XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6900 XT Black Gaming
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PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6800 XT


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6900 XT Black Gaming has 5120 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.37 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 24.22 TFLOPS.

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6800 XT has 4608 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.34 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 21.57 TFLOPS.

GPU

The XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6900 XT Black Gaming is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 80 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6800 XT is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 72 execution units.
XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6900 XT Black Gaming GPU PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6800 XT
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Navi 21 GPU Chip Navi 21 XT
RDNA 2 Architecture RDNA 2
80 Streaming Multiprocessors 72
5120 Shader 4608
128 Render Output Units 128
320 Texture Units 288
80 Raytracing Cores 72

Memory

The XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6900 XT Black Gaming is equipped with a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6800 XT 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 XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6900 XT Black Gaming has a turbo clock of 2.365 GHz. The turbo frequency of the PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6800 XT is 2.340 GHz.

1.950 GHz Base Clock 1.900 GHz
2.365 GHz Boost Clock 2.340 GHz
2.14 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.09 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6900 XT Black Gaming 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 PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6800 XT 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 XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6900 XT Black Gaming are cooled with a Air cooling.

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6800 XT is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
1 x 90 mm Fan 2 1 x 90 mm
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
36 dB Noise (Load) 36-38 dB

Connectivity

The XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6900 XT Black Gaming supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6800 XT 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 XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6900 XT Black Gaming supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6800 XT 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
Addressable LED LED Addressable LED

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 XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6900 XT Black Gaming is 57 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6800 XT is 57 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

340 mm Length 320 mm
139 mm Height 135 mm
57 mm Width 62 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1610 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6900 XT Black Gaming was released in Q4/2020.

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6800 XT published in Q1/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

RX-69XTACBD9 Part-no AXRX 6800XT 16GBD6-3DHE/OC
Q4/2020 Release date Q1/2021
1,199 $ Launch Price 799 $
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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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