Sapphire Radeon VII vs XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Core Gaming. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards Sapphire Radeon VII and XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Core Gaming, chip, information processing units.

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

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

• Memory Size
  16 GB 16 GB
• Memory Type
  HBM2 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  1 GHz 2 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  1024 GB/s 512 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  4096 bit 256 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards Sapphire Radeon VII and XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Core Gaming. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.400 GHz 1.825 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.750 GHz 2.250 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.015 GHz
• 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 Radeon VII and XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Core Gaming.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  3 x 75 mm 2 x 105 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  32 dB 0 dB / Silent
• Fan 2
  -- 1 x 90 mm
• Noise (Load)
  52 dB 35-36 dB

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.2 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.0b 1x HDMI v2.1
• 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_1 12_2
• Raytracing
  No Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  No No
• LED
  Non addressable LED 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
  268 mm 340 mm
• Height
  120 mm 138 mm
• Width
  42 mm 54 mm
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  1280 g 1817 g

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Core Gaming and Sapphire Radeon VII.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q1/2019 Q1/2021
• Release price
  -- 749 $
• Structure size
  7 nm 7 nm
• Part-no
  21291-01-40G RX-68XTALFD9
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet