Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
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ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980
GPU comparison with benchmarksIn the gpu comparison between the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 and the ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
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GPUThe Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6800 and has 3840 texture shaders and 60 execution units. ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980, which has 2048 shaders and 16 execution units. |
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| Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 | GPU | ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 |
| AMD Radeon RX 6800 | Based on | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 |
| Navi 21 | GPU Chip | GM204-400-A1 |
| RDNA 2 | Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 |
| 60 | Streaming Multiprocessors | 16 |
| 3840 | Shader | 2048 |
| 96 | Render Output Units | 64 |
| 240 | Texture Units | 128 |
| 60 | Raytracing Cores | 0 |
MemoryThe 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 ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s. |
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| 16 GB | Memory Size | 4 GB |
| GDDR6 | Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| 2.000 GHz | Memory Clock | 1.753 GHz |
| 16.0 Gbps | Memory Speed | 7.0 Gbps |
| 512 GB/s | Memory bandwidth | 224 GB/s |
| 256 bit | Memory Interface | 256 bit |
Clock SpeedsThe Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 clocks in the base with up to 1.800 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 is 1.127 GHz. |
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| 1.800 GHz | Base Clock | 1.127 GHz |
| 2.170 GHz | Boost Clock | 1.216 GHz |
| 1.95 GHz | Avg (Game) Clock | |
| Yes | Overclocking | Yes |
Thermal DesignThe 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 ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 has a TDP of 165 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors. |
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| 250 W | TDP | 165 W |
| 285 W | TDP (up) | -- |
| 100 °C | Tjunction max | 98 °C |
| 2 x 8-Pin | PCIe-Power | 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin |
Cooler & FansThe Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 has a total of 3 Axial fans. The ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory. |
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| Axial | Fan-Type | Axial |
| 3 x 90 mm | Fan 1 | 2 x 90 mm |
| -- | Fan 2 | -- |
| Air cooling | Cooler-Type | Hybrid cooling |
| 0 dB | Noise (Idle) | 0 dB |
| 37 dB | Noise (Load) | -- |
ConnectivityIn 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 ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 supports a maximum of 4 screens. |
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| 4 | Max. Displays | 4 |
| 2.3 | HDCP-Version | 2.2 |
| 1x HDMI v2.1 | HDMI Ports | 1x HDMI v2.0 |
| 3x DP v1.4a | DP Ports | 3x DP v1.2 |
| -- | DVI Ports | 1 |
| -- | VGA Ports | -- |
| -- | USB-C Ports | -- |
FeaturesetThe Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels. The maximum resolution of the ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 is 4096x2160 pixels. |
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| 7680x4320 | Max. resolution | 4096x2160 |
| 12_2 (Ultimate) | DirectX | 12_1 |
| Yes | Raytracing | No |
| Yes | DLSS / FSR | No |
| Addressable LED | LED | No LED lighting |
Supported Video CodecsThe support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos. |
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| Decode / Encode | h264 | Decode / Encode |
| Decode / Encode | h265 / HEVC | No |
| Decode | AV1 | No |
| Decode / Encode | VP8 | Decode |
| Decode / Encode | VP9 | No |
DimensionsThe Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 is 303 mm long, 127 mm high and 54 mm wide. The ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 is 27 mm long, 137 mm high and 41 mm wide. |
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| 303 mm | Length | 27 mm |
| 127 mm | Height | 137 mm |
| 54 mm | Width | 41 mm |
| 3 PCIe-Slots | Width (Slots) | 2 PCIe-Slots |
| -- | Weight | -- |
| PCIe 4.0 x 16 | GPU Interface | PCIe 3 x 16 |
| No | SFF-Ready | No |
Additional dataThe Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 was released in Q4/2020 at a price of 679 $. The ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 was introduced in Q4/2014 at a price of 599 $. |
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| 11305-02-20G | Part-no | POSEIDON-GTX980-4GD5 |
| Q4/2020 | Release date | Q4/2014 |
| 679 $ | Launch Price | 599 $ |
| 7 nm | Structure size | 28 nm |
| data sheet | Documents | -- |
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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
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Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6 |
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ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980
4 GB GDDR5 |
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Port Royal (Raytracing)
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Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6 |
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Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)
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Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6 |
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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)
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Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6 |
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2560x1440 (1440p)
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Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6 |
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1920x1080 (1080p)
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Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6 |
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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)
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Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6 |
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2560x1440 (1440p)
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16 GB GDDR6 |
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1920x1080 (1080p)
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Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6 |
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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)
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Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6 |
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2560x1440 (1440p)
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Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6 |
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1920x1080 (1080p)
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Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6 |
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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
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Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6 |
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ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980
4 GB GDDR5 |
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Geekbench 6 - Vulkan
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Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6 |
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ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980
4 GB GDDR5 |
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Geekbench 6 - Metal
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Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6 |
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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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Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6 |
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ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980
4 GB GDDR5 |
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