PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Red Dragon vs GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800

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PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Red Dragon launched Q3/2017, which is based on AMD RX Vega 56 architecture. It will come with 8 GB of high-bandwidth HBM2 memory.The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Red Dragon features 3584 shader, 64 render output units, has a boost clock of 1.478 GHz and equipped with a power draw of 210 W. The GPU supports up to 4 monitors with resolutions of 7680x4320. In addition, if you are looking for Air cooling cooler & Axial fan-type, it would be your best choice.

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 launched Q1/2021, which is based on AMD Radeon RX 6800 architecture. It will come with 16 GB of high-bandwidth GDDR6 memory.The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 features 3840 shader, 96 render output units, has a boost clock of 2.105 GHz and equipped with a power draw of 250 W. The GPU supports up to 4 monitors with resolutions of 7680x4320. In addition, if you are looking for Air cooling cooler & Axial fan-type, it would be your best choice.

PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Red Dragon

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PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Red Dragon

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	GPU
AMD RX Vega 56	Based on	AMD Radeon RX 6800
Vega 10 XL	GPU Chip	Navi 21
56	Execution units	60
3584	Shader	3840
64	Render Output Units	96
256	Texture Units	240
	Memory
8 GB	Memory Size	16 GB
HBM2	Memory Type	GDDR6
0.8 GHz	Memory Speed	2 GHz
410 GB/s	Memory Bandwith	512 GB/s
2048 bit	Memory Interface	256 bit
	Clock Speeds
1.177 GHz+ 2 %	Base Clock	1.700 GHz
1.478 GHz	Boost Clock	2.105 GHz
	Avg (Game) Clock	1.815 GHz
Yes	Overclocking	Yes
	Thermal Design
210 W	TDP	250 W
--	TDP (up)	285 W
--	Tjunction max	--
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin	PCIe-Power	2 x 8-Pin
	Cooler & Fans
Axial	Fan-Type	Axial
3 x 85 mm	Fan 1	3 x 85 mm
--	Fan 2	--
Air cooling	Cooler-Type	Air cooling
--	Noise (Idle)	0 dB / Silent
--	Noise (Load)	35 dB
	Connectivity
4	Max. Displays	4
--	HDCP-Version	2.3
2x HDMI v2.0b	HDMI Ports	1x HDMI v2.1
2x DP v1.4	DP Ports	2x DP v1.4a
--	DVI Ports	--
--	VGA Ports	--
--	USB-C Ports	1
	Featureset
7680x4320	Max. resolution	7680x4320
12_1	DirectX	12_2
No	Raytracing	Yes
No	DLSS / FSR	No}
No LED lighting	LED	Non addressable LED
	Supported Video Codecs
Decode / Encode	h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	h265 / HEVC	Decode / Encode
No	AV1	Decode
Decode	VP8	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	VP9	Decode / Encode
	Dimensions
305 mm	Length	267 mm
140 mm	Height	120 mm
42 mm	Width	40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots	Width (Slots)	2 PCIe-Slots
--	Weight	--
PCIe 3.0 x 16	GPU Interface	PCIe 4.0 x 16
	Additional data
AXRX VEGA 56 8GBHBM2-2D2HD/OC	Part-no	GV-R68-16GC-B
Q3/2017	Release date	Q1/2021
--	Release price	--
14 nm	Structure size	7 nm
data sheet	Documents	data sheet
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PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Red Dragon		GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800
210 W	Max TDP	250 W
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