AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT VS AMD Radeon RX 9070

amd

Brand

16GB GDDR6

Memory

4608

Cores

512 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon RX 6800 XT

$379.99 Oct 2020 View Details

$399.00

$379.99

amd

Brand

16GB GDDR6

Memory

3584

Cores

644.6 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon RX 9070

$509.99 Mar 2025 View Details

$509.99

$539.99

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

16GB GDDR6 300W $379.99 Oct 2020

Radeon RX 6800 XT

$649 • Oct 2020

Radeon RX 9070

$549 • Mar 2025

AMD Radeon RX 9070

16GB GDDR6 220W $509.99 Mar 2025

Specs Comparison

Specification	AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT	AMD Radeon RX 9070
Memory Size	16 GB	16 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6
TDP	300 W	220 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2250 MHz	2520 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	512 GB/s	644.6 GB/s
Process Size	7nm	4nm
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	RDNA 4.0
Shading Units	4608	3584
RT Cores	72	56
TMUs	288	224
ROPs	128	128
Memory Bus	256-bit	256-bit
Memory Clock	2000 MHz	2518 MHz
Pixel Rate	288 GPixel/s	322.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	512 GTexel/s	564.5 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	20.74 GFLOPS	36.13 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	4.00 MB	8.00 MB
Die Size	520 mm²	357 mm²
Transistors	26800 Million	53900 Million
Required PSU	700 W	550 W
Power Connectors	2x 8-pin	2x 8-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 5.0 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

22616 (+28%)

AMD Radeon RX 9070

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

138858

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

149949 (+8%)

AMD Radeon RX 9070

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

FPS

AMD Radeon RX 9070

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

24994

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

25414 (+2%)

AMD Radeon RX 9070

Game Benchmarks Comparison (237 benchmarks)

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 9070 (+43%)

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 73 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

1440p

| high

Radeon RX 9070 (+50%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

2160p

| high

Radeon RX 9070 (+33%)

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 24 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

Winner

Loser

PRAGMATA SKETCHBOOK - DEMO

8.2 2025 • Action, Adventure • CAPCOM Co., Ltd.

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 (+33%)

AVG 106 FPS

MIN 96 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 80 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 (+39%)

AVG 86 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 (+54%)

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assassin's Creed Mirage Valley of Memories Background

Assassin's Creed Mirage Valley of Memories

8 2025 • Action, Adventure • Ubisoft Bordeaux

1080p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

Radeon RX 9070 (+33%)

AVG 140 FPS

MIN 124 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 105 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

Radeon RX 9070 (+35%)

AVG 119 FPS

MIN 106 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

Radeon RX 9070 (+42%)

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

Winner

Loser

Company of Heroes 3: Endure & Defy Background

Company of Heroes 3: Endure & Defy

8.5 2025 • Action, Strategy • Relic Entertainment

1080p

| high

Radeon RX 9070 (+18%)

AVG 176 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 149 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

1440p

| high

Radeon RX 9070 (+16%)

AVG 145 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 125 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

2160p

| high

Radeon RX 9070 (+25%)

AVG 80 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 12 FPS

Winner

Loser

Of Ash and Steel

8.7 2025 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG • Fire & Frost

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 140 FPS

MIN 125 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 (+4%)

AVG 146 FPS

MIN 120 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6800 XT (+0%)

AVG 116 FPS

MIN 104 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 (+0%)

AVG 116 FPS

MIN 96 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 (+1%)

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

Winner

Loser

Where Winds Meet

8.2 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG, Free To Play • Everstone Studio

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 (+56%)

AVG 137 FPS

MIN 121 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 (+40%)

AVG 108 FPS

MIN 98 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 70 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 (+32%)

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

AMD Radeon RX 9070 Wins!

Based on 237 benchmarks across 67 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

+31.5%

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 9070