Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT SE (Rev 2.0)
vs
GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT SE (Rev 2.0) is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT (RDNA 2) and has 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 (Ampere) and has 24 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 936 GB/s.

GPU

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT SE (Rev 2.0) has the Navi 21 graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 2 architecture.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition is based on the graphics chip GA102-300-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT SE (Rev 2.0) GPU GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
Navi 21 GPU Chip GA102-300-A1
RDNA 2 Architecture Ampere
80 Streaming Multiprocessors 82
5120 Shader 10496
128 Render Output Units 112
320 Texture Units 328
80 Raytracing Cores 82

Memory

The graphics memory of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT SE (Rev 2.0) clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 16.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition is 19.5 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.219 GHz.

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 clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.825 GHz Base Clock 1.395 GHz
2.365 GHz Boost Clock 1.875 GHz
2.14 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.86 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT SE (Rev 2.0) is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 363 W.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition has 3 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 420 W.

363 W TDP 420 W
390 W TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 3 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT SE (Rev 2.0) is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 102 mm
-- Fan 2 1 x 92 mm
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT SE (Rev 2.0).

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

With the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT SE (Rev 2.0) it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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 6900 XT SE (Rev 2.0) is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition needs the space of 4 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

310 mm Length 352 mm
134 mm Height 160 mm
55 mm Width 68 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 4 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT SE (Rev 2.0) has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q2/2021.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 HOF Limited Edition came on the market in Q4/2020 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

11308-03-20G Part-no 39NXM5MD3BLE
Q2/2021 Release date Q4/2020
999 $ (Reference) Launch Price 1,499 $ (Reference)
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)

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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