AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

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

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 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
196
131
112
80
174
112
95
69
The Witcher 3
199
176
129
65
174
145
105
58
Counter-Strike 2
284
200
144
77
266
189
133
73
Far Cry 6
159
143
120
75
143
125
105
64
Hogwarts Legacy
116
98
76
41
105
88
65
35
COD Modern Warfare 3
170
164
117
79
142
138
94
63
Ghost of Tsushima
122
103
81
52
104
86
67
41
Cyberpunk 2077
132
117
77
34
107
97
63
28
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
204
191
144
73
177
164
123
64
Avg FPS
1080p High176155
1080p Ultra147127
1440p Ultra11194
4K Ultra6455
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
17610
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
13814
Time Spy1934016983
Solar Bay7838064114
Port Royal96909710
Fire Strike5302939013
Night Raid155564155523
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
138858
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
107640
Background Blur335.7 frames/s269.5 frames/s
Face Detection221.1 frames/s151 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.16 Gpix/sec3.6 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.96 Gpix/sec4.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur7.44 Gpix/sec5.27 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.31 Gpix/sec1.08 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching263 Gpix/sec395.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics14755 fps13165.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
24993
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
20209
G2D Mark10251191
DirectX 11264 fps187 fps
DirectX 12100 fps57 fps
GPU Compute13655 Ops/s11099 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
264.2 fps
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1271.6 fpsn/a
Car Chase1173.9 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1067.6 fpsn/a
T-Rex4026.9 fpsn/a
ALU 25306.3 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2278.9 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation3567n/a

Blender

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

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced November, 18, 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 649 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1825 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2250 MHz 3130 MHz
Shader Units 4608 2048
TMUs 288 128
ROPs 128 64
Execution Units n/a 32
Ray Tracing Cores 72 32
Tensor Cores n/a 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 288 Gpix/sec 200 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 648 GTex/s 401 GTex/s
FLOPS 20.7 TFLOPS 25.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 300 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 XT
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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Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
2 (66.67%)
1 (33.33%)
Total Votes: 3

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