Comparing PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 XT vs Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT

gpu PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 XT item

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
• GPU Chip
  Navi 31 (RDNA 3) Navi 21 XT
• Execution units
  84 72
• Shader
  5376 4608
• Render Output Units
  192 128
• Texture Units
  336 288

• Memory Size
  20 GB 16 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  20 Gbps 2 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  800 GB/s 512 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  320 bit 256 bit

• Base Clock
  1.500 GHz 1.875 GHz+ 3 %
• Boost Clock
  2.500 GHz+ 4 % 2.310 GHz+ 3 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.130 GHz 2.065 GHz+ 2 %
• 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
• Fan 1
  2 x 100 mm 3 x 90 mm
• Fan 2
  1 x 90 mm --
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Noise (Load)
  -- 36-37 dB

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.3 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.1 1x HDMI v2.1
• DP Ports
  3x DP v2.1 3x DP v1.4a

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_2 (Ultimate) 12_2
• Raytracing
  Yes Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  Yes No
• LED
  Addressable LED Addressable LED

• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode / Encode Decode

• Length
  320 mm 313 mm
• Height
  119 mm 135 mm
• Width
  62 mm 53 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q4/2022 Q1/2021
• Structure size
  5 nm 7 nm
• Part-no
  RX 7900 XT 20G-L/OC 11304-03-20G
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet