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Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition vs ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX

ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX
ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB GDDR6 · 2.50 GHz · 355 W Speed index 51/100
In the gpu comparison between the Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition and the ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX is 154 % faster than the Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition.

Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited EditionASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Speed index
20/100
51/100
FP32
24.22 TFLOPS
61.44 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.37 GHz
2.50 GHz
Memory Size
16 GB GDDR6
24 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
512 GB/s
960 GB/s
TDP
400 W
355 W
Launch Price
1,499 $
999 $
611 pts
993 pts

GPU

GPUSapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited EditionASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Based onAMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
GPU ChipNavi 21Navi 31
Streaming Multiprocessors8096
Shader51206144
Render Output Units128192
Texture Units320384
Raytracing Cores8096
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The Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT and has 5120 texture shaders and 80 execution units.

ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX is based on AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX, which has 6144 shaders and 96 execution units.

Memory

MemorySapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited EditionASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Memory Size16 GB24 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR6
Memory Clock2.000 GHz2.500 GHz
Memory Speed16.0 Gbps20.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth512 GB/s960 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit384 bit
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The Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition has 16 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

The ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX can access 24 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 960 GB/s.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsSapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited EditionASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Base Clock1.825 GHz1.900 GHz
Boost Clock2.365 GHz2.500 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock2.14 GHz2.30 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition clocks in the base with up to 1.825 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX is 1.900 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignSapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited EditionASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX
TDP400 W355 W
Tjunction max100 °C97 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin2 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition is 400 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX has a TDP of 355 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansSapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited EditionASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 13 x 120 mm3 x 90 mm
Fan 21 x 90 mm--
Cooler-TypeAIO water coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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The Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition has a total of 4 Axial fans.

The ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivitySapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited EditionASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.11x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort2x DP 1.4a2x DP 2.1
USB-C11
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition.

The ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX supports a maximum of 4 screens.

Featureset

FeaturesetSapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited EditionASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingYesYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDAddressable LEDNo LED lighting
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The Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX is 7680x4320 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsSapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited EditionASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP9Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
AV1DecodeDecode / Encode
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Dimensions

DimensionsSapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited EditionASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Length270 mm287 mm
Height130 mm123 mm
Width45 mm51 mm
Width (Slots)3 Slots3 Slots
Weight1,148 g--
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition is 270 mm long, 130 mm high and 45 mm wide.

The ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX is 287 mm long, 123 mm high and 51 mm wide.

Additional data

Additional dataSapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited EditionASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 16PCIe 4 x 16
Release dateQ1/2021Q4/2022
Launch Price1,499 $999 $
Structure size7 nm5 nm
Part-no11308-04-20G--
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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The Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition was released in Q1/2021 at a price of 1,499 $.

The ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX was introduced in Q4/2022 at a price of 999 $.

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 Radeon RX 7900 XTX +40.9 %

  1. 10,088
  2. 14,216

Port Royal (Raytracing) ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX +56.9 %

  1. 10,142
  2. 15,913

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing) ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX +59.1 %

  1. 3,712
  2. 5,907

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 Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition +11.7 %

  1. 67 fps (avg)
  2. 60 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX +54.4 %

  1. 79 fps (avg)
  2. 122 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX +46.7 %

  1. 120 fps (avg)
  2. 176 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 Radeon RX 7900 XTX +30.0 %

  1. 40 fps (avg)
  2. 52 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX +21.8 %

  1. 78 fps (avg)
  2. 95 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX +7.6 %

  1. 132 fps (avg)
  2. 142 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)

  1. 116 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 210 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 210 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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 Radeon RX 7900 XTX +16.0 %

  1. 169,660
  2. 196,758

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX +24.6 %

  1. 169,707
  2. 211,455

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. 247,538
  2. no data

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