PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT
vs
MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X 12G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT and the MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X 12G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT and has 4608 texture shaders and 72 execution units.

MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X 12G is based on AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT, which has 2560 shaders and 40 execution units.
PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT GPU MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X 12G
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
Navi 21 XT GPU Chip Navi 22 XT
RDNA 2 Architecture RDNA 2
72 Streaming Multiprocessors 40
4608 Shader 2560
128 Render Output Units 64
288 Texture Units 160
72 Raytracing Cores 40

Memory

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT has 16 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X 12G can access 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 384 GB/s.

16 GB Memory Size 12 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 384 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT clocks in the base with up to 1.900 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X 12G is 2.321 GHz.

1.900 GHz Base Clock 2.321 GHz
2.310 GHz Boost Clock 2.622 GHz
2.07 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.51 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT is 300 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X 12G has a TDP of 230 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

300 W TDP 230 W
345 W TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X 12G has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
1 x 90 mm Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
36-37 dB Noise (Load) --

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 Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT.

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X 12G 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 Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X 12G 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 Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT is 310 mm long, 135 mm high and 54 mm wide.

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X 12G is 279 mm long, 131 mm high and 58 mm wide.

310 mm Length 279 mm
135 mm Height 131 mm
54 mm Width 58 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1179 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT was released in Q1/2021 at a price of 729 $.

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X 12G was introduced in Q1/2021 at a price of 479 $ (Reference).

AXRX 6800XT 16GBD6-3DHR/OC Part-no --
Q1/2021 Release date Q1/2021
729 $ Launch Price 479 $ (Reference)
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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