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Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT vs ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC

Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6 · 2.25 GHz · 300 W Speed index 19/100

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT has 5120 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.25 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 23.04 TFLOPS.

ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC
ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC 16 GB GDDR6 · 2.34 GHz · 300 W Speed index 20/100

The ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC has 5120 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.34 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 23.96 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC is 4.0 % faster than the Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT.

Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XTASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC
Speed index
19/100
20/100
FP32
23.04 TFLOPS
23.96 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.25 GHz
2.34 GHz
Memory Size
16 GB GDDR6
16 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
512 GB/s
512 GB/s
TDP
300 W
300 W
Launch Price
999 $
999 $
598 pts
598 pts

GPU

GPUSapphire Radeon RX 6900 XTASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC
Based onAMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
GPU ChipNavi 21Navi 21
Streaming Multiprocessors8080
Shader51205120
Render Output Units128128
Texture Units320320
Raytracing Cores8080
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The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 80 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 80 execution units.

Memory

MemorySapphire Radeon RX 6900 XTASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC
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 Radeon RX 6900 XT is equipped with a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC has a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsSapphire Radeon RX 6900 XTASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC
Base Clock1.825 GHz1.900 GHz+4 %
Boost Clock2.250 GHz2.340 GHz+4 %
Avg (Game) Clock2.02 GHz2.11 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT has a turbo clock of 2.250 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC is 2.340 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignSapphire Radeon RX 6900 XTASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC
TDP300 W300 W
TDP (up)345 W345 W
Tjunction max100 °C100 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 8-Pin2 x 8-Pin
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The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 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 ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC 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 Radeon RX 6900 XTASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 13 x 80 mm3 x 100 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
Noise (Load)--34 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT are cooled with a Air cooling.

The ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivitySapphire Radeon RX 6900 XTASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.11x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort2x DP 1.4a3x DP 1.4a
USB-C1--
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The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetSapphire Radeon RX 6900 XTASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingYesYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNon addressable LEDASUS Aura Sync
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The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsSapphire Radeon RX 6900 XTASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC
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 Radeon RX 6900 XTASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC
Length267 mm320 mm
Height120 mm140 mm
Width50 mm58 mm
Width (Slots)3 Slots3 Slots
Weight--1,700 g
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT is 50 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC is 50 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataSapphire Radeon RX 6900 XTASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 16
Release dateQ2/2021Q4/2020
Launch Price999 $999 $
Structure size7 nm7 nm
Part-no21308-01-20GTUF-RX6900XT-O16G-GAMING
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT was released in Q2/2021.

The ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC 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 ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC +2.0 %

  1. 9,836
  2. 10,032

Port Royal (Raytracing) ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC +2.0 %

  1. 9,889
  2. 10,086

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing) ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC +2.0 %

  1. 3,619
  2. 3,691

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) ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC +4.7 %

  1. 64 fps (avg)
  2. 67 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC +4.0 %

  1. 75 fps (avg)
  2. 78 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC +4.4 %

  1. 114 fps (avg)
  2. 119 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) ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC +5.3 %

  1. 38 fps (avg)
  2. 40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC +4.1 %

  1. 74 fps (avg)
  2. 77 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC +4.0 %

  1. 126 fps (avg)
  2. 131 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) ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC +3.6 %

  1. 110 fps (avg)
  2. 114 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC +4.0 %

  1. 200 fps (avg)
  2. 208 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC +4.0 %

  1. 200 fps (avg)
  2. 208 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 ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC +4.0 %

  1. 161,394
  2. 167,839

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC +4.0 %

  1. 161,439
  2. 167,885

Geekbench 6 - Metal ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC +4.0 %

  1. 235,478
  2. 244,881

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