ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC vs GIGABYTE Radeon VII HBM2 16G. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC and GIGABYTE Radeon VII HBM2 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 ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC and GIGABYTE Radeon VII HBM2 16G. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.900 GHz+ 4 % 1.400 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.340 GHz+ 4 % 1.750 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.105 GHz+ 4 %
• 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 ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC and GIGABYTE Radeon VII HBM2 16G.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  3 x 100 mm 3 x 75 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 32 dB
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Noise (Load)
  34 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
  ASUS Aura Sync 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
  320 mm 267 mm
• Height
  140 mm 121 mm
• Width
  58 mm 40 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  1700 g --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU GIGABYTE Radeon VII HBM2 16G and ASUS TUF GAMING Radeon RX 6900 XT OC.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q4/2020 Q1/2019
• Release price
  999 $ --
• Structure size
  7 nm 7 nm
• Part-no
  TUF-RX6900XT-O16G-GAMING GV-RVEGA20-16GD-B
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet