AMD Radeon RX 6800 vs AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6800, vs AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6800 and AMD Radeon RX 6700 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
176
114
94
68
158
91
74
53
The Witcher 3
170
153
107
59
146
120
87
44
Counter-Strike 2
269
192
135
75
226
160
112
58
Far Cry 6
145
126
104
64
123
110
83
48
Hogwarts Legacy
105
87
69
37
85
72
54
27
COD Modern Warfare 3
145
139
95
63
117
113
74
47
Ghost of Tsushima
106
90
69
43
93
73
55
31
Cyberpunk 2077
113
100
64
31
88
77
50
24
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
183
165
120
63
149
135
98
49
Avg FPS
1080p High157132
1080p Ultra130106
1440p Ultra9576
4K Ultra5642
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800
14608
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
11451
Time Spy1619312807
Solar Bay6457450157
Port Royal80986162
Fire Strike4438235844
Night Raid142824130743
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800
135060
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
110742
Background Blur298.6 frames/s245.8 frames/s
Face Detection186.2 frames/s153.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.75 Gpix/sec3.99 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.68 Gpix/sec5.82 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.58 Gpix/sec4.37 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.16 Gpix/sec1.01 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching579 Gpix/sec474.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18755.1 fps13872.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6800
22123
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
19820
G2D Mark987946
DirectX 11214 fps174 fps
DirectX 1289 fps77 fps
GPU Compute11216 Ops/s9584 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6800
219.6 fps
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
173.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1131 fps943.9 fps
Car Chase1005 fps840 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)857.2 fps743.3 fps
T-Rex3344.5 fps2906.3 fps
ALU 25114.6 fps3886.3 fps
Driver Overhead 2300.1 fps290.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2950.42414.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 28, 2020 March, 3, 2021
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 2.0 RDNA 2.0
Codename Navi 21 Navi 22
Price 579 479

GPU

GPU Frequency 1700 MHz 2321 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2105 MHz 2581 MHz
Shader Units 3840 2560
TMUs 240 160
ROPs 96 64
Ray Tracing Cores 60 40
Tensor Cores No n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 202 Gpix/sec 165 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 505 GTex/s 413 GTex/s
FLOPS 16.2 TFLOPS 13.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 250 W 230 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 7 nm
Transistor Size 520 mm² 335 mm²
Transistor count 26 billion 17 billion
Transistor density 50 MTr/mm² 50.75 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6800
512 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
384 GB/s

API

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

Results

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