Radeon RX 7800 XT vs Radeon RX 6800 XT

Radeon RX 7800 XT
Memory: 16384Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: UNRELEASED
Radeon RX 7800 XT
Radeon RX 6800 XT
Memory: 16384Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 28 Oct 2020
Radeon RX 6800 XT

Summary

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 7800 XT

Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6800 XT

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)

Radeon RX 7800 XT

HWBench recommends Radeon RX 7800 XT

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 7800 XTRadeon RX 6800 XT
GPU NameNavi 32 (Navi 32 XT)vsNavi 21 (Navi 21 XT)
Fab Process5 nmvs7 nm
Die Size346 mm²vs536 mm²
Transistorsunknownvs26,800 million
Shaders3840vs4608
Raytracing Cores60vsnone
Compute Units60vs72
Core clock1800 MHzvs1825 MHz
ROPs128vs128
TMUs240vs288

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 7800 XTRadeon RX 6800 XT
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR6
Bus Width256 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective
vs2000 MHz
16 Gbps effective
Memory Size16384 Mbvs16384 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 7800 XTRadeon RX 6800 XT
TDP300 wattsvs300 watts
Release DateUNRELEASEDvs28 Oct 2020

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 7800 XT
    358.40 GP/s
  • Radeon RX 6800 XT
    288.00 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 7800 XT
    672.00 GT/s
  • Radeon RX 6800 XT
    648.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 7800 XT
    576.00 GB/s
  • Radeon RX 6800 XT
    512.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 7800 XT
    43010.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon RX 6800 XT
    20740.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better