Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 vs PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 and PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD RX Vega 56 AMD Radeon RX 6800
• GPU Chip
  Vega 10 XL Navi 21
• Execution units
  56 60
• Shader
  3584 3840
• Render Output Units
  64 96
• Texture Units
  256 240

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

• Memory Size
  8 GB 16 GB
• Memory Type
  HBM2 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  0.8 GHz 2 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  410 GB/s 512 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  2048 bit 256 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 and PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.208 GHz+ 4 % 1.800 GHz+ 6 %
• Boost Clock
  1.512 GHz+ 3 % 2.170 GHz+ 3 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  1.950 GHz+ 7 %
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  280 W+ 33 % 250 W
• TDP (up)
  -- 285 W
• Tjunction max
  -- --
• PCIe-Power
  2 x 8-Pin 2 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 and PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon.

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

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  -- 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.0b 1x HDMI v2.1
• DP Ports
  3x DP v1.4 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_1 12_2
• Raytracing
  No Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  No No
• LED
  No LED lighting Addressable LED

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

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

• Length
  282 mm 310 mm
• Height
  125 mm 135 mm
• Width
  50 mm 54 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon and Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q3/2017 Q4/2020
• Release price
  -- 679 $
• Structure size
  14 nm 7 nm
• Part-no
  11276-01-40G AXRX 6800 16GBD6-3DHR/OC
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet