Comparing MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT vs PowerColor Radeon VII

gpu MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT item

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

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

• Base Clock
  1.825 GHz 1.400 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.250 GHz 1.750 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.015 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

• TDP
  300 W 300 W
• TDP (up)
  345 W --
• Tjunction max
  96 °C --
• PCIe-Power
  2 x 8-Pin 2 x 8-Pin

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  3 x 80 mm 3 x 75 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 32 dB
• Noise (Load)
  37 dB 52 dB

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.3 2.2
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.1 1x HDMI v2.0b
• DP Ports
  2x DP v1.4a 3x DP v1.4a
• USB-C Ports
  1 --

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_2 12_1
• Raytracing
  Yes No
• DLSS / FSR
  No No
• LED
  Non addressable LED Non addressable LED

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

• Length
  267 mm 280 mm
• Height
  120 mm 125 mm
• Width
  50 mm 40 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  1520 g --

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q4/2020 Q1/2019
• Release price
  799 $ --
• Structure size
  7 nm 7 nm
• Part-no
  -- AXVII 16GBHBM2-3DH
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet