AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 570

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT and AMD Radeon RX 570 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

AMD Radeon RX 570

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 97% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 926-1168 MHz
Around 87% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1206-1244 MHz
4.1x more texture fill rate: 648.0 GTexel/s vs 159.23 GTexel/s
2.3x more pipelines: 4608 vs 2048
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 14 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
3.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25004 vs 6967
Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1025 vs 626
4.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 154220 vs 36107
5.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 578.52 vs 105.688
6.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 52.561 vs 8.251
3.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 291.971 vs 79.029
5.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2700.97 vs 520.089
Around 84% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 16849 vs 9172
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3720 vs 3624
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3374 vs 3346
Around 84% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 16849 vs 9172
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3720 vs 3624
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3374 vs 3346
4.2x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3689 vs 880

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 Oct 2020 vs 18 April 2017
Core clock speed	1825 MHz vs 926-1168 MHz
Boost clock speed	2250 MHz vs 1206-1244 MHz
Texture fill rate	648.0 GTexel/s vs 159.23 GTexel/s
Pipelines	4608 vs 2048
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	25004 vs 6967
PassMark - G2D Mark	1025 vs 626
Geekbench - OpenCL	154220 vs 36107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	578.52 vs 105.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	52.561 vs 8.251
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	291.971 vs 79.029
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2700.97 vs 520.089
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	16849 vs 9172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3720 vs 3624
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3374 vs 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	16849 vs 9172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3720 vs 3624
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3374 vs 3346
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3689 vs 880

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 570

2x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 300 Watt
3.5x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 570

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

25004

6967

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1025

626

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

154220

36107

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

578.52

105.688

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

52.561

8.251

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

291.971

79.029

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2700.97

520.089

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

16849

9172

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3720

3624

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3374

3346

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

16849

9172

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3720

3624

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3374

3346

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

3689

880

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT	AMD Radeon RX 570
PassMark - G3D Mark	25004	6967
PassMark - G2D Mark	1025	626
Geekbench - OpenCL	154220	36107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	578.52	105.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	52.561	8.251
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	291.971	79.029
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2700.97	520.089
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	16849	9172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3720	3624
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3374	3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	16849	9172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3720	3624
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3374	3346
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3689	880
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1083.926

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT	AMD Radeon RX 570
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	GCN 4.0
Code name	Navi 21	Polaris 20
Launch date	28 Oct 2020	18 April 2017
Launch price (MSRP)	$649	$169
Place in performance rating	71	405
Type	Desktop	Desktop, Laptop
Design		Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation		4th Gen
Price now		$149.99
Value for money (0-100)		59.00
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2250 MHz	1206-1244 MHz
Compute units	72
Core clock speed	1825 MHz	926-1168 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1296 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	41.47 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	20.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines	4608	2048
Pixel fill rate	288.0 GPixel/s	39.81 GP/s
Texture fill rate	648.0 GTexel/s	159.23 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	26800 million	5,700 million
Floating-point performance		5.1 TFLOPs
Render output units		32
Stream Processors		2048
Texture Units		128
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	50 mm (2 inches)
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm (10.5 inches)	241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
Width	120 mm (4.7 inches)
Bridgeless CrossFire
API support
DirectX	12.2	12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL	2.1	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	512.0 GB/s	224 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)	7000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
CrossFire
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)