Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition vs Colorful GeForce RTX 3090 NB-V

Comparison of GPU cores for Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition and Colorful GeForce RTX 3090 NB-V graphics cards. The GPU core data contains the number of blocks (in the AMD documentation these blocks are called Shader Engine (SE), while Nvidia calls them Graphics Processing Clusters (GPC), words are different, the essence is the same) and ROP/TMUs (Raster Processing Units). These characteristics have a great influence on the GPU computing power.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
• GPU Chip
  Navi 21 GA102-300-A1
• Execution units
  80 82
• Shader
  5120 10496
• Render Output Units
  128 112
• Texture Units
  320 328

The values comparison for the amount, type and speed of memory, along with the bandwidth in the Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition and Colorful GeForce RTX 3090 NB-V GPUs. A sufficiently large amount of graphics memory with high frequency and adequate bandwidth positively affects the speed of high resolution texture processing.

• Memory Size
  16 GB 24 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6X
• Memory Speed
  2 GHz 1.219 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  512 GB/s 936 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 384 bit

Let's compare the base and maximum frequency of the Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition and Colorful GeForce RTX 3090 NB-V graphics cards. These values are not displayed in the BIOS, but can be viewed with the help of diagnostic utilities such as GPU-Z or Everest.

• Base Clock
  1.825 GHz 1.395 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.365 GHz+ 5 % 1.695 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.135 GHz+ 6 %
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Comparison of the thermal design power of the Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition and Colorful GeForce RTX 3090 NB-V GPUs. The TDP number determines the maximum power consumption of your graphics card. The specifications for computer ventilation and power supply are often based on the TDP numbers and should be optimized for it.

• TDP
  400 W+ 33 % 350 W
• Tjunction max
  -- 93 °C
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin 2 x 8-Pin

Here we are going to look at the types of cooling systems for Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition and Colorful GeForce RTX 3090 NB-V as well as their sizes and performance. As a rule, fans with larger diameters have an advantage because they can move the same volumes of air while rotating more slowly than smaller fans. It should be noted that liquid cooling systems in addition to fans and aluminum radiators need some kind of pump, which can also be noisy.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  AIO water cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  3 x 120 mm 2 x 100 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Fan 2
  1 x 90 mm 1 x 80 mm

Number and types of sockets for video output and connection in Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition and Colorful GeForce RTX 3090 NB-V GPUs.

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

In this section, we'll explore what functions the Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition and Colorful GeForce RTX 3090 NB-V GPUs have. In addition, we have added ray tracing support to achieve the proper simulation of light rays and shadows. The list can vary slightly depending on the manufacturer.

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

Let's compare how Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition and Colorful GeForce RTX 3090 NB-V support popular codecs h264, VP8, h265 / HEVC, VP9 and AV1. The availability of such video codecs helps reduce the load on the graphics card during the playback or creation of videos. This has a positive effect on reducing power consumption and heat generation by the GPU.

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

The comparison of the Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition and Colorful GeForce RTX 3090 NB-V graphics cards dimensions. With knowledge of the exact measurements of the graphics card, you can check whether it is possible to put it in the case of your PC. We have also added support for PCI Express bus.

• Length
  270 mm 310 mm
• Height
  130 mm 131 mm
• Width
  45 mm 57 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  1148 g --

Here you can find information about the type (for desktops or laptops) and architecture of Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition and Colorful GeForce RTX 3090 NB-V, along with the sales starting time and the price at that moment. We provide a link to the GPU specifications directly from its manufacturer.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q4/2020
• Release price
  1,499 $ --
• Structure size
  7 nm 8 nm
• Part-no
  11308-04-20G --
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet