AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT VS AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
amd
Brand16GB GDDR6
Memory4096
Cores644.6 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 9070 XT
VS
amd
Brand16GB GDDR6
Memory4608
Cores512 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 6800 XT
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
16GB GDDR6 304W $599.99 Mar 2025
Radeon RX 9070 XT
$599 • Mar 2025
VS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
$649 • Oct 2020
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
16GB GDDR6 300W $379.99 Oct 2020
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT | AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 304 W | 300 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 2970 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 644.6 GB/s | 512 GB/s |
| Process Size | 4nm | 7nm |
| Architecture | RDNA 4.0 | RDNA 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 4096 | 4608 |
| RT Cores | 64 | 72 |
| TMUs | 256 | 288 |
| ROPs | 128 | 128 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2518 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 380.2 GPixel/s | 288 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 760.3 GTexel/s | 512 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 48.66 GFLOPS | 20.74 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 8.00 MB | 4.00 MB |
| Die Size | 357 mm² | 520 mm² |
| Transistors | 53900 Million | 26800 Million |
| Required PSU | 700 W | 700 W |
| Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin | 2x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 5.0 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
26809 (+52%)
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
17608
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
182816 (+32%)
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
138858
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
313.3 FPS (+19%)
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
264.2 FPS
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
26815 (+7%)
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
24994
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Game Benchmarks Comparison (261 benchmarks)
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH
8 2026 • Action, Adventure KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS, Nixxes Software
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 9070 XT (+55%)
AVG 115 FPS
MIN 106 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 74 FPS
MIN 68 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 9070 XT (+53%)
AVG 87 FPS
MIN 77 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 9070 XT (+63%)
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
Radeon RX 9070 XT (+81%)
AVG 78 FPS
MIN 72 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
Radeon RX 9070 XT (+87%)
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
Radeon RX 9070 XT (+82%)
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 17 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen
Radeon RX 9070 XT (+62%)
AVG 164 FPS
MIN 156 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 101 FPS
MIN 92 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen
Radeon RX 9070 XT (+66%)
AVG 136 FPS
MIN 113 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 82 FPS
MIN 73 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen
Radeon RX 9070 XT (+82%)
AVG 93 FPS
MIN 86 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 9070 XT (+50%)
AVG 84 FPS
MIN 69 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 9070 XT (+53%)
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 9070 XT (+60%)
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 24 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 9070 XT (+58%)
AVG 187 FPS
MIN 152 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 118 FPS
MIN 87 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
Radeon RX 9070 XT (+64%)
AVG 138 FPS
MIN 118 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 84 FPS
MIN 68 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
Radeon RX 9070 XT (+88%)
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 70 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
| fsr quality
| Frame Gen
Radeon RX 9070 XT (+40%)
AVG 278 FPS
MIN 222 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 199 FPS
MIN 162 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
| fsr quality
| Frame Gen
Radeon RX 9070 XT (+41%)
AVG 236 FPS
MIN 202 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 167 FPS
MIN 140 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
| fsr quality
| Frame Gen
Radeon RX 9070 XT (+55%)
AVG 166 FPS
MIN 148 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 9070 XT (+80%)
AVG 101 FPS
MIN 90 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 9070 XT (+74%)
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 64 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 9070 XT (+72%)
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 32 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 9070 XT (+61%)
AVG 129 FPS
MIN 115 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 80 FPS
MIN 67 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
Radeon RX 9070 XT (+57%)
AVG 85 FPS
MIN 75 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
Radeon RX 9070 XT (+62%)
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 38 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 9070 XT (+64%)
AVG 95 FPS
MIN 84 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX 9070 XT (+73%)
AVG 69 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
2160p
| high
Radeon RX 9070 XT (+54%)
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Wins!
Based on 264 benchmarks across 72 games
87
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT
VS
+50.6%
58
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
AMD • 16GB GDDR6
257
Wins
87
Avg FPS
72
Min FPS
97%
Win Rate
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
AMD • 16GB GDDR6
3
Wins
58
Avg FPS
48
Min FPS
1%
Win Rate
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