AMD Radeon RX 6800 vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6800, vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6800 and AMD Radeon RX 9060 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
174
112
95
69
The Witcher 3
170
153
107
59
174
145
105
58
Counter-Strike 2
269
192
135
75
266
189
133
73
Far Cry 6
145
126
104
64
143
125
105
64
Hogwarts Legacy
105
87
69
37
105
88
65
35
COD Modern Warfare 3
145
139
95
63
142
138
94
63
Ghost of Tsushima
106
90
69
43
104
86
67
41
Cyberpunk 2077
113
100
64
31
107
97
63
28
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
183
165
120
63
177
164
123
64
Avg FPS
1080p High157155
1080p Ultra130127
1440p Ultra9594
4K Ultra5655
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800
14608
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
13814
Time Spy1619316983
Solar Bay6457464114
Port Royal80989710
Fire Strike4438239013
Night Raid142824155523
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800
135060
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
107640
Background Blur298.6 frames/s269.5 frames/s
Face Detection186.2 frames/s151 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.75 Gpix/sec3.6 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.68 Gpix/sec4.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.58 Gpix/sec5.27 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.16 Gpix/sec1.08 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching579 Gpix/sec395.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18755.1 fps13165.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6800
22123
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
20209
G2D Mark9871191
DirectX 11214 fps187 fps
DirectX 1289 fps57 fps
GPU Compute11216 Ops/s11099 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6800
219.6 fps
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1131 fpsn/a
Car Chase1005 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)857.2 fpsn/a
T-Rex3344.5 fpsn/a
ALU 25114.6 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2300.1 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation2950.4n/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
AMD Radeon RX 6800
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
1574.66

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 28, 2020 June, 4, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 2.0 RDNA 4.0
Codename Navi 21 Navi 44
Price 579 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1700 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2105 MHz 3130 MHz
Shader Units 3840 2048
TMUs 240 128
ROPs 96 64
Execution Units n/a 32
Ray Tracing Cores 60 32
Tensor Cores No 64
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 202 Gpix/sec 200 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 505 GTex/s 401 GTex/s
FLOPS 16.2 TFLOPS 25.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 250 W 160 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 520 mm² 199 mm²
Transistor count 26 billion 29.7 billion
Transistor density 50 MTr/mm² 149.25 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 2518 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 20100 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6800
512 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
320 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a No
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No

Results

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