AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT vs AMD Radeon VII

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT and AMD Radeon VII 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 30% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1400 MHz
  • Around 29% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1750 MHz
  • 1499.2x more texture fill rate: 648.0 GTexel/s vs 432.24 GT/s
  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 4608 vs 3840
  • Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25004 vs 16398
  • Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1025 vs 792
  • Around 68% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 154220 vs 91678
  • 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 578.52 vs 206.353
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 52.561 vs 21.606
  • 4.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 291.971 vs 69.256
  • 5.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2700.97 vs 499.927
  • Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 16849 vs 11724
  • Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 16849 vs 11724
  • Around 60% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3689 vs 2304
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 28 Oct 2020 vs 7 February 2019
Core clock speed 1825 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Boost clock speed 2250 MHz vs 1750 MHz
Texture fill rate 648.0 GTexel/s vs 432.24 GT/s
Pipelines 4608 vs 3840
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 25004 vs 16398
PassMark - G2D Mark 1025 vs 792
Geekbench - OpenCL 154220 vs 91678
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 578.52 vs 206.353
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 52.561 vs 21.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 291.971 vs 69.256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2700.97 vs 499.927
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16849 vs 11724
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3720 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3374 vs 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16849 vs 11724
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3720 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3374 vs 3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3689 vs 2304

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
25004
16398
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1025
792
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
154220
91678
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
578.52
206.353
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
52.561
21.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
291.971
69.256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2700.97
499.927
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16849
11724
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3720
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3374
3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16849
11724
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3720
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3374
3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
3689
2304
Name AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT AMD Radeon VII
PassMark - G3D Mark 25004 16398
PassMark - G2D Mark 1025 792
Geekbench - OpenCL 154220 91678
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 578.52 206.353
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 52.561 21.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 291.971 69.256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2700.97 499.927
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16849 11724
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3720 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3374 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16849 11724
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3720 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3374 3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3689 2304
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4659.199

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT AMD Radeon VII

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 GCN 5.1
Code name Navi 21 Vega 20
Launch date 28 Oct 2020 7 February 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $649 $699
Place in performance rating 71 237
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon 2nd generation Vega
GCN generation 5th Gen
Price now $699.99
Value for money (0-100) 32.74

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2250 MHz 1750 MHz
Compute units 72 60
Core clock speed 1825 MHz 1400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 1296 GFLOPS (1:16) 3.46 TFLOPs
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 41.47 TFLOPS (2:1) 27.7 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 20.74 TFLOPS 13.8 TFLOPs
Pipelines 4608 3840
Pixel fill rate 288.0 GPixel/s 115.26 GP/s
Texture fill rate 648.0 GTexel/s 432.24 GT/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 26800 million 13,230 million
Stream Processors 3840

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 3
DisplayPort 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) 305 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 700 Watt 750 W
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin 2x 8-pin
Width 120 mm (4.7 inches)

API support

DirectX 12.2 12.0
OpenCL 2.1 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 512.0 GB/s 1024 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 4096 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) 2000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 HBM2
High bandwidth memory (HBM)

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
FreeSync
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
ZeroCore