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AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Graphics Processor
Navi 21
Cores
5120
TMUs
320
ROPs
128
Memory Size
16 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
Bus Width
256 bit
GPU Chip
GPU
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The Radeon RX 6900 XT is an enthusiast-class graphics card by AMD, launched on October 28th, 2020. Built on the 7 nm process, and based on the Navi 21 graphics processor, in its Navi 21 XTX variant, the card supports DirectX 12 Ultimate. This ensures that all modern games will run on Radeon RX 6900 XT. Additionally, the DirectX 12 Ultimate capability guarantees support for hardware-raytracing, variable-rate shading and more, in upcoming video games. The Navi 21 graphics processor is a large chip with a die area of 520 mm² and 26,800 million transistors. It features 5120 shading units, 320 texture mapping units, and 128 ROPs. The card also has 80 raytracing acceleration cores. AMD has paired 16 GB GDDR6 memory with the Radeon RX 6900 XT, which are connected using a 256-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 1825 MHz, which can be boosted up to 2250 MHz, memory is running at 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective).
Being a triple-slot card, the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT draws power from 2x 8-pin power connectors, with power draw rated at 300 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C. Radeon RX 6900 XT is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 4.0 x16 interface. The card's dimensions are 267 mm x 120 mm x 50 mm, and it features a triple-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 999 US Dollars.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
Navi 21
GPU Variant
Navi 21 XTX
(215-121000167)
Architecture
RDNA 2.0
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
7 nm
Transistors
26,800 million
Density
51.5M / mm²
Die Size
520 mm²
Chip Package
BGA-2425

Graphics Card

Release Date
Oct 28th, 2020
Availability
Dec 8th, 2020
Generation
Navi II
(RX 6000)
Predecessor
Navi
Successor
Navi III
Production
Active
Launch Price
999 USD
Current Price
Bus Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
Reviews
33 in our database

Relative Performance

GeForce 210
1%
GeForce 9400 GT
1%
Radeon HD 4550
1%
Radeon HD 5450
1%
Radeon HD 6450
1%
GeForce GT 520
1%
GeForce GT 220
2%
GeForce GT 430
2%
Radeon HD 5570
2%
Radeon HD 4670
3%
GeForce GT 440
3%
GeForce GT 240
3%
GeForce 9600 GT
3%
Radeon HD 5670
3%
GeForce GT 640
4%
GeForce 9800 GT
4%
Radeon HD 6670
4%
Radeon HD 4830
4%
Radeon HD 4770
4%
Radeon HD 4850
4%
GeForce GTS 250
5%
GeForce GTS 450
5%
Radeon HD 5750
5%
Radeon HD 7750
6%
Radeon HD 5770
6%
GeForce GTX 260
6%
Radeon HD 4870
6%
Radeon Vega 8
6%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
6%
GeForce GTX 650
6%
Radeon HD 5830
6%
Radeon HD 6790
7%
Radeon HD 4890
7%
GeForce GTX 460
7%
Radeon RX Vega 11
7%
GeForce GT 1030
7%
GeForce GTX 275
7%
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
7%
GeForce GTX 280
7%
GeForce GTX 465
7%
Radeon HD 6850
8%
GeForce GTX 285
8%
Radeon HD 5850
8%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
9%
Radeon HD 7790
9%
Radeon RX 550
9%
GeForce GTX 470
9%
Radeon HD 6870
9%
Radeon HD 5870
10%
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
10%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
10%
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
10%
Radeon HD 6950
10%
GeForce GTX 295
11%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
11%
Radeon HD 7850
11%
GeForce GTX 480
11%
Radeon HD 6970
12%
Radeon R7 265
12%
Radeon R7 370
12%
Radeon RX 460
12%
GeForce GTX 660
12%
GeForce GTX 570
12%
Radeon RX 560
12%
GeForce GTX 950
13%
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
13%
Radeon R9 270X
14%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
14%
GeForce GTX 580
14%
GeForce GTX 1050
14%
Radeon HD 7950
14%
GeForce GTX 1630
14%
Radeon HD 5970
14%
GeForce GTX 760
15%
GeForce GTX 670
16%
GeForce GTX 960
16%
Radeon R9 380
17%
Radeon R9 285
17%
Radeon HD 7970
17%
GeForce GTX 680
17%
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
17%
GeForce GTX 770
18%
Radeon HD 6990
18%
Radeon R9 280X
19%
GeForce GTX 590
19%
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
19%
GeForce GTX 780
21%
Arc A380
21%
Radeon RX 6400
21%
GeForce GTX 1650
22%
Radeon RX 470
23%
Radeon R9 290
24%
Radeon RX 570
25%
Radeon R9 390
25%
Radeon R9 290X
25%
GeForce GTX 970
26%
GeForce GTX TITAN
26%
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
26%
Radeon R9 390X
27%
Radeon HD 7990
27%
Radeon RX 480
27%
GeForce GTX 690
27%
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
28%
Radeon RX 5500 OEM
28%
Radeon RX 580
29%
Radeon RX 5500 XT
29%
Radeon RX 6500 XT
29%
GeForce GTX 980
29%
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
29%
Radeon R9 FURY
30%
Radeon RX 590
31%
Radeon R9 295X2
32%
GeForce GTX 1660
33%
Radeon R9 FURY X
33%
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
33%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
34%
GeForce GTX TITAN X
34%
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
36%
GeForce GTX 1070
37%
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
37%
Radeon RX Vega 56
40%
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
42%
Arc A580
43%
Radeon RX 5600 XT
43%
Radeon RX Vega 64
44%
GeForce GTX 1080
44%
GeForce RTX 2060
44%
Radeon RX 5700
46%
Arc A750
47%
Radeon RX 5700 XT
48%
Radeon RX 6600
48%
Radeon RX 6600 XT
49%
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
50%
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
50%
GeForce RTX 2070
50%
Arc A770
52%
Radeon RX 7600
53%
Radeon VII
53%
TITAN X Pascal
55%
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
56%
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
57%
GeForce RTX 4060
58%
Radeon RX 7600 XT
60%
GeForce RTX 5060
60%
Radeon RX 6650 XT
60%
Arc B580
60%
GeForce RTX 2080
61%
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
62%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
63%
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
64%
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB
67%
Radeon RX 6700 XT
68%
Radeon RX 6750 XT
72%
GeForce RTX 3070
73%
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
73%
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
77%
Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB
77%
Radeon RX 7700 XT
80%
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
82%
Radeon RX 6800
83%
Radeon RX 6800 XT
93%
GeForce RTX 4070
94%
Radeon RX 7800 XT
99%
Radeon RX 6900 XT
100%
GeForce RTX 3080
101%
Radeon RX 6950 XT
106%
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
107%
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
109%
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
113%
GeForce RTX 3090
114%
GeForce RTX 5070
116%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
117%
Radeon RX 9070
128%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
128%
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
128%
Radeon RX 7900 XT
130%
Radeon RX 9070 XT
142%
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
149%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
151%
GeForce RTX 4080
151%
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
153%
GeForce RTX 5080
171%
GeForce RTX 4090
198%
GeForce RTX 5090
259%
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for 2080 Ti and faster.

Clock Speeds

Base Clock
1825 MHz
Game Clock
2015 MHz
Boost Clock
2250 MHz
Memory Clock
2000 MHz
16 Gbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
16 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
Memory Bus
256 bit
Bandwidth
512.0 GB/s

Render Config

Shading Units
5120
TMUs
320
ROPs
128
Compute Units
80
RT Cores
80
L0 Cache
32 KB per WGP
L1 Cache
128 KB per Array
L2 Cache
4 MB
L3 Cache
128 MB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
288.0 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
720.0 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)
46.08 TFLOPS (2:1)
FP32 (float)
23.04 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)
1,440.0 GFLOPS (1:16)

Board Design

Slot Width
Triple-slot
Length
267 mm
10.5 inches
Width
120 mm
4.7 inches
Height
50 mm
2 inches
TDP
300 W
Suggested PSU
700 W
Outputs
1x HDMI 2.1
2x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x USB Type-C
Power Connectors
2x 8-pin
Part Number
102-D412
Board Number
109-D412A7-00_03

Graphics Features

DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.8

Navi 21 GPU Notes

Generation: Navi II
Codename: Sienna Cichlid / Gaming
Ray Tracing Cores: 1st Gen
Infinity Cache: 1st Gen
Graphics/Compute: 10.3.0
Shader ISA: GFX10.3 (gfx1030)
Display Core Next: 3.0.0
Video Core Next: 3.0.0
System DMA: 5.2.0
Platform Security Processor: 11.0.7

Per SIMD32:
- 10 KB Scalar Register File

Per CU:
- 16 KB Vector Data Cache
- 64 KB Local Data Share (GCN-Mode)

Per WGP:
- 16 KB Scalar Data Cache / K Cache
- 32 KB Instruction Cache
- 128 KB Local Data Share

Latest Drivers:
Windows 7:
64-bit: AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.6.1

Windows 10 / 11:
64-bit: AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition: Latest
64-bit: AMD Software: PRO Edition 22.Q4

Retail boards based on this design (51)

Name GPU Clock Boost Clock Memory Clock Other Changes
1825 MHz 2250 MHz 2000 MHz
1825 MHz 2250 MHz 2000 MHz
2075 MHz 2435 MHz 2250 MHz Dual-slot, 330 W
1825 MHz 2250 MHz 2000 MHz Dual-slot
1825 MHz 2250 MHz 2000 MHz
2125 MHz 2475 MHz 2000 MHz 332 mm/13.1 inches, 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1925 MHz 2340 MHz 2000 MHz 330 mm/13 inches, 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1825 MHz 2250 MHz 2000 MHz
1900 MHz 2310 MHz 2000 MHz 320 mm/12.6 inches, 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1925 MHz 2335 MHz 2000 MHz 320 mm/12.6 inches, 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1950 MHz 2365 MHz 2000 MHz 277 mm/10.9 inches, 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
2200 MHz 2525 MHz 2000 MHz 277 mm/10.9 inches, 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1825 MHz 2250 MHz 2000 MHz
1825 MHz 2250 MHz 2000 MHz
1875 MHz 2285 MHz 2000 MHz 311 mm/12.2 inches, Dual-slot
1825 MHz 2250 MHz 2000 MHz
1950 MHz 2365 MHz 2000 MHz 322 mm/12.7 inches, 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1925 MHz 2335 MHz 2000 MHz 322 mm/12.7 inches, 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
2200 MHz 2525 MHz 2000 MHz 282 mm/11.1 inches, 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1825 MHz 2250 MHz 2000 MHz
1875 MHz 2285 MHz 2000 MHz 286 mm/11.3 inches, 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1825 MHz 2250 MHz 2000 MHz
1825 MHz 2250 MHz 2000 MHz
1825 MHz 2250 MHz 2000 MHz
1825 MHz 2250 MHz 2000 MHz 324 mm/12.8 inches
1925 MHz 2340 MHz 2000 MHz 324 mm/12.8 inches
2050 MHz 2425 MHz 2000 MHz 324 mm/12.8 inches
1950 MHz 2365 MHz 2000 MHz 266 mm/10.5 inches, Dual-slot
2125 MHz 2480 MHz 2000 MHz 266 mm/10.5 inches, Dual-slot
1925 MHz 2340 MHz 2000 MHz 320 mm/12.6 inches, 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1925 MHz 2340 MHz 2000 MHz 320 mm/12.6 inches
2050 MHz 2425 MHz 2000 MHz 320 mm/12.6 inches
1825 MHz 2250 MHz 2000 MHz
1875 MHz 2285 MHz 2000 MHz 310 mm/12.2 inches, 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1950 MHz 2365 MHz 2000 MHz 320 mm/12.6 inches, 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1950 MHz 2365 MHz 2000 MHz 320 mm/12.6 inches
1825 MHz 2250 MHz 2000 MHz
2075 MHz 2435 MHz 2250 MHz Dual-slot, 330 W
2050 MHz 2425 MHz 2000 MHz 320 mm/12.6 inches, 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort, 330 W
2200 MHz 2525 MHz 2000 MHz 270 mm/10.6 inches, Dual-slot, 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort, 430 W
1950 MHz 2365 MHz 2000 MHz 270 mm/10.6 inches, Dual-slot, 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1950 MHz 2365 MHz 2000 MHz 270 mm/10.6 inches, Dual-slot, 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1950 MHz 2365 MHz 2000 MHz 270 mm/10.6 inches, Dual-slot
1950 MHz 2365 MHz 2000 MHz 345 mm/13.6 inches, 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1950 MHz 2365 MHz 2000 MHz 345 mm/13.6 inches, 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1825 MHz 2250 MHz 2000 MHz
1950 MHz 2365 MHz 2000 MHz 340 mm/13.4 inches
2150 MHz 2495 MHz 2000 MHz 340 mm/13.4 inches
1925 MHz 2340 MHz 2000 MHz 340 mm/13.4 inches, 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1825 MHz 2250 MHz 2000 MHz 340 mm/13.4 inches, 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
2200 MHz 2525 MHz 2000 MHz 340 mm/13.4 inches, 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
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