AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT VS AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
amd
Brand16GB GDDR6
Memory4608
Cores512 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 6800 XT
VS
amd
Brand8GB HBM2
Memory3584
Cores409.6 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX Vega 56
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
16GB GDDR6 300W N/A Oct 2020
Radeon RX 6800 XT
$649 • Oct 2020
VS
Radeon RX Vega 56
$399 • Aug 2017
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
8GB HBM2 210W N/A Aug 2017
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT | AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 16 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | HBM2 |
| TDP | 300 W | 210 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 2250 MHz | 1471 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 512 GB/s | 409.6 GB/s |
| Process Size | 7nm | 14nm |
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | GCN 5.0 |
| Shading Units | 4608 | 3584 |
| RT Cores | 72 | N/A |
| TMUs | 288 | 224 |
| ROPs | 128 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 2048-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 288 GPixel/s | 94.14 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 512 GTexel/s | 409.6 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 20.74 GFLOPS | 10.54 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 4.00 MB | 4.00 MB |
| Die Size | 520 mm² | 495 mm² |
| Transistors | 26800 Million | 12500 Million |
| Required PSU | 700 W | 550 W |
| Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin | 2x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.2 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | GlobalFoundries |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
17608 (+162%)
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
6723
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
138858 (+190%)
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
47815
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
264.2 FPS (+225%)
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
81.2 FPS
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
24994 (+91%)
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
13099
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Game Benchmarks Comparison (117 benchmarks)
Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
8.7 2022 • Action, Adventure, Casual Insomniac Games, Nixxes Software
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6800 XT (+137%)
AVG 128 FPS
MIN 114 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6800 XT (+165%)
AVG 114 FPS
MIN 99 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6800 XT (+184%)
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 63 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
Scars Above
7.9 2023 • Action, Adventure Mad Head Games
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
Radeon RX 6800 XT (+163%)
AVG 242 FPS
MIN 212 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 92 FPS
MIN 81 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
Radeon RX 6800 XT (+168%)
AVG 169 FPS
MIN 154 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
Radeon RX 6800 XT (+158%)
AVG 85 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
Winner
Loser
Sifu
8.7 2022 • Action, Indie Sloclap
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6800 XT (+98%)
AVG 401 FPS
MIN 220 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 203 FPS
MIN 136 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6800 XT (+159%)
AVG 345 FPS
MIN 219 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 133 FPS
MIN 84 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6800 XT (+154%)
AVG 173 FPS
MIN 110 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
Winner
Loser
Dying Light 2 Stay Human
8 2022 • Action, Adventure, RPG Techland
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6800 XT (+154%)
AVG 142 FPS
MIN 126 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6800 XT (+151%)
AVG 98 FPS
MIN 91 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6800 XT (+157%)
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| fsr 3 quality
Radeon RX 6800 XT (+135%)
AVG 183 FPS
MIN 167 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 78 FPS
MIN 70 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| fsr 3 quality
Radeon RX 6800 XT (+150%)
AVG 150 FPS
MIN 137 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 55 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| fsr 3 quality
Radeon RX 6800 XT (+147%)
AVG 94 FPS
MIN 86 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
Winner
Loser
Serious Sam Siberian Mayhem
8.6 2022 • Action, Adventure Croteam, Timelock Studio
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6800 XT (+37%)
AVG 108 FPS
MIN 98 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6800 XT (+80%)
AVG 108 FPS
MIN 98 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6800 XT (+183%)
AVG 102 FPS
MIN 87 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
Winner
Loser
ICARUS
7.7 2021 • Action, Adventure, Simulation RocketWerkz
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6800 XT (+159%)
AVG 101 FPS
MIN 91 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6800 XT (+167%)
AVG 72 FPS
MIN 64 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6800 XT (+236%)
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 11 FPS
MIN 10 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Wins!
Based on 117 benchmarks across 35 games
135
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
VS
+144.8%
55
Avg FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
AMD • 16GB GDDR6
117
Wins
135
Avg FPS
111
Min FPS
100%
Win Rate
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
AMD • 8GB HBM2
0
Wins
55
Avg FPS
46
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
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