AMD Radeon RX 6800 vs AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6800, vs AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6800 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
176
114
94
68
213
142
118
87
The Witcher 3
170
153
107
59
208
183
139
72
Counter-Strike 2
269
192
135
75
302
208
149
81
Far Cry 6
145
126
104
64
172
148
133
83
Hogwarts Legacy
105
87
69
37
130
105
83
46
COD Modern Warfare 3
145
139
95
63
183
177
130
84
Ghost of Tsushima
106
90
69
43
131
111
91
55
Cyberpunk 2077
113
100
64
31
148
129
87
42
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
183
165
120
63
225
205
156
82
Avg FPS
1080p High157190
1080p Ultra130156
1440p Ultra95121
4K Ultra5670
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800
14608
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
20263
Time Spy1619320781
Solar Bay6457486741
Port Royal809810519
Fire Strike4438257323
Night Raid142824159759
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800
135060
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
124121
Background Blur298.6 frames/s231.6 frames/s
Face Detection186.2 frames/s152.5 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.75 Gpix/sec4.26 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.68 Gpix/sec5.75 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.58 Gpix/sec5.87 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.16 Gpix/sec1.12 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching579 Gpix/sec618.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18755.1 fps17973.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6800
22123
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
26727
G2D Mark9871051
DirectX 11214 fps278 fps
DirectX 1289 fps113 fps
GPU Compute11216 Ops/s14962 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6800
219.6 fps
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
305.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1131 fps1379.6 fps
Car Chase1005 fps1317.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)857.2 fps1205.3 fps
T-Rex3344.5 fps4360 fps
ALU 25114.6 fps6645 fps
Driver Overhead 2300.1 fps325.2 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2950.43954.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 28, 2020 December, 8, 2020
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 21
Price 579 999

GPU

GPU Frequency 1700 MHz 1825 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2105 MHz 2250 MHz
Shader Units 3840 5120
TMUs 240 320
ROPs 96 128
Ray Tracing Cores 60 80
Tensor Cores No n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 202 Gpix/sec 288 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 505 GTex/s 720 GTex/s
FLOPS 16.2 TFLOPS 23 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 250 W 300 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 7 nm
Transistor Size 520 mm² 520 mm²
Transistor count 26 billion 26 billion
Transistor density 50 MTr/mm² 50 MTr/mm²

Memory

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

Results

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