AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 6800

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7800 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

AMD Radeon RX 6800

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 15% higher boost clock speed: 2430 MHz vs 2105 MHz
Around 15% higher texture fill rate: 583.2 GTexel/s vs 505.2 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 7 nm
Around 22% higher memory clock speed: 2438 MHz, 19.5 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1169 vs 988
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 24198 vs 22131
Around 8% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 140136 vs 129479
Around 30% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4157 vs 3188
Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 500.918 vs 432.118
Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 43.482 vs 41.585
Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 530.303 vs 383.037

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 Aug 2023 vs 28 Oct 2020
Boost clock speed	2430 MHz vs 2105 MHz
Texture fill rate	583.2 GTexel/s vs 505.2 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 7 nm
Memory clock speed	2438 MHz, 19.5 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1169 vs 988
PassMark - G3D Mark	24198 vs 22131
Geekbench - OpenCL	140136 vs 129479
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4157 vs 3188
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	500.918 vs 432.118
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	43.482 vs 41.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	530.303 vs 383.037

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800

Around 31% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1295 MHz
Around 5% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 263 Watt
Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2280.457 vs 2259.753

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1700 MHz vs 1295 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt vs 263 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2280.457 vs 2259.753

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6800

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1169

988

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

24198

22131

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

140136

129479

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4157

3188

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

500.918

432.118

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

43.482

41.585

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

530.303

383.037

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2259.753

2280.457

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT	AMD Radeon RX 6800
PassMark - G2D Mark	1169	988
PassMark - G3D Mark	24198	22131
Geekbench - OpenCL	140136	129479
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4157	3188
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	500.918	432.118
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	43.482	41.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	530.303	383.037
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2259.753	2280.457
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3373
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3373

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT	AMD Radeon RX 6800
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	RDNA 2.0
Code name	Navi 32	Navi 21
Launch date	25 Aug 2023	28 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating	24	84
Launch price (MSRP)		$579
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2430 MHz	2105 MHz
Compute units	60	60
Core clock speed	1295 MHz	1700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	7 nm
Pipelines	3840	3840
Pixel fill rate	233.3 GPixel/s	202.1 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	583.2 GTexel/s	505.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	263 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	28100 million	26800 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		1010 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		32.33 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		16.17 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-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)	600 Watt	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	2x 8-pin
Width	111 mm, 4.4 inches	120 mm (4.7 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	2.2	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	624.1 GB/s	512.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2438 MHz, 19.5 Gbps effective	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6