AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT has a GPU clock limit of 3.0 GHz

The flagship Radeon RX 6900 XT has the highest GPU clock limit from all Big Navi graphics cards.

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT clock limit is 3.0 GHz

According to the screenshot posted by Patrick Schur on Twitter, the upcoming Big Navi flagship – the Radeon RX 6900 XT – has a higher clock limit than both the RX 6800 XT and RX 6800 graphics cards.

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, the 72 Compute Unit variant of the Navi 21 GPU, which debuted last week with customizations from AMD board partners, has a maximum allowed GFX Clock (graphics processor frequency) set to 2.8 GHz. This limit appears to be enforced by AMD and no matter the modification, board partners, reviewers and extreme overclockers have so far been unable to go higher.

This limit is clearly AMD’s attempt to prevent a cheaper model from reaching a better performance than a much more expensive Radeon RX 6900 XT. If both SKUs were to offer the same limits, chances are that once overclocked the cut-down variant could easily reach RX 6900XT performance territory. After all, both cards have identical TGP (300W) and reference clock speeds.

AMD Radeon RX 6900, which has 80 Compute Units enabled appears to have a higher frequency limit than the cut-down variants. With a maximum clock speed of 3.0 GHz, the graphics card will be an amazing overclocker, especially if AMD officially confirms that AIBs can unveil their custom designs based on this SKU:

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT GFX (Graphics) Processor Maximum Limit, Source: Patrick Schur

Roman “der8auer” Hartung yesterday published a video where he was trying to overcome this limit on the RX 6800 XT Red Devil from PowerColor. Unfortunately, despite many attempts this limit appears to be impossible to overcome without the necessary tools:

AMD could have World Records – but they went for BIOS limits instead

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With 5120 Stream Processors, the RX 6900XT is set to compete with NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 3090 model, which costs 1,499 USD. With both cards being available, there should be many overclocking world records being broken on both SKUs. Unfortunately, GPU manufacturers have trouble keeping up with the demand for high-end graphics cards, so the launch price of 6900XT may only be for the chosen few who will be able to find the cards in stock, at least for the next few weeks.

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT officially launches on December 8th.

AMD Radeon RX 6000 Series Specifications
VideoCardz	Radeon RX 6900XT	Radeon RX 6800XT	Radeon RX 6800
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GPU	Navi 21 XTX	Navi 21 XT	Navi 21 XL
Compute Units	80	72	60
Stream Processors	5120	4608	3840
Ray Accelerators	80	72	60
Texture Units	320	288	240
ROPs	128	128	96
Game Clock	2015 MHz	2015 MHz	1815 MHz
Boost Clock	2250 MHz	2250 MHz	2105 MHz
Memory	16GB G6	16GB G6	16GB G6
Infinity Cache	128 MB	128 MB	128 MB
Memory Clock	16 Gbps	16 Gbps	16 Gbps
Memory Bandwidth	512 GB/s	512 GB/s	512 GB/s
Memory Bus	256-bit	256-bit	256-bit
Total Board Power	300W	300W	250W
MSRP	999 USD	649 USD	579 USD
Release Date	December 8	November 18	November 18

Source: Patrick Schur via Wccftech