Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT NITRO+ 16GB GDDR6
The RDNA 2 architecture and 16GB of GDDR6 memory drive strong 4K gaming at 75.8/100, with a 2285MHz boost clock and 23 TFLOPS of FP32 compute power. The triple-fan NITRO+ cooler and 310mm length deliver effective thermal management in a design that occupies under three slots. This card is best for 1440p and 4K gamers who prioritize high rasterization performance and ray tracing over AI workloads.
GPU Radeon RX 6900 XT
VRAM 16GB GDDR6
Boost Clock 2285 MHz
TDP 300 W
Memory Bus 256 bit
Ray Tracing Yes
Class consumer
65 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong rt (87th percentile) 87th
- Strong feature (79th percentile) 79th
- Strong ai (74th percentile) 74th
- Strong thermal (72nd percentile) 72nd
Cons
- Below average user sentiment (3rd percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
ExclusiveBased on when customers actually wrote their reviews - so you can see whether early praise held up.
Owner sentiment has cooled since launch
45/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 8 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
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
| Stream Processors | 5120 |
| RT Cores | 80 |
| Base Clock | 1800 |
| Boost Clock | 2285 |
| FP16 TFLOPS | 46.08 |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 23.04 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 26652 |
| GPU Compute | 14391 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 300 |
| Recommended PSU | 850 |
| Power Connectors | 2 x 8-Pin |
| Cooler | Triple Fan |
| Fans | 3 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 |
| DisplayPort | 3 |
| HDMI | 1 |
| Max Displays | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 |
Physical
| Length | 310 |
| Slot Width | 2.7 |
| Form Factor | ATX |
| Weight | 1.7 kg / 3.8 lbs |
Features
| Ray Tracing | Yes |
| Upscaling | FSR |
| AV1 Encode | No |
| VR Ready | Yes |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate |
| RGB | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT NITRO+ | Gigabyte AORUS GV-N5080AORUS M-16GD | MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC | ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5080-16G | ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P | PNY OC VCG5070T16TFXPB1-O |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Radeon RX 6900 XT | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti |
| Vram | 16GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 2285 | 2805 | 2482 | 2640 | 2730 | 2450 |
| Tdp W | 300 | 360 | 300 | 360 | 360 | 300 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT NITRO+ | 74.2 | 87 | 70.4 | 71 | 67.6 | 78.7 | 72.4 | 2.6 | 47.8 | 56.9 | 54.4 | 47.7 |
| Gigabyte AORUS GV-N5080AORUS M-16GD Compare | 85.2 | 95.2 | 88.7 | 94.2 | 93.2 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 71.7 | 57.8 | 94 | 88.8 | 16 |
| MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC Compare | 79.2 | 92.2 | 85.6 | 88.8 | 88 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 80.1 | 72.9 | 94 | 88.8 | 21.1 |
| ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5080-16G Compare | 85.2 | 97.5 | 88.7 | 94.2 | 93.2 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 57.6 | 57.8 | 94 | 99.1 | 20.7 |
| ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P Compare | 85.2 | 97.5 | 88.7 | 94.2 | 93.2 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 99.4 | 57.8 | 94 | 99.1 | 19.2 |
| PNY OC VCG5070T16TFXPB1-O Compare | 79.2 | 92.2 | 85.6 | 88.8 | 88 | 66.2 | 91.5 | 57.6 | 72.9 | 81.9 | 95.5 | 25.8 |
Price
Value & Pricing
Price History
New Open Box / Refurbished
Usage Scores
- Overall64.9
- AI/LLM55.5
- Budget77.1
- Gaming 4k72.1
- Ray Tracing76.5
- Workstation62.6
- Gaming 1080p71.1
- Gaming 1440p72.2
- Content Creation59.7
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