AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 6800

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT and AMD Radeon RX 6800 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

  • Around 7% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1700 MHz
  • Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 2105 MHz
  • Around 43% higher texture fill rate: 720.0 GTexel/s vs 505.2 GTexel/s
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 5120 vs 3840
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26853 vs 22313
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1048 vs 973
  • Around 28% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 161048 vs 126207
  • Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 543.753 vs 432.118
  • Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 51.155 vs 41.585
  • Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2566.9 vs 2280.457
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 17213 vs 16162
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 17213 vs 16162
  • Around 28% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 20909 vs 16306
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1825 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Boost clock speed 2250 MHz vs 2105 MHz
Texture fill rate 720.0 GTexel/s vs 505.2 GTexel/s
Pipelines 5120 vs 3840
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 26853 vs 22313
PassMark - G2D Mark 1048 vs 973
Geekbench - OpenCL 161048 vs 126207
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 543.753 vs 432.118
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 51.155 vs 41.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2566.9 vs 2280.457
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 17213 vs 16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 17213 vs 16162
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 20909 vs 16306

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800

  • Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 383.037 vs 320.733
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3373 vs 3350
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3373 vs 3350
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 383.037 vs 320.733
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3373 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3373 vs 3350

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6800

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
26853
22313
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1048
973
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
161048
126207
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
543.753
432.118
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
51.155
41.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
320.733
383.037
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2566.9
2280.457
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17213
16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
3373
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17213
16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
3373
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
20909
16306
Name AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6800
PassMark - G3D Mark 26853 22313
PassMark - G2D Mark 1048 973
Geekbench - OpenCL 161048 126207
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 543.753 432.118
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 51.155 41.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 320.733 383.037
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2566.9 2280.457
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 17213 16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 3373
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 17213 16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 3373
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 20909 16306

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6800

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 RDNA 2.0
Code name Navi 21 Navi 21
Launch date 28 Oct 2020 28 Oct 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $579
Place in performance rating 70 76
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2250 MHz 2105 MHz
Compute units 80 60
Core clock speed 1825 MHz 1700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 1440 GFLOPS (1:16) 1010 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 46.08 TFLOPS (2:1) 32.33 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 23.04 TFLOPS 16.17 TFLOPS
Pipelines 5120 3840
Pixel fill rate 288.0 GPixel/s 202.1 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 720.0 GTexel/s 505.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 26800 million 26800 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Triple-slot
Height 50 mm (2 inches) 40 mm (1.6 inches)
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 267 mm (10.5 inches) 267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 700 Watt 600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin 2x 8-pin
Width 120 mm (4.7 inches) 120 mm (4.7 inches)

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s 512.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6