Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 vs ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 7900 XTX. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 and ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 7900 XTX, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
• GPU Chip
  Navi 21 Navi 31 (RDNA 3)
• Execution units
  60 96
• Shader
  3840 6144
• Render Output Units
  96 192
• Texture Units
  240 384

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

• Memory Size
  16 GB 24 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  2 GHz 20 Gbps
• Memory Bandwith
  512 GB/s 960 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 384 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 and ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 7900 XTX. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.850 GHz+ 9 % 1.900 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.190 GHz+ 4 % 2.525 GHz+ 1 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  1.980 GHz+ 9 % 2.330 GHz+ 1 %
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  250 W 355 W
• TDP (up)
  285 W --
• Tjunction max
  -- --
• PCIe-Power
  2 x 8-Pin 3 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 and ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 7900 XTX.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  2 x 100 mm 3 x 110 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Fan 2
  1 x 90 mm --
• Noise (Load)
  37 dB --

Connectivity and connections.

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

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

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_2 12_2 (Ultimate)
• Raytracing
  Yes Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  No Yes
• LED
  Addressable LED ASUS Aura Sync

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

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

• Length
  310 mm 353 mm
• Height
  134 mm 158 mm
• Width
  55 mm 73 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 4 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 7900 XTX and Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 4 x 16
• Release date
  Q4/2020 Q4/2022
• Release price
  739 $ --
• Structure size
  7 nm 5 nm
• Part-no
  11305-01-20G --
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet