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Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT vs Sapphire Radeon VII

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 Radeon VII
Sapphire Radeon VII 16 GB HBM2 · 1.75 GHz · 300 W Speed index 11/100

The Sapphire Radeon VII has 3840 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.75 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 13.07 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT is 63 % faster than the Sapphire Radeon VII.

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XTSapphire Radeon VII
Speed index
18/100
11/100
FP32
21.29 TFLOPS
13.07 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.31 GHz
1.75 GHz
Memory Size
16 GB GDDR6
16 GB HBM2
Memory bandwidth
512 GB/s
1,024 GB/s
TDP
300 W
300 W
Launch Price
779 $
699 $

GPU

GPUSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XTSapphire Radeon VII
Based onAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon VII
GPU ChipNavi 21 XTVega 20 XT
Streaming Multiprocessors7260
Shader46083840
Render Output Units12864
Texture Units288240
Raytracing Cores72--
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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 Radeon VII is based on the GCN 5.1 architecture and is equipped with 60 execution units.

Memory

MemorySapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XTSapphire Radeon VII
Memory Size16 GB16 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6HBM2
Memory Clock2.000 GHz1.000 GHz
Memory Speed16.0 Gbps2.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth512 GB/s1,024 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit4,096 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 Radeon VII has a 16 GB large HBM2 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.000GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XTSapphire Radeon VII
Base Clock1.875 GHz1.400 GHz
Boost Clock2.310 GHz1.750 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock2.07 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 Radeon VII is 1.750 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XTSapphire Radeon VII
TDP300 W300 W
TDP (up)345 W--
Tjunction max100 °C99 °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 Radeon VII is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 99 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XTSapphire Radeon VII
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 13 x 90 mm3 x 75 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB32 dB
Noise (Load)36-37 dB52 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 Radeon VII is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivitySapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XTSapphire Radeon VII
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.11x HDMI 2.0b
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 Radeon VII supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XTSapphire Radeon VII
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_1
RaytracingYesNo
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDAddressable LEDNon addressable 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 Radeon VII supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XTSapphire Radeon VII
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8Decode / EncodeDecode
VP9Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
AV1DecodeNo
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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 Radeon VII
Length313 mm268 mm
Height135 mm120 mm
Width53 mm42 mm
Width (Slots)3 Slots2 Slots
Weight--1,280 g
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT is 53 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the Sapphire Radeon VII is 53 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XTSapphire Radeon VII
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ1/2021Q1/2019
Launch Price779 $699 $
Structure size7 nm7 nm
Part-no11304-03-20G21291-01-40G
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 Radeon VII published in Q1/2019 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 +114.4 %

  1. 9,335
  2. 4,353

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. 9,587
  2. no data

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. 3,574
  2. no data

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)

  1. 61 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 70 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 105 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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)

  1. 33 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 66 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 115 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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 +66.2 %

  1. 108 fps (avg)
  2. 65 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT +59.5 %

  1. 185 fps (avg)
  2. 116 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT +36.7 %

  1. 205 fps (avg)
  2. 150 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 +80.5 %

  1. 159,529
  2. 88,364

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT +74.3 %

  1. 159,539
  2. 91,547

Geekbench 6 - Metal Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT +162.8 %

  1. 200,402
  2. 76,267

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