Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT
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Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800


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Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT
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Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800

GPU comparison with benchmarks

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.

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.

GPU

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.
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT GPU Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 6800
Navi 21 XT GPU Chip Navi 21
RDNA 2 Architecture RDNA 2
72 Streaming Multiprocessors 60
4608 Shader 3840
128 Render Output Units 96
288 Texture Units 240
72 Raytracing Cores 60

Memory

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.
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 XT has a turbo clock of 2.310 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 is 2.170 GHz.
1.875 GHz Base Clock 1.800 GHz
2.310 GHz Boost Clock 2.170 GHz
2.07 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.95 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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

Cooler & Fans

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.
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
36-37 dB Noise (Load) 37 dB

Connectivity

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.
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 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).
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

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.
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 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.
313 mm Length 303 mm
135 mm Height 127 mm
53 mm Width 54 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

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.
11304-03-20G Part-no 11305-02-20G
Q1/2021 Release date Q4/2020
779 $ Launch Price 679 $
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)

View all 3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing) benchmark results

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 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
61 fps (avg)
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
53 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
70 fps (avg)
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
61 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
105 fps (avg)
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
90 fps (avg)
View all Cyberpunk 2077 benchmark results

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 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
33 fps (avg)
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
31 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
66 fps (avg)
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
62 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
115 fps (avg)
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
107 fps (avg)
View all The Last of Us Part 1 benchmark results

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 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
108 fps (avg)
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
94 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
185 fps (avg)
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
184 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
205 fps (avg)
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
201 fps (avg)
View all Battlefield 5 benchmark results

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

View all Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal) benchmark results

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)

View all FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS) benchmark results

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