AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT VS AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
amd
Brand16GB GDDR6
Memory4608
Cores512 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 6800 XT
VS
amd
Brand20GB GDDR6
Memory5376
Cores800 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 7900 XT
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
16GB GDDR6 300W $379.99 Oct 2020
Radeon RX 6800 XT
$649 • Oct 2020
VS
Radeon RX 7900 XT
$899 • Nov 2022
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
20GB GDDR6 300W $580.61 Nov 2022
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 16 GB | 20 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 300 W | 300 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 2250 MHz | 2394 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 512 GB/s | 800 GB/s |
| Process Size | 7nm | 5nm |
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | RDNA 3.0 |
| Shading Units | 4608 | 5376 |
| RT Cores | 72 | 84 |
| TMUs | 288 | 336 |
| ROPs | 128 | 192 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 320-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 2500 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 288 GPixel/s | 459.6 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 512 GTexel/s | 800 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 20.74 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 | 700 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
17608
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
24671 (+40%)
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
138858
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
203754 (+47%)
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)
264.2 FPS
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
323.2 FPS (+22%)
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
24994
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
28872 (+16%)
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
Game Benchmarks Comparison (530 benchmarks)
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH
8 2026 • Action, Adventure KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS, Nixxes Software
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+36%)
AVG 101 FPS
MIN 90 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 74 FPS
MIN 68 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+40%)
AVG 80 FPS
MIN 74 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+40%)
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+42%)
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+47%)
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+41%)
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 17 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+47%)
AVG 148 FPS
MIN 138 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 101 FPS
MIN 92 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+44%)
AVG 118 FPS
MIN 110 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 82 FPS
MIN 73 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+47%)
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 70 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
Winner
Loser
Crimson Desert
7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure Pearl Abyss
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+38%)
AVG 77 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+34%)
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+40%)
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
Winner
Loser
Resident Evil Requiem
8.7 2026 • Action, Adventure CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+18%)
AVG 139 FPS
MIN 111 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 118 FPS
MIN 87 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+26%)
AVG 106 FPS
MIN 84 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 84 FPS
MIN 68 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+38%)
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
| fsr quality
| Frame Gen
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+30%)
AVG 259 FPS
MIN 203 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 199 FPS
MIN 162 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
| fsr quality
| Frame Gen
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+29%)
AVG 216 FPS
MIN 176 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 167 FPS
MIN 140 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
| fsr quality
| Frame Gen
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+32%)
AVG 141 FPS
MIN 125 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 107 FPS
MIN 97 FPS
Winner
Loser
Styx: Blades of Greed
7.2 2026 • Action, Adventure Cyanide Studio
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+54%)
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 77 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+63%)
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+48%)
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
CODE VEIN II DEMO
7.8 2026 • Action, RPG Bandai Namco Studios Inc.
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+30%)
AVG 104 FPS
MIN 95 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 80 FPS
MIN 67 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+31%)
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 63 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+35%)
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Winner
Loser
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora From The Ashes
7.6 2025 • Action, Adventure Massive Entertainment – A Ubisoft Studio, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Toronto, Ubisoft Düsseldorf, Ubisoft Reflections
1080p
| high
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+36%)
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 67 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+40%)
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
2160p
| high
Radeon RX 7900 XT (+46%)
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT Wins!
Based on 530 benchmarks across 149 games
67
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
VS
+32.5%
89
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XT
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
AMD • 16GB GDDR6
0
Wins
67
Avg FPS
56
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
AMD • 20GB GDDR6
519
Wins
89
Avg FPS
75
Min FPS
98%
Win Rate
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