Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT
vs
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT and the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT and has 4608 texture shaders and 72 execution units.

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT is based on AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, which has 5120 shaders and 80 execution units.
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT GPU AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Navi 21 XT GPU Chip Navi 21
RDNA 2 Architecture RDNA 2
72 Streaming Multiprocessors 80
4608 Shader 5120
128 Render Output Units 128
288 Texture Units 320
72 Raytracing Cores 80

Memory

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT has 16 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

The AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT 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 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT clocks in the base with up to 1.925 GHz. The base frequency of the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT is 1.825 GHz.

1.925 GHz Base Clock 1.825 GHz
2.360 GHz Boost Clock 2.250 GHz
2.11 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.02 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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

The AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT has a TDP of 300 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

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

Cooler & Fans

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 95 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
1 x 85 mm Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
36 dB Noise (Load) 38 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 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT.

The AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT 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 2x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports 1

Featureset

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Addressable LED LED Non 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
Decode AV1 Decode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

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

The AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT is 267 mm long, 120 mm high and -- wide.

310 mm Length 267 mm
135 mm Height 120 mm
55 mm Width --
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1240 g Weight 1492 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

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

The AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT was introduced in Q4/2020 at a price of 999 $.

11304-02-20G Part-no 102-D412
Q1/2021 Release date Q4/2020
769 $ Launch Price 999 $
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)

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
62 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
64 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
71 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
75 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
107 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
114 fps (avg)

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)

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
34 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
67 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
74 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
117 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
126 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)

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
110 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
110 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
189 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
200 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
210 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
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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