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


GPU comparison with benchmarks

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.

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.

GPU

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.
Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT GPU ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Navi 21 GPU Chip Navi 21
RDNA 2 Architecture RDNA 2
80 Streaming Multiprocessors 80
5120 Shader 5120
128 Render Output Units 128
320 Texture Units 320
80 Raytracing Cores 80

Memory

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.

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 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 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 4 %.

1.825 GHz Base Clock 1.900 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 4 %
2.250 GHz Boost Clock 2.340 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 4 %
2.02 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.11 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 4 %
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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.

300 W TDP 300 W
345 W TDP (up) 345 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 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.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 80 mm Fan 1 3 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 34 dB

Connectivity

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.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
2x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
1 USB-C Ports --

Featureset

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).

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Non addressable LED LED ASUS Aura Sync

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 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.

267 mm Length 320 mm
120 mm Height 140 mm
50 mm Width 58 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1700 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

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.

21308-01-20G Part-no TUF-RX6900XT-O16G-GAMING
Q2/2021 Release date Q4/2020
999 $ (Reference) Launch Price 999 $
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)

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 Radeon RX 6900 XT Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
64 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC
16 GB GDDR6
67 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
75 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC
16 GB GDDR6
78 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
114 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC
16 GB GDDR6
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)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC
16 GB GDDR6
40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
74 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC
16 GB GDDR6
77 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
126 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC
16 GB GDDR6
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)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
110 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC
16 GB GDDR6
114 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
200 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC
16 GB GDDR6
208 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
200 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC
16 GB GDDR6
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

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

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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