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Radeon RX 6800

4.5 · 238 votes
Best for 1080p / 1440p gaming

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VRAM
16 GB
CUDA
3,840
FP32
16.17 TF
Bandwidth
512 GB/s
TDP
250W
Boost
2105 MHz
Strengths at a Glance

How it stacks up to the flagship

Each metric is shown as a percentage of the GeForce RTX 5090 D, the strongest card we track.

FP32 compute16.17 TFLOPS15%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth512 GB/s29%
vs RTX 5090 D: 1790 GB/s
VRAM capacity16 GB50%
vs RTX 5090 D: 32 GB
Shading units3,84018%
vs RTX 5090 D: 21,760
Power efficiency21/10036%
vs RTX 5090 D: 58/100
Synthetic Benchmarks

Estimated benchmark results

Each result is shown as a share of the RTX 5090 D's score in the same test.

3DMark Time Spy19,080pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)8,280pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)2,496spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute98,400pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts

Performance breakdown

Gaming53
Ray tracing46
AI / Compute41
Creator / 3D48
Power efficiency21
Real-World Gaming

FPS Across Resolutions

1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 67 fps
1080p
96
1440p
72
4K
33
Counter-Strike 2avg 162 fps
1080p
251
1440p
170
4K
66
Fortniteavg 148 fps
1080p
228
1440p
141
4K
76
Battlefield 5avg 124 fps
1080p
150
1440p
131
4K
90
Far Cry 5avg 138 fps
1080p
169
1440p
158
4K
88
Valorantavg 305 fps
1080p
286
1440p
315
4K
315

Average FPS across all PC games

1080p
163fps
1440p
97fps
4K
65fps

Cost per frame

Launch MSRP ($579) ÷ average FPS — lower is better.

1080p
$3.51
1440p
$6.01
4K
$8.84
Community Feedback

What Owners Say

Owners love the huge VRAM for high-res gaming and say it runs cool and quiet. The usual gripe is ray tracing performance lags behind Nvidia, and driver issues can pop up.

Pros
  • Plays modern games at high settings
  • Stays cool under heavy load
  • Handles ray tracing without stutter
  • Great for 1440p gaming monitors
Cons
  • Ray tracing performance is weak
  • No DLSS competitor available
  • Drivers can be finicky sometimes

Supported technologies

Ray TracingAV1 Encode

Full specifications

Graphics processor
Architecture
RDNA 2.0
Process node
7 nm
Transistors
26.8 B
Compute Units
60
Release date
2020
Launch price
$579
Core configuration
CUDA Cores
3,840
RT Cores
60
TMUs
240
ROPs
96
L2 cache
4 MB
Memory
Size
16 GB
Type
GDDR6
Bus width
256-bit
Bandwidth
512 GB/s
Memory clock
2000 MHz
Clocks & throughput
Base clock
1700 MHz
Boost clock
2105 MHz
FP32 (float)
16.17 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
16.17 TFLOPS
Pixel rate
202 GPixel/s
Texture rate
505.2 GTexel/s
Board & power
TDP
250W
Suggested PSU
500W
Power connectors
2x 8-pin
Bus interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
Length
267 mm
Slot width
2-slot
Display & outputs
Max resolution
7680×4320
Outputs
1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C

API and SDK support

DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model
6.5
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
Verdict

Our verdict on the RX 6800

The RX 6800 is a capable 1440p card with generous memory, but its ray tracing performance lags behind Nvidia’s equivalents.

Get it if you want high-resolution gaming with plenty of video memory for modern titles without paying a premium. Skip it if you need the latest ray tracing features or prefer lower power draw from a newer architecture.

Buy it if…

  • You play at high resolutions and need the video memory to match.
  • You want great raster performance without paying for ray tracing.
  • You are building a new PC and find a good deal on a previous generation card.
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