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Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT vs Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB GDDR6 · 2.31 GHz · 300 W Speed index 18/100

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT has 4608 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.31 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 21.29 TFLOPS.

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 16 GB GDDR6 · 2.17 GHz · 250 W Speed index 14/100

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 has 3840 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.17 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 16.67 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT is 28 % faster than the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800.

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XTSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
Speed index
18/100
14/100
FP32
21.29 TFLOPS
16.67 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.31 GHz
2.17 GHz
Memory Size
16 GB GDDR6
16 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
512 GB/s
512 GB/s
TDP
300 W
250 W
Launch Price
779 $
679 $
528 pts
437 pts

GPU

GPUSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XTSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
Based onAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon RX 6800
GPU ChipNavi 21 XTNavi 21
Streaming Multiprocessors7260
Shader46083840
Render Output Units12896
Texture Units288240
Raytracing Cores7260
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 72 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 60 execution units.

Memory

MemorySapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XTSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
Memory Size16 GB16 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR6
Memory Clock2.000 GHz2.000 GHz
Memory Speed16.0 Gbps16.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth512 GB/s512 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit256 bit
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT is equipped with a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 has a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XTSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
Base Clock1.875 GHz1.800 GHz
Boost Clock2.310 GHz2.170 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock2.07 GHz1.95 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT has a turbo clock of 2.310 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 is 2.170 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XTSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
TDP300 W250 W
TDP (up)345 W285 W
Tjunction max100 °C100 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 8-Pin2 x 8-Pin
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 100 °C.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XTSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 13 x 90 mm3 x 90 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
Noise (Load)36-37 dB37 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT are cooled with a Air cooling.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivitySapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XTSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.11x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort3x DP 1.4a3x DP 1.4a
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XTSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingYesYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDAddressable LEDAddressable LED
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XTSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP9Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
AV1DecodeDecode
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Dimensions

DimensionsSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XTSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
Length313 mm303 mm
Height135 mm127 mm
Width53 mm54 mm
Width (Slots)3 Slots3 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT is 53 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 is 53 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XTSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 16
Release dateQ1/2021Q4/2020
Launch Price779 $679 $
Structure size7 nm7 nm
Part-no11304-03-20G11305-02-20G
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT was released in Q1/2021.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 published in Q4/2020 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

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 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT +19.8 %

  1. 9,335
  2. 7,790

Port Royal (Raytracing) Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT +20.0 %

  1. 9,587
  2. 7,989

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing) Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT +20.1 %

  1. 3,574
  2. 2,976

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 XT +15.1 %

  1. 61 fps (avg)
  2. 53 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT +14.8 %

  1. 70 fps (avg)
  2. 61 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT +16.7 %

  1. 105 fps (avg)
  2. 90 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 XT +6.5 %

  1. 33 fps (avg)
  2. 31 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT +6.5 %

  1. 66 fps (avg)
  2. 62 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT +7.5 %

  1. 115 fps (avg)
  2. 107 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 XT +14.9 %

  1. 108 fps (avg)
  2. 94 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT +0.5 %

  1. 185 fps (avg)
  2. 184 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT +2.0 %

  1. 205 fps (avg)
  2. 201 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 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT +22.5 %

  1. 159,529
  2. 130,271

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT +20.5 %

  1. 159,539
  2. 132,452

Geekbench 6 - Metal Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT +17.5 %

  1. 200,402
  2. 170,563

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