Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT vs GIGABYTE Radeon VII HBM2 16G. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT and GIGABYTE Radeon VII HBM2 16G, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT AMD Radeon VII
• GPU Chip
  Navi 21 XT Vega 20 XT
• Execution units
  72 60
• Shader
  4608 3840
• Render Output Units
  128 64
• Texture Units
  288 240

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 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT and GIGABYTE Radeon VII HBM2 16G. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.925 GHz+ 5 % 1.400 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.360 GHz+ 5 % 1.750 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.110 GHz+ 5 %
• 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
  96 °C --
• PCIe-Power
  2 x 8-Pin 2 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT and GIGABYTE Radeon VII HBM2 16G.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  2 x 95 mm 3 x 75 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 32 dB
• Fan 2
  1 x 85 mm --
• Noise (Load)
  36 dB 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
  3x DP v1.4a 3x DP v1.4a
• 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_1
• Raytracing
  Yes No
• DLSS / FSR
  No No
• LED
  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
  310 mm 267 mm
• Height
  135 mm 121 mm
• Width
  55 mm 40 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  1240 g --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU GIGABYTE Radeon VII HBM2 16G and Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q1/2019
• Release price
  769 $ --
• Structure size
  7 nm 7 nm
• Part-no
  11304-02-20G GV-RVEGA20-16GD-B
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet