Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
vs
PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Fighter


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 and the PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Fighter, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6800 and has 3840 texture shaders and 60 execution units.

PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Fighter is based on AMD Radeon RX 6800, which has 3840 shaders and 60 execution units.
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 GPU PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Fighter
AMD Radeon RX 6800 Based on AMD Radeon RX 6800
Navi 21 GPU Chip Navi 21
RDNA 2 Architecture RDNA 2
60 Streaming Multiprocessors 60
3840 Shader 3840
96 Render Output Units 96
240 Texture Units 240
60 Raytracing Cores 60

Memory

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

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Fighter 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 Pulse Radeon RX 6800 clocks in the base with up to 1.800 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 6 %. The base frequency of the PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Fighter is 1.775 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 4 %.

1.800 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 6 % Base Clock 1.775 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 4 %
2.170 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 3 % Boost Clock 2.155 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 2 %
1.95 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 7 % Avg (Game) Clock 1.93 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 6 %
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 is 250 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Fighter has a TDP of 250 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

250 W TDP 250 W
285 W TDP (up) 285 W
100 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Fighter has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
37 dB Noise (Load) 35 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 Pulse Radeon RX 6800.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Fighter 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 Pulse Radeon RX 6800 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Fighter 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 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 Pulse Radeon RX 6800 is 303 mm long, 127 mm high and 54 mm wide.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Fighter is 300 mm long, 120 mm high and 50 mm wide.

303 mm Length 300 mm
127 mm Height 120 mm
54 mm Width 50 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 was released in Q4/2020 at a price of 679 $.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Fighter was introduced in Q4/2020 at a price of 649 $.

11305-02-20G Part-no AXRX 6800 16GBD6-3DH/OC
Q4/2020 Release date Q4/2020
679 $ Launch Price 649 $
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 Pulse Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
53 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Fighter PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Fighter
16 GB GDDR6
52 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
61 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Fighter PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Fighter
16 GB GDDR6
60 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
90 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Fighter PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Fighter
16 GB GDDR6
89 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 Pulse Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
31 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Fighter PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Fighter
16 GB GDDR6
31 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
62 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Fighter PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Fighter
16 GB GDDR6
61 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
107 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Fighter PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Fighter
16 GB GDDR6
106 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 Pulse Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
94 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Fighter PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Fighter
16 GB GDDR6
93 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
184 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Fighter PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Fighter
16 GB GDDR6
182 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
201 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Fighter PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Fighter
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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