AMD Radeon RX 6800 vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6800, vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6800 and AMD Radeon RX 7900 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
235
160
141
106
The Witcher 3
170
153
107
59
252
224
162
88
Counter-Strike 2
269
192
135
75
318
217
157
83
Far Cry 6
145
126
104
64
191
171
153
97
Hogwarts Legacy
105
87
69
37
147
125
101
54
COD Modern Warfare 3
145
139
95
63
225
223
163
109
Ghost of Tsushima
106
90
69
43
151
127
107
70
Cyberpunk 2077
113
100
64
31
179
158
108
48
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
183
165
120
63
267
256
196
100
Avg FPS
1080p High157218
1080p Ultra130185
1440p Ultra95143
4K Ultra5684
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800
14608
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
24670
Time Spy1619326936
Solar Bay64574103478
Port Royal809814245
Fire Strike4438267268
Night Raid142824171243
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800
135060
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
203754
Background Blur298.6 frames/s419.8 frames/s
Face Detection186.2 frames/s240.5 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.75 Gpix/sec8.72 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.68 Gpix/sec12 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.58 Gpix/sec9.88 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.16 Gpix/sec1.71 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching579 Gpix/sec701.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18755.1 fps26631.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6800
22123
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
28850
G2D Mark9871214
DirectX 11214 fps339 fps
DirectX 1289 fps108 fps
GPU Compute11216 Ops/s17495 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6800
219.6 fps
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
323.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1131 fps1653.2 fps
Car Chase1005 fps1525.6 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)857.2 fps1206.5 fps
T-Rex3344.5 fps5517 fps
ALU 25114.6 fps8007.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2300.1 fps340 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2950.46975.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 28, 2020 December, 13, 2023
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 2.0 RDNA 3.0
Codename Navi 21 Navi 31
Price 579 899

GPU

GPU Frequency 1700 MHz 1387 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2105 MHz 2394 MHz
Shader Units 3840 5376
TMUs 240 336
ROPs 96 192
Ray Tracing Cores 60 84
Tensor Cores No n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core 256 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 202 Gpix/sec 460 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 505 GTex/s 804 GTex/s
FLOPS 16.2 TFLOPS 51.5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 250 W 300 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 520 mm² 529 mm²
Transistor count 26 billion 57 billion
Transistor density 50 MTr/mm² 107.75 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 2500 MHz
Bus 256 bit 320 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 20000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 20 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6800
512 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
800 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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