Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT and the MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G, 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.

MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, which has 10496 shaders and 82 execution units.
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
Navi 21 XT GPU Chip GA102-300-A1
RDNA 2 Architecture Ampere
72 Streaming Multiprocessors 82
4608 Shader 10496
128 Render Output Units 112
288 Texture Units 328
72 Raytracing Cores 82

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 MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G can access 24 GB GDDR6X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 936 GB/s.

16 GB Memory Size 24 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6X
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.219 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 19.5 Gbps
512 GB/s Memory bandwidth 936 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 384 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 MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G is 1.395 GHz.

1.925 GHz Base Clock 1.395 GHz
2.360 GHz Boost Clock 1.695 GHz
2.11 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
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 MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G has a TDP of 350 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

300 W TDP 350 W
345 W TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 93 °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 MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 95 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
1 x 85 mm Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
36 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 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G 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 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

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

The MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G is 305 mm long, 120 mm high and 57 mm wide.

310 mm Length 305 mm
135 mm Height 120 mm
55 mm Width 57 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1240 g Weight 1387 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 MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G was introduced in Q3/2020 at a price of 1,539 $.

11304-02-20G Part-no --
Q1/2021 Release date Q3/2020
769 $ Launch Price 1,539 $
7 nm Structure size 8 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)
MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G
24 GB GDDR6X
64 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
71 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G
24 GB GDDR6X
78 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
107 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G
24 GB GDDR6X
113 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)
MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G
24 GB GDDR6X
42 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
67 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G
24 GB GDDR6X
80 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
117 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G
24 GB GDDR6X
130 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)
MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G
24 GB GDDR6X
112 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
189 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G
24 GB GDDR6X
188 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
210 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Ventus 3X 24G
24 GB GDDR6X
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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