Gigabyte Radeon RX 6900 XT WINDFORCE OC 16GB GDDR6
The RDNA 2 architecture and 16GB of GDDR6 memory push a 2285MHz boost clock for high-frame-rate 4K gaming. Its WINDFORCE 3X cooler uses alternate spinning fans and a graphene nano lubricant to manage the 300W TDP effectively in a compact 286mm length. This card is best for 4K gamers who prioritize raw rasterization performance and have a 700W power supply.
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong ai (74th percentile) 74th
- Strong thermal (73rd percentile) 73rd
- Strong rt (71st percentile) 71st
- Strong raster (71st percentile) 71st
Cons
- Below average user sentiment (16th percentile)
- Below average affordability (17th percentile)
- Below average social proof (32nd percentile)
What owners think
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The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 6900 XT |
| Brand | AMD |
| Architecture | RDNA 2 |
| Class | consumer |
| Process | 7 |
Memory
| VRAM | 16 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | 256 |
| Bandwidth | 512 |
Compute
| RT Cores | 80 |
| Base Clock | 2050 |
| Boost Clock | 2285 |
| FP16 TFLOPS | 46.08 |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 23.04 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 26652 |
| GPU Compute | 14391 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 300 |
| Recommended PSU | 700 |
| Cooler | Triple Fan |
| Fans | 3 |
Connectivity
| DisplayPort | 2 |
| HDMI | 2 |
| Max Resolution | 8K |
Physical
| Length | 286 |
| Slot Width | 2.9 |
| Weight | 1.6 kg / 3.6 lbs |
Features
| Ray Tracing | Yes |
| RGB | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Gigabyte Radeon RX 6900 XT WINDFORCE OC | ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX5090-32G-GAMING | MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC | ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P | Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G | PNY ARGB OC VCG508016TFXXPB1-O |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Radeon RX 6900 XT | GeForce RTX 5090 | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5080 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX | GeForce RTX 5080 |
| Vram | 16GB GDDR6 | 32GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 24GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR7 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 2285 | 2407 | 2482 | 2730 | 2680 | 2620 |
| Tdp W | 300 | 575 | 300 | 360 | 339 | 360 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 256 | 512 | 256 | 256 | 384 | 256 |
| Ray Tracing | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| GPU Class | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Rt | Vram | Raster | Compute | Feature | Thermal | User Sentiment | Efficiency | Connectivity | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gigabyte Radeon RX 6900 XT WINDFORCE OC | 74.2 | 71.4 | 70.4 | 71 | 67.7 | 40.8 | 72.8 | 16.2 | 48.1 | 40 | 32.2 | 17.3 |
| ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX5090-32G-GAMING Compare | 96.8 | 90 | 97.5 | 98.7 | 97.5 | 96.2 | 72.8 | 86.3 | 25.2 | 99.2 | 99.1 | 3.5 |
| MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC Compare | 79.1 | 92.1 | 85.4 | 88.6 | 87.9 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 80.5 | 73.3 | 94 | 88.8 | 21.5 |
| ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P Compare | 85.1 | 97.5 | 88.5 | 94.2 | 93.2 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 99.6 | 58.2 | 94 | 99.1 | 19.4 |
| Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G Compare | 94.8 | 96.1 | 91.6 | 83.8 | 95.5 | 84.1 | 91.5 | 86.3 | 53 | 98.7 | 78.4 | 15.8 |
| PNY ARGB OC VCG508016TFXXPB1-O Compare | 85.1 | 97.5 | 88.5 | 94.2 | 93.2 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 45.2 | 58.2 | 94 | 82.5 | 17.8 |
Price
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