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Radeon RX 6800 XT

4.2 · 527 votes
Best for 1080p / 1440p gaming

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VRAM
16 GB
CUDA
4,608
FP32
20.74 TF
Bandwidth
512 GB/s
TDP
300W
Boost
2250 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 compute20.74 TFLOPS20%
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 units4,60821%
vs RTX 5090 D: 21,760
Power efficiency22/10038%
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 Spy21,600pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)9,360pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)2,808spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute112,800pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts

Performance breakdown

Gaming60
Ray tracing52
AI / Compute47
Creator / 3D54
Power efficiency22
Real-World Gaming

FPS Across Resolutions

1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 91 fps
1080p
150
1440p
81
4K
42
Counter-Strike 2avg 182 fps
1080p
286
1440p
179
4K
81
Fortniteavg 167 fps
1080p
276
1440p
150
4K
76
Battlefield 5avg 140 fps
1080p
170
1440p
149
4K
100
Far Cry 5avg 115 fps
1080p
126
1440p
127
4K
92
Valorantavg 341 fps
1080p
345
1440p
364
4K
315

Average FPS across all PC games

1080p
206fps
1440p
146fps
4K
98fps

Cost per frame

Launch MSRP ($649) ÷ average FPS — lower is better.

1080p
$3.54
1440p
$4.94
4K
$6.65
Community Feedback

What Owners Say

Owners love the strong 1440p and 4K gaming performance with plenty of VRAM. The main gripes are high power draw and the card running hot under load.

Pros
  • Plays modern games at high settings
  • Handles ray tracing without stuttering
  • Stays quiet under heavy loads
  • Great value for 1440p gaming
Cons
  • Ray tracing performance trails Nvidia.
  • Needs a very beefy power supply.
  • No support for DLSS upscaling.

Supported technologies

Ray TracingAV1 Encode

Full specifications

Graphics processor
Architecture
RDNA 2.0
Process node
7 nm
Transistors
26.8 B
Compute Units
72
Release date
2020
Launch price
$649
Core configuration
CUDA Cores
4,608
RT Cores
72
TMUs
288
ROPs
128
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
1825 MHz
Boost clock
2250 MHz
FP32 (float)
20.74 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
20.74 TFLOPS
Pixel rate
288 GPixel/s
Texture rate
648 GTexel/s
Board & power
TDP
300W
Suggested PSU
550W
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 XT

A RDNA 2 flagship that plays games at high resolutions with tons of VRAM and raw raster speed, but its ray tracing is just okay.

Get it if you want high-res gaming with lots of VRAM for modern titles without paying today’s prices. Skip it if ray tracing or power efficiency matter more, since newer cards handle both better.

Buy it if…

  • You want high-res gaming without paying Nvidia's tax.
  • You need a fat VRAM buffer for modded texture packs.
  • You're building a new rig and hate driver crashes.
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