Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT

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Specifications

Technical data

GPU

Based on
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Execution Units
72
GPU Chip
Navi 21 XT
Render Output Units
128
Shader
4608
Texture Units
288

Memory

Memory Bandwidth
512 GB/s
Memory Bus
256 bit
Memory Size
16 GB
Memory Speed (legacy frequency label)
2000 MHz
Memory Type
GDDR6

Clock Speeds

Base Clock
1925 MHz + 5%
Boost Clock
2360 MHz + 5%
Game Clock
2110 MHz + 5%
Overclocking
Yes

Thermal Design

Maximum Junction Temperature
96 °C
TDP
300 W
TDP (up)
345 W

Cooler & Fans

Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Fan-Type
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 95 mm
Fan 2
1 x 85 mm
Noise (Idle)
0 dB / Silent
Noise (Load)
36 dB

Connectivity

DisplayPort Ports
3 × DisplayPort 1.4a
DVI Ports
—
HDCP Version
2.3
HDMI Ports
1 × HDMI 2.1
Max. Displays
4
PCIe Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
Power Connectors
2 x 8-Pin
USB-C Ports
—
VGA Ports
—

Featureset

DirectX
12_2
DLSS / FSR
No
LED
Addressable LED
Max. resolution
7680 × 4320
Raytracing
Yes

Supported Video Codecs

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

Dimensions

Height
135 mm
Length
310 mm
Slot Size
3 PCIe-Slots
Weight
1240 g
Width
55 mm

Additional data

Documents
data sheet
Launch Price (historical)
769 $
Part Number
11304-02-20G
Process Technology
7 nm
Release date
Q1/2021

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT GPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

442 place
3DMark Benchmark

364 place
Battlefield 5

311 place
Shadow of the Tomb Raider

378 place
Crypto-Mining Ethereum Hashrate (MH/s)

310 place
Crypto-Mining Ergo Hashrate (MH/s)

722 place
Crypto-Mining Ravencoin Hashrate (MH/s)

455 place
Crypto-Mining Vertcoin Hashrate (MH/s)

308 place

Manufacturer versions

Board specifications and benchmark results are specific to each version.

SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6800 XT 16GB

Sapphire · 16 GB

SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6800 XT SE 16GB

Sapphire · 16 GB

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6800 XT 16GB

Sapphire · 16 GB

SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming Graphics Card 16GB

Sapphire · 16 GB

All models based on this GPU

Benchmarks

Performance tests GPU

Compare the scores of popular benchmarks Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT with other graphics cards to understand the real speed of the GPU when processing content.

Tests include working with floating point, creating 3D models, mining cryptocurrencies.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Game frame rates

Archive: saved catalog source links. The original measurement method and test conditions have not been verified; current source pages may differ from the imported content. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

Benchmark FP32 is a 32-bit floating point calculation for the GPU which is required for 3D gaming

Higher values are better in this metric.

21.75 TFLOPS

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT

21.93 TFLOPS

KFA2 GeForce RTX 3070 Ti (1-Click OC)

21.75 TFLOPS

ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X 16G OC

21.75 TFLOPS

EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti XC3 GAMING

All the benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark

3DMark is designed for gamers, overclockers and system builders who want to get the most out of their hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

17801

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT

17838

EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING

17838

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3080 Eagle 10G

17801

ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X 16G OC

All the benchmark results

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a realistic game, with a built-in benchmark, very suitable as a test for graphics cards

Higher values are better in this metric.

105 fps

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT

106 fps

EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Gaming LHR

106 fps

MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING TRIO 10G LHR

105 fps

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 V2 LHR

All the benchmark results

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Shadow of the Tomb Raider has a built-in benchmark, based on the Crystal Dynamics Foundation engine

Higher values are better in this metric.

71 fps

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT

76 fps

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

76 fps

PowerColor Radeon RX 6900 XT

71 fps

ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X 16G OC

All the benchmark results

Crypto-Mining Ethereum Hashrate (MH/s)

Ethash is an algorithm for mining Ethereum cryptocurrency that makes the most of the GPU

Higher values are better in this metric.

64 MH/s

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT

65 MH/s

MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING Z TRIO 10G LHR

65 MH/s

MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING TRIO PLUS 10G LHR

64 MH/s

ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X 16G OC

All the benchmark results

Crypto-Mining Ergo Hashrate (MH/s)

The Autolykos algorithm, on which Ergo cryptocurrency is based, allows not only modern GPUs to be used for mining, but also the past generation of GPUs

Higher values are better in this metric.

121 MH/s

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT

122 MH/s

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT

122 MH/s

ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT TOP Edition

121 MH/s

ASUS ROG Strix LC Radeon RX 6800 XT OC

All the benchmark results

Crypto-Mining Ravencoin Hashrate (MH/s)

Hashrate mining Ravencoin cryptocurrency on the KawPoW algorithm is fastest on modern video cards

Higher values are better in this metric.

32 MH/s

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT

33 MH/s

INNO3D GeForce RTX 2080 Ti JET (Rev. 2.0)

33 MH/s

PNY GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Blower

32 MH/s

ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X 16G OC

All the benchmark results

Crypto-Mining Vertcoin Hashrate (MH/s)

VertCoin cryptocurrency can be mined on both Nvidia and AMD and is interesting because it mines perfectly on old GPUs like GTX1050, R9 290 and even GTX970

Higher values are better in this metric.

0.95 MH/s

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT

1.17 MH/s

MSI Radeon VII 16G

1.17 MH/s

AMD Radeon Pro VII

0.95 MH/s

ASUS ROG Strix LC Radeon RX 6800 XT OC

All the benchmark results

Synonyms

Nearby models in the composite benchmark index.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted. Index 0–100: equal-weight mean of each score relative to the best saved score among models with both tests. Tests: Battlefield 5 + Shadow of the Tomb Raider. This index does not predict performance in every workload.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Game frame rates

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT SE View

XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Black Gaming View

ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OC View

PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6800 XT View

PowerColor Liquid Devil Radeon RX 6800 XT View

ASUS ROG Strix LC Radeon RX 6800 XT OC View

ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X 16G OC View

ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Trinity LHR View

Base Clock is the base GPU frequency stated by the manufacturer for this model.

Boost Clock describes automatic frequency increases. Actual clock speed varies with workload, temperature and power limits; it is not a guarantee of manual overclocking.

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