XFX Radeon VII vs Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT SE. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards XFX Radeon VII and Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT SE, 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 XFX Radeon VII and Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT SE. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.400 GHz 1.925 GHz+ 5 %
• Boost Clock
  1.750 GHz 2.360 GHz+ 5 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.110 GHz+ 5 %
• 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 XFX Radeon VII and Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT SE.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  3 x 75 mm 2 x 95 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  32 dB 0 dB / Silent
• Fan 2
  -- 1 x 85 mm
• Noise (Load)
  52 dB 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 2x 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_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 310 mm
• Height
  120 mm 135 mm
• Width
  42 mm 55 mm
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- 1240 g

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT SE and XFX Radeon VII.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q1/2019 Q1/2021
• Release price
  -- 769 $
• Structure size
  7 nm 7 nm
• Part-no
  RX-VEGMA3FD6 11304-01-20G
• Documents
  -- data sheet