AMD Radeon RX 6800 VS AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

amd

Brand

16GB GDDR6

Memory

3840

Cores

512 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon RX 6800

N/A Oct 2020 View Details

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amd

Brand

20GB GDDR6

Memory

5376

Cores

800 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon RX 7900 XT

$580.61 Nov 2022 View Details

$580.61

AMD Radeon RX 6800

16GB GDDR6 250W N/A Oct 2020

Radeon RX 6800

$579 • Oct 2020

Radeon RX 7900 XT

$899 • Nov 2022

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

20GB GDDR6 300W $580.61 Nov 2022

Specs Comparison

Specification	AMD Radeon RX 6800	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
Memory Size	16 GB	20 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6
TDP	250 W	300 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2105 MHz	2394 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	512 GB/s	800 GB/s
Process Size	7nm	5nm
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	RDNA 3.0
Shading Units	3840	5376
RT Cores	60	84
TMUs	240	336
ROPs	96	192
Memory Bus	256-bit	320-bit
Memory Clock	2000 MHz	2500 MHz
Pixel Rate	202.1 GPixel/s	459.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	512 GTexel/s	800 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	16.17 GFLOPS	51.48 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	4.00 MB	6.00 MB
Die Size	520 mm²	529 mm²
Transistors	26800 Million	57700 Million
Required PSU	600 W	700 W
Power Connectors	2x 8-pin	2x 8-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX	12.2	12.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	TSMC	TSMC

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

14608

AMD Radeon RX 6800

24671 (+69%)

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

135060

AMD Radeon RX 6800

203754 (+51%)

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

219.6 FPS

AMD Radeon RX 6800

323.2 FPS (+47%)

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

22147

AMD Radeon RX 6800

28872 (+30%)

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

Game Benchmarks Comparison (563 benchmarks)

Gears of War: E-Day Beta

7 2026 • Action, Adventure • The Coalition

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+65%)

AVG 28 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

Radeon RX 6800

AVG 17 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+64%)

AVG 18 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

Radeon RX 6800

AVG 11 FPS

MIN 9 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+80%)

AVG 9 FPS

MIN 7 FPS

Radeon RX 6800

AVG 5 FPS

MIN 4 FPS

Winner

Loser

Beast of Reincarnation

7.6 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • GAME FREAK inc.

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+59%)

AVG 126 FPS

MIN 113 FPS

Radeon RX 6800

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+62%)

AVG 94 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

Radeon RX 6800

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+73%)

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

Radeon RX 6800

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

Winner

Loser

Halo: Campaign Evolved

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • Halo Studios

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+58%)

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

Radeon RX 6800

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+66%)

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

Radeon RX 6800

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+75%)

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

Radeon RX 6800

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 17 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Background

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Barcelona, Ubisoft Bordeaux, Ubisoft Belgrade, Ubisoft Chengdu, Ubisoft India, Ubisoft Kyiv, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Philippines, Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Shanghai

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+57%)

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

Radeon RX 6800

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+61%)

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

Radeon RX 6800

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+68%)

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

Radeon RX 6800

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+51%)

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

Radeon RX 6800

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+51%)

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

Radeon RX 6800

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+57%)

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

Radeon RX 6800

AVG 28 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

Winner

Loser

007 First Light

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • IO Interactive A/S

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+53%)

AVG 115 FPS

MIN 96 FPS

Radeon RX 6800

AVG 75 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+55%)

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

Radeon RX 6800

AVG 53 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+59%)

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

Radeon RX 6800

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+48%)

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 129 FPS

Radeon RX 6800

AVG 100 FPS

MIN 89 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+49%)

AVG 122 FPS

MIN 104 FPS

Radeon RX 6800

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 70 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+61%)

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

Radeon RX 6800

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

Winner

Loser

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Background

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight

7.8 2026 • Action, Adventure • TT Games

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+38%)

AVG 90 FPS

MIN 73 FPS

Radeon RX 6800

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+44%)

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

Radeon RX 6800

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 7900 XT (+46%)

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

Radeon RX 6800

AVG 24 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT Wins!

Based on 563 benchmarks across 156 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 6800

+49.3%

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 7900 XT