Radeon RX 6800 XT VS Radeon RX 6900 XT
We are comparing the Radeon RX 6800 XT ( AMD ) head-to-head with the Radeon RX 6900 XT ( AMD ) . You’ll get the key pros and cons of each graphics card, in-depth specs, and gaming benchmarks.
Note: This comparison of Radeon RX 6800 XT vs. Radeon RX 6900 XT is based on Comparigon's analysis and is for informational purposes only.
Last Updated: August 20, 2026
Overall Comparison
KEY DIFFERENCES OF Radeon RX 6800 XT AND Radeon RX 6900 XT
Here’s how Radeon RX 6800 XT and Radeon RX 6900 XT stack up against each other in their most impactful areas. Use these bullets to see at a glance which graphics card excels where.
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 6800 XT
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12% higher Geekbench 6 OpenCL score (138858 vs 124121)
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 6900 XT
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8% higher 4K Ultra FPS (70 vs 65)
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8% higher 1440p Ultra FPS (121 vs 112)
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6% higher 1080p Ultra FPS (157 vs 148)
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7% higher 3DMark Time Spy score (20801 vs 19364)
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9% higher 3DMark Port Royal score (10535 vs 9707)
SPECIFICATION TABLE COMPARISON OF Radeon RX 6800 XT AND Radeon RX 6900 XT
Below is the detailed specification table comparing Radeon RX 6800 XT and Radeon RX 6900 XT.
Note: Highlighted specs mean that GPU wins that spec row.
If neither side is highlighted, it is a tie or there is not enough data for both specs.
| Specification | Radeon RX 6800 XT | Radeon RX 6900 XT |
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General Info
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| GPU Name: | Radeon RX 6800 XT | Radeon RX 6900 XT |
| GPU Type: | Discrete | Discrete |
| Codename: | Navi 21 | Navi 21 |
| Vendor: | AMD | AMD |
| Foundry: | TSMC | TSMC |
| Architecture: | RDNA 2.0 | RDNA 2.0 |
| Generation: | Navi II (RX 6000) | Navi II (RX 6000) |
| Release Date: | October 28, 2020 | October 28, 2020 |
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Board Design
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| Bus Interface: | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| PCIe Version: | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCIe Lanes: | x16 | x16 |
| Process Size: | 7 nm | 7 nm |
| Transistors: | 26.8 billion | 26.8 billion |
| Density: | 51.5 MTr/mm² | 51.5 MTr/mm² |
| Die Size: | 520 mm² | 520 mm² |
| Board Length: | 267 mm | 267 mm |
| Board Width: | 50 mm | 50 mm |
| Board Height: | 120 mm | 120 mm |
| Total Graphics Power (TGP): | 300 W | 300 W |
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Graphics Processor
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| Compute Units: | 72 | 80 |
| Shading Units: | 4608 | 5120 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs): | 288 | 320 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs): | 128 | 128 |
| Ray Tracing Cores: | 72 | 80 |
| Base Clock: | 1825 MHz | 1825 MHz |
| Boost Clock: | 2250 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| L1 Cache: | 128 KB per Array | 128 KB per Array |
| L2 Cache: | 4 MB | 4 MB |
| L3 Cache: | 128 MB | 128 MB |
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Raw Performance
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| Pixel Fill Rate: | 288.0 GPixel/s | 288.0 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate: | 648.0 GTexel/s | 720.0 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance: | 20.74 TFLOPs | 23.04 TFLOPs |
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Memory
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| Memory Type: | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size: | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Bus Width: | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock: | 2000 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed: | 16000 Mbps | 16000 Mbps |
| Bandwidth: | 512.0 GB/s | 512 GB/s |
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APIs
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| DirectX: | 12.2 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan: | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| OpenGL: | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL: | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| CUDA: | No | No |
| Ray Tracing: | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS: | No | No |
| DisplayPort: | 1.4a | 1.4a |
| HDMI: | 2.1 | 2.1 |
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Gaming FPS
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| 1080p Ultra (FPS): | 148 | 157 |
| 1440p Ultra (FPS): | 112 | 121 |
| 4K Ultra (FPS): | 65 | 70 |
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Benchmarks
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3D Mark
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| Steel Nomad Lite | 17598 | 20167 |
| Time Spy | 19364 | 20801 |
| Solar Bay | 78663 | 86944 |
| Port Royal | 9707 | 10535 |
| Fire Strike | 53017 | 57325 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 35605 | 39331 |
| Night Raid | 155402 | 159495 |
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GeekBench 6 OpenCL
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| Compute Score | 138858 | 124121 |
| Background Blur | 335.7 | 231.6 |
| Face Detection | 221.1 | 152.5 |
| Horizon Detection | 6.16 | 4.26 |
| Edge Detection | 8.96 | 5.75 |
| Gaussian Blur | 7.44 | 5.87 |
| Feature Matching | 1.31 | 1.12 |
| Stereo Matching | 263 | 618.7 |
| Particle Physics | 14755 | 17973.9 |
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Passmark Graphics
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| G3D Mark | 25009 | 26692 |
| G2D Mark | 1040 | 1061 |
| DirectX 11 | 265 | 279 |
| DirectX 12 | 99 | 112 |
| GPU Compute | 13150 | 14404 |
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GFXBench 5
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| Aztec Ruins High (4K) | 264.20 | 305.20 |
| Aztec Ruins Normal | 1271.60 | 1394.40 |
| Car Chase | 1173.90 | 1317.50 |
| Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p) | 1067.60 | 1205.30 |
| T-Rex | 4050.10 | 4360.00 |
| Tessellation | 3567.00 | 3954.80 |
| ALU 2 | 5306.30 | 6645.00 |
| Driver Overhead 2 | 278.90 | 325.20 |
| API | OpenGL | OpenGL |
| OS | Windows | Windows |
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Blender (Rendering)
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| Blender Score | 2420 | 2473 |
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GeekBench 6 ML
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| Single Precision | 30220 | 33651 |
| Half Precision | 30423 | 36994 |
| Quantized | 22583 | 24546 |
| Image Classification | 11942 | 13868 |
| Image Segmentation | 7603 | 17467 |
| Image Super Resolution | 30511 | 32396 |
| Face Detection | 42862 | 47808 |
| Pose Estimation | 160019 | 178873 |
| Text Classification | 4247 | 4358 |
| Machine Translation | 6279 | 7910 |
| Object Detection | 13910 | 15394 |
| Depth Estimation | 51794 | 57351 |
| Style Transfer | 324124 | 372610 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
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FurMark
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| 1080p Vulkan | 14324 | 16109 |
| 1440p Vulkan | 9707 | 11808 |
| 2160p Vulkan | 5054 | 6467 |
| 1080p OpenGL | 15474 | 17611 |
| 1440p OpenGL | 10583 | 12404 |
| 2160p OpenGL | 5403 | 6467 |
Tip: ▲ indicates a higher-is-better spec advantage, while ▼ indicates a lower-is-better advantage.
PERFORMANCE CHART COMPARISON OF Radeon RX 6800 XT AND Radeon RX 6900 XT
The charts below visualize how Radeon RX 6800 XT and Radeon RX 6900 XT stack up in key performance metrics.
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Release Timeline of Radeon RX 6800 XT and Radeon RX 6900 XT
Radeon RX 6800 XT and Radeon RX 6900 XT were released on the same day.
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Domain Score Summary
Note: Scores (0 to 100) are generated by Comparigon’s scoring algorithm and are intended as a high-level guide. They may not map 1-to-1 with the individual spec-by-spec comparisons shown in the table.
Our Verdict
In conclusion, the Radeon RX 6900 XT edges out overall compared to the Radeon RX 6800 XT. Its strongest advantages are in Gaming Performance, AI & Machine Learning and Energy Efficiency. They are still fairly close in Hardware Architecture and Workstation.
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