Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT
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Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT Benchmark and Specs

All technical data and various benchmarks of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT are listed on this page. The graphics card is based on the Navi 21 (RDNA 2) graphics chip, which is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nm. The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT can operate up to 4 screens with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 become.
FP32
23.40TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.29GHz
Memory
16GB GDDR6
TDP
340 W

Technical details

GPU

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT has 80 execution units with 5120 shaders. This gives the graphics card a theoretical FP32 computing power of 23.40 TFLOPS.

GPU Chip
Navi 21 (RDNA 2)
Streaming Multiprocessors
80
Shader
5120
Render Output Units
128
Texture Units
320
Raytracing Cores
80

Memory

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT is equipped with 16 GB graphics memory of the type GDDR6. The memory clock of the graphics card is 2.000 GHz and the speed is 16 Gbps.

Memory Size
16 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
Memory Clock
2.000 GHz
Memory Speed
16.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
512 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit

Clock Speeds

The base frequency of this graphics card is 1.825 GHz and the manufacturer specifies the maximum turbo clock as 2.285 GHz. If supported (see below), the performance can be further increased by overclocking.

Base Clock
1.825 GHz
Boost Clock
2.285 GHz+2 %
Avg (Game) Clock
2.050 GHz+2 %
Overclocking
Yes

Thermal Design

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 340 W.

TDP
340 W+13 %
TDP (up)
390 W+13 %
Tjunction max
100 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

Graphics processor and graphics memory of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT are cooled by a Air cooling.

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

Connectivity

Up to 4 monitors can be operated with the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT.

Max. Displays
4
HDCP
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a

Featureset

With the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT it is possible to operate a screen with a resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels. Furthermore, the DirectX standard version 12_2 (Ultimate) is supported.

Max. resolution
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
LED
Addressable LED

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists the video codecs that the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT can decode or encode in hardware in order to minimize the processor load, which leads to lower power consumption.

h264
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode / Encode
VP9
Decode / Encode
AV1
Decode

Dimensions

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in a case. It is 310 mm long, 134 mm high and 55 mm wide.

Length
310 mm
Height
134 mm
Width
55 mm
Width (Slots)
3 PCIe-Slots
Weight
1300 g
SFF-Ready
No

Additional data

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT was released in Q4/2020 at a price of 999 $. The graphics card manufactured in 7 nm is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes.

GPU Interface
PCIe 4.0 x 16
Release date
Q4/2020
Launch Price
999 $
Structure size
7 nm
Part-no
11308-01-20G
Documents
data sheet
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT
1.825 GHz · 16 GB · 340 W TDP
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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 Rank 1,128 / 5,633

  1. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XTSapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT16 GB GDDR6
    9,913
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAverage of gpu group
    10,207

Port Royal (Raytracing) Rank 1,555 / 4,176

  1. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XTSapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT16 GB GDDR6
    9,966
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAverage of gpu group
    10,262

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing) Rank 1,623 / 3,536

  1. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XTSapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT16 GB GDDR6
    3,647
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAverage of gpu group
    3,755

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) Rank 572 / 3,187

  1. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XTSapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT16 GB GDDR6
    65 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAverage of gpu group
    66 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Rank 946 / 3,190

  1. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XTSapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT16 GB GDDR6
    76 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAverage of gpu group
    77 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Rank 881 / 3,222

  1. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XTSapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT16 GB GDDR6
    116 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAverage of gpu group
    116 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) Rank 857 / 2,190

  1. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XTSapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT16 GB GDDR6
    39 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAverage of gpu group
    38 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Rank 944 / 2,709

  1. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XTSapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT16 GB GDDR6
    75 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAverage of gpu group
    74 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Rank 871 / 2,843

  1. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XTSapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT16 GB GDDR6
    128 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAverage of gpu group
    126 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) Rank 702 / 4,595

  1. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XTSapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT16 GB GDDR6
    112 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAverage of gpu group
    114 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Rank 247 / 4,594

  1. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XTSapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT16 GB GDDR6
    203 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAverage of gpu group
    200 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Rank 639 / 4,601

  1. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XTSapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT16 GB GDDR6
    203 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAverage of gpu group
    201 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 Rank 1,165 / 5,255

  1. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XTSapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT16 GB GDDR6
    163,916
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAverage of gpu group
    173,572

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Rank 817 / 5,233

  1. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XTSapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT16 GB GDDR6
    163,961
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAverage of gpu group
    118,486

Geekbench 6 - Metal Rank 57 / 750

  1. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XTSapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT16 GB GDDR6
    239,157
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAverage of gpu group
    170,801

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