors 80
5120 Shader 5120
128 Render Output Units 128
320 Texture Units 320
80 Raytracing Cores 80

Memory

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate has 16 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming X Trio 16G can access 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

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

Clock Speeds

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate clocks in the base with up to 1.825 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming X Trio 16G is 1.925 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 5 %.

1.825 GHz Base Clock 1.925 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 5 %
2.425 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 8 % Boost Clock 2.340 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 4 %
2.24 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 11 % Avg (Game) Clock 2.11 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 4 %
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate is 300 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 3 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming X Trio 16G has a TDP of 300 W and is supplied with the required energy via 3 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

300 W TDP 300 W
345 W TDP (up) 345 W
100 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
3 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 3 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming X Trio 16G has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 100 mm
1 x 90 mm Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
34 dB Noise (Load) 34 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 Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate.

The MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming X Trio 16G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming X Trio 16G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Addressable LED LED MSI Mystic Light

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
Decode AV1 Decode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate is 320 mm long, 135 mm high and 62 mm wide.

The MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming X Trio 16G is 324 mm long, 141 mm high and 55 mm wide.

320 mm Length 324 mm
135 mm Height 141 mm
62 mm Width 55 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1576 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate was released in Q2/2021 at a price of 999 $ (Reference).

The MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming X Trio 16G was introduced in Q4/2020 at a price of 1,149 $.

AXRX 6900XTU 16GBD6-3DHE/OC Part-no --
Q2/2021 Release date Q4/2020
999 $ (Reference) Launch Price 1,149 $
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)

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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