GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G vs MSI Radeon VII 16G. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G and MSI Radeon VII 16G, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon VII
• GPU Chip
  Navi 21 Vega 20 XT
• Execution units
  80 60
• Shader
  5120 3840
• Render Output Units
  128 64
• Texture Units
  320 240

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  16 GB 16 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 HBM2
• Memory Speed
  2 GHz 1 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  512 GB/s 1024 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 4096 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G and MSI Radeon VII 16G. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.825 GHz 1.400 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.250 GHz 1.750 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.015 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  300 W 300 W
• TDP (up)
  345 W --
• Tjunction max
  -- --
• PCIe-Power
  2 x 8-Pin 2 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G and MSI Radeon VII 16G.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  3 x 80 mm 3 x 75 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 32 dB
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Noise (Load)
  -- 52 dB

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.3 2.2
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.1 1x HDMI v2.0b
• DP Ports
  2x DP v1.4a 3x DP v1.4a
• DVI Ports
  -- --
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  1 --

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_2 12_1
• Raytracing
  Yes No
• DLSS / FSR
  No No
• LED
  Non addressable LED Non addressable LED

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode No

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Length
  267 mm 267 mm
• Height
  120 mm 121 mm
• Width
  49 mm 40 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- 1280 g

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU MSI Radeon VII 16G and GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q2/2021 Q1/2019
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  7 nm 7 nm
• Part-no
  GV-R69XT-16GC-B Radeon VII 16G
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet