Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
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MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC
GPU comparison with benchmarksThe 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 MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC has 1280 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.76 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 4.51 TFLOPS. |
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GPUThe Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 80 streaming multiprocessors. The graphics card MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 10 execution units. |
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| Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT | GPU | MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC |
| AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT | Based on | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (GDDR5X) |
| Navi 21 | GPU Chip | GP104-150-KA-A1 |
| RDNA 2 | Architecture | Pascal |
| 80 | Streaming Multiprocessors | 10 |
| 5120 | Shader | 1280 |
| 128 | Render Output Units | 48 |
| 320 | Texture Units | 80 |
| 80 | Raytracing Cores | 0 |
MemoryThe Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT is equipped with a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks. The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC has a 6 GB large GDDR5X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.001GHz. |
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| 16 GB | Memory Size | 6 GB |
| GDDR6 | Memory Type | GDDR5X |
| 2.000 GHz | Memory Clock | 1.001 GHz |
| 16.0 Gbps | Memory Speed | 8.0 Gbps |
| 512 GB/s | Memory bandwidth | 192 GB/s |
| 256 bit | Memory Interface | 192 bit |
Clock SpeedsThe Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT has a turbo clock of 2.250 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC is 1.759 GHz. |
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| 1.825 GHz | Base Clock | 1.544 GHz |
| 2.250 GHz | Boost Clock | 1.759 GHz |
| 2.02 GHz | Avg (Game) Clock | |
| Yes | Overclocking | Yes |
Thermal DesignThe 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 MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 94 °C. |
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| 300 W | TDP | 120 W |
| 345 W | TDP (up) | -- |
| 100 °C | Tjunction max | 94 °C |
| 2 x 8-Pin | PCIe-Power | 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin |
Cooler & FansThe graphics processor and graphics memory of the Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT are cooled with a Air cooling. The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC is cooled by a Air cooling. |
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| Axial | Fan-Type | Axial |
| 3 x 80 mm | Fan 1 | 2 x 100 mm |
| -- | Fan 2 | -- |
| Air cooling | Cooler-Type | Air cooling |
| 0 dB | Noise (Idle) | dB |
| -- | Noise (Load) | -- |
ConnectivityThe Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3. The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions. |
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| 4 | Max. Displays | 4 |
| 2.3 | HDCP-Version | 2.2 |
| 1x HDMI v2.1 | HDMI Ports | 1x HDMI v2.0b |
| 2x DP v1.4a | DP Ports | 3x DP v1.4 |
| -- | DVI Ports | 1 |
| -- | VGA Ports | -- |
| 1 | USB-C Ports | -- |
FeaturesetThe Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate). The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1. |
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| 7680x4320 | Max. resolution | 7680x4320 |
| 12_2 (Ultimate) | DirectX | 12_1 |
| Yes | Raytracing | No |
| Yes | DLSS / FSR | Yes |
| Non addressable LED | LED | No LED lighting |
Supported Video CodecsThis 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. |
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| Decode / Encode | h264 | Decode / Encode |
| Decode / Encode | h265 / HEVC | Decode / Encode |
| Decode | AV1 | No |
| Decode / Encode | VP8 | No |
| Decode / Encode | VP9 | Decode |
DimensionsThe Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT is 50 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case. The width of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC is 50 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case. |
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| 267 mm | Length | 276 mm |
| 120 mm | Height | 140 mm |
| 50 mm | Width | 41 mm |
| 3 PCIe-Slots | Width (Slots) | 2 PCIe-Slots |
| -- | Weight | 846 g |
| PCIe 4.0 x 16 | GPU Interface | PCIe 3.0 x 16 |
Additional dataManufactured using the 7 nanometer process, Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT was released in Q2/2021. The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC published in Q3/2018 is manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers. |
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| 21308-01-20G | Part-no | -- |
| Q2/2021 | Release date | Q3/2018 |
| 999 $ (Reference) | Launch Price | 249 $ (Reference) |
| 7 nm | Structure size | 16 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
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Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6 |
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MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC
6 GB GDDR5X |
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Port Royal (Raytracing)
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Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6 |
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MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC
6 GB GDDR5X |
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Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)
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Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
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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)
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2560x1440 (1440p)
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16 GB GDDR6 |
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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.
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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)
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Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6 |
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MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC
6 GB GDDR5X |
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2560x1440 (1440p)
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Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6 |
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MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC
6 GB GDDR5X |
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1920x1080 (1080p)
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Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6 |
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MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC
6 GB GDDR5X |
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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
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Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6 |
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MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC
6 GB GDDR5X |
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Geekbench 6 - Vulkan
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Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6 |
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MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC
6 GB GDDR5X |
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Geekbench 6 - Metal
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Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6 |
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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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Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6 |
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MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC
6 GB GDDR5X |
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