AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT Nitro+

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT $199
Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT Nitro+ $820
1024 Shaders
4GB GDDR6
2815MHz
5120 Shaders
16GB GDDR6
2285MHz
FP32
5.77 TFLOPS
FP32
23.4 TFLOPS
FP16
11.53 TFLOPS
FP16
46.8 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.7-Slots
TDP
107W
TDP
340W
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL 53,340
17%
GB5 OpenCL 167,685
55%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal 165,075
92%
GB5 Vulkan 40,335
20%
GB5 Vulkan 115,815
56%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT Metal 90
15%
OCT Metal 395
67%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
Sapphire
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
RDNA 2
Architecture
RDNA 2
Family
Radeon RX 6000
Family
Radeon RX 6000
Codename
Beige Goby
Navi 24
Variant
Navi 24 XT
Codename
Sienna Cichlid
Navi 21
Variant
Navi 21 XTX
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
1/19/2022
Release Date
12/8/2020
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
N6
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Fabrication Node
N7
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Die Size
107 mm²
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Die Size
520 mm²
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Transistor Count
5.4 Billion
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Transistor Count
26.8 Billion
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Transistor Density
50.47M/mm²
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Transistor Density
51.56M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
1024 Shaders
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Shading Units
5120 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
64 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
320 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
128 ROPs
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Ray-Tracing Cores
16 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
80 RT-Cores
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Compute Units
16 CUs
Compute Units
80 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
1 GPC
Graphics Processing Clusters
4 GPCs
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2610MHz Base
2815MHz
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1825MHz Base
2285MHz
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FP16
11.53 TFLOPS
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FP16
46.8 TFLOPS
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FP32
5.77 TFLOPS
FP32
23.4 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.36 TFLOPS
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FP64
1.46 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
90.08 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
292.48 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
180.16 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
731.2 GTexel/s
L0
32KB/WGP
L0
32KB/WGP
L1
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128KB/Array
L1
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128KB/Array
L2
1MB Shared
L2
4MB Shared
L3
16MB Shared
0.42TB/s
L3
128MB Shared
1.66TB/s
4GB
GDDR6
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16GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
64Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
2250MHz
Transfer Rate
18GT/s
Bandwidth
144GB/s
Clock
2000MHz
Transfer Rate
16GT/s
Bandwidth
512GB/s
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TDP
107W
TDP
340W
Temp
110°C Max
Temp
110°C Max
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1x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
-
Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
-
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Multi Monitor Support
2
Multi Monitor Support
4
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
No Encoders
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Model
VCN 3.0
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Codec
-
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
VCN 3.0
Model
VCN 3.0
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.2
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.6
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GFX
10.3
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Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
10.3
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1x Fan
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3x Fans
Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
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Power Connectors
-
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2x 8-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
4
Slots Required
2.7
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Bridgeless
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Bridgeless
Height
110 mm (4.33 in)
Width
190 mm (7.48 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
Height
134.3 mm (5.29 in)
Width
310 mm (12.2 in)
Depth
55.3 mm (2.18 in)
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