Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT vs MSI GeForce RTX 3080 SUPRIM X 10G. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT and MSI GeForce RTX 3080 SUPRIM X 10G, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
• GPU Chip
  Navi 21 GA102-200-K1-A1
• Execution units
  80 68
• Shader
  5120 8704
• Render Output Units
  128 96
• Texture Units
  320 272

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

• Memory Size
  16 GB 10 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6X
• Memory Speed
  2 GHz 1.188 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  512 GB/s 760 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 320 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT and MSI GeForce RTX 3080 SUPRIM X 10G. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.825 GHz 1.440 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.250 GHz 1.920 GHz+ 12 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.015 GHz 1.905 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  300 W 370 W+ 16 %
• TDP (up)
  345 W 430 W+ 16 %
• Tjunction max
  -- 93 °C
• PCIe-Power
  2 x 8-Pin 3 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT and MSI GeForce RTX 3080 SUPRIM X 10G.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  3 x 80 mm 3 x 100 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Noise (Load)
  -- 38-40 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
  2x DP v1.4a 3x DP v1.4a
• DVI Ports
  -- --
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  1 --

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

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_2 12_2
• Raytracing
  Yes Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  No Yes
• LED
  Non addressable LED MSI Mystic Light

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
• AV1
  Decode Decode

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

• Length
  267 mm 336 mm
• Height
  120 mm 140 mm
• Width
  50 mm 61 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- 1882 g

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3080 SUPRIM X 10G and Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q2/2021 Q3/2020
• Release price
  -- 829 $
• Structure size
  7 nm 8 nm
• Part-no
  21308-01-20G --
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet