Radeon RX 6800 Overview

Radeon RX 6800
Memory: 16384Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 28 Oct 2020
Radeon RX 6800

Core Configuration

GPU Navi 21
Architecture AMD_RDNA_2_0
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs 3840 : 240 : 96
Raytracing Cores none
Performance 16170.00 GFLOPs

Memory Configuration

Memory Size 16384 Mb
Memory Bus Width 256 bit
Memory Speed 2000 MHz
16 Gbps effective
Memory Bandwidth 512.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

  • GeForce RTX 4090
    188%
  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    174%
  • GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB
    161%
  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    155%
  • GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
    137%
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    137%
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    132%
  • GeForce RTX 3090
    123%
  • Radeon RX 6900 XT
    120%
  • GeForce RTX 4070
    115%
  • GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
    113%
  • Radeon RX 6800 XT
    111%
  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    111%
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    105%
  • Radeon RX 6800
    100%
  • Radeon RX 6750 XT
    95%
  • GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
    90%
  • GeForce RTX 3070
    83%
  • GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
    83%
  • Radeon RX 6700 XT
    83%
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
    77%
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    75%
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Super
    70%
  • Radeon RX 7600
    69%
  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    68%
  • GeForce RTX 2080
    65%
  • Geforce GTX TITAN Xp
    64%
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    63%
  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    62%
  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
    62%
  • GeForce RTX 3060
    60%
  • Radeon RX 5700
    58%
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    57%
  • Radeon VII
    56%
  • GeForce RTX 2070
    54%
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    54%
  • Radeon RX Vega 64
    50%
  • Radeon RX 6600
    49%
  • Radeon RX 5600 XT
    48%
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    46%
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    45%
  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    44%
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    43%
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    41%
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    37%
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    36%
  • GeForce GTX 1070
    36%
  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    35%
  • Radeon RX 590
    34%
  • GeForce GTX 1660
    33%
  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    32%
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    32%
  • Radeon RX 580
    30%
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    28%
  • Radeon RX 480
    28%
  • Radeon RX 570
    27%
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    27%
  • Radeon R9 390X
    27%
  • Radeon R9 FURY X
    27%
  • Radeon RX 6400
    26%
  • Radeon RX 470
    24%
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    24%
  • GeForce GTX 980
    24%
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    24%
  • GeForce GTX 970
    20%
  • GeForce GTX 1650
    19%
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    16%
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    13%

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The Radeon RX 6800 is a graphics card released by AMD on 28 Oct 2020. The graphics card houses the Navi 21 die, based on the AMD_RDNA_2_0 architecture which packs 26,800 million transistors on a 7 nm, 536 mm2 die.

Radeon RX 6800 pros and cons

Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Infinity Cache allows to deliver up to 3.25x the effective memory bandwidth
Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)



Specifications


Compared to similar performing cards

Radeon RX 6800GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GBRadeon RX 6750 XTGeForce RTX 3080 12 GBGeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Radeon RX 6800GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GBRadeon RX 6750 XTGeForce RTX 3080 12 GBGeForce RTX 3080 Ti
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Shader units384043522560896010240
ROPs96486496112
Graphics processorNavi 21AD106Navi 22GA102GA102
Process size7 nm5 nm7 nm8 nm8 nm
Memory16384 Mb GDDR6 (2000 MHz
16 Gbps effective)
8192 Mb GDDR6 (2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective)
12288 Mb GDDR6 (2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective)
12288 Mb GDDR6X (1188 MHz
19 Gbps effective)
12288 Mb GDDR6X (1188 MHz
19 Gbps effective)
Memory bus width256 bit128 bit192 bit384 bit384 bit
Memory bandwidth512.00 Gb/s288.00 Gb/s432.00 Gb/s912.40 Gb/s912.40 Gb/s
Release date28 Oct 202018 May 20233 Mar 202211 Jan 202231 May 2021

Benchmarks

Hitman III

  • Radeon RX 6750 XT
    264
  • GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
    258
  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    249
  • Radeon RX 6800
    237

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

  • GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
    214
  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    211
  • Radeon RX 6800
    178
  • Radeon RX 6750 XT
    170
  • GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
    161

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    125
  • GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
    118
  • Radeon RX 6800
    102
  • Radeon RX 6750 XT
    88
  • GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
    83

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

  • Radeon RX 6800
    145
  • Radeon RX 6750 XT
    140
  • GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
    127
  • GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
    119
  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    118

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

  • GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
    110
  • Radeon RX 6800
    106
  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    102
  • Radeon RX 6750 XT
    97
  • GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
    89

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

  • GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
    67
  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    64
  • Radeon RX 6800
    58
  • GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
    51
  • Radeon RX 6750 XT
    51

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
    232
  • Radeon RX 6750 XT
    226
  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    223
  • Radeon RX 6800
    217
  • GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
    179

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
    175
  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    161
  • Radeon RX 6800
    135
  • Radeon RX 6750 XT
    125
  • GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
    117

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    96
  • GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
    95
  • Radeon RX 6800
    71
  • Radeon RX 6750 XT
    62
  • GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
    58

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

  • GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
    131
  • Radeon RX 6750 XT
    131
  • Radeon RX 6800
    129
  • GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
    128
  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    120

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    137
  • GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
    120
  • Radeon RX 6750 XT
    106
  • Radeon RX 6800
    104
  • GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
    96

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

  • GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
    79
  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    78
  • Radeon RX 6800
    65
  • Radeon RX 6750 XT
    56
  • GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
    29

FPS (higher is better)