AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT, vs AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT and AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
130
72
58
38
213
142
118
87
The Witcher 3
116
95
66
32
208
183
139
72
Counter-Strike 2
184
128
91
49
302
208
149
81
Far Cry 6
102
86
66
35
172
148
133
83
Hogwarts Legacy
69
56
42
19
130
105
83
46
COD Modern Warfare 3
89
82
55
33
183
177
130
84
Ghost of Tsushima
74
58
43
23
131
111
91
55
Cyberpunk 2077
69
60
37
16
148
129
87
42
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
118
107
73
36
225
205
156
82
Avg FPS
1080p High106190
1080p Ultra83156
1440p Ultra59121
4K Ultra3170
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
8593
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
20263
Time Spy942520781
Solar Bayn/a86741
Port Royaln/a10519
Fire Strike2753557323
Night Raid103141159759
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
81739
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
124121
Background Blur148 frames/s231.6 frames/s
Face Detection89.5 frames/s152.5 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.52 Gpix/sec4.26 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.98 Gpix/sec5.75 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.11 Gpix/sec5.87 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.75 Gpix/sec1.12 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching295.8 Gpix/sec618.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics10480.7 fps17973.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
16372
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
26727
G2D Mark9211051
DirectX 11117 fps278 fps
DirectX 1265 fps113 fps
GPU Compute7839 Ops/s14962 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
117.9 fps
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
305.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)695.6 fps1379.6 fps
Car Chase606.1 fps1317.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)496.2 fps1205.3 fps
T-Rex2407 fps4360 fps
ALU 23024.6 fps6645 fps
Driver Overhead 2299.8 fps325.2 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2576.43954.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced July, 7, 2019 December, 8, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 1.0 RDNA 2.0
Codename Navi 10 Navi 21
Price 399 999

GPU

GPU Frequency 1605 MHz 1825 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1905 MHz 2250 MHz
Shader Units 2560 5120
TMUs 160 320
ROPs 64 128
Ray Tracing Cores No 80
Tensor Cores No n/a
L1 cache n/a 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 122 Gpix/sec 288 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 305 GTex/s 720 GTex/s
FLOPS 9.8 TFLOPS 23 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 225 W 300 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 7 nm
Transistor Size 251 mm² 520 mm²
Transistor count 10 billion 26 billion
Transistor density 39.84 MTr/mm² 50 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
448 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
512 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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