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Radeon RX 6900 XT

4.2 · 583 votes
Best for 1080p / 1440p gaming

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VRAM
16 GB
CUDA
5,120
FP32
23.04 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 compute23.04 TFLOPS22%
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 units5,12024%
vs RTX 5090 D: 21,760
Power efficiency25/10043%
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 Spy23,040pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)9,900pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)3,016spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute120,000pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts

Performance breakdown

Gaming64
Ray tracing55
AI / Compute50
Creator / 3D58
Power efficiency25
Real-World Gaming

FPS Across Resolutions

1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 97 fps
1080p
160
1440p
90
4K
42
Counter-Strike 2avg 196 fps
1080p
315
1440p
189
4K
85
Fortniteavg 180 fps
1080p
315
1440p
150
4K
76
Battlefield 5avg 170 fps
1080p
191
1440p
190
4K
130
Far Cry 5avg 150 fps
1080p
189
1440p
160
4K
102
Valorantavg 375 fps
1080p
399
1440p
412
4K
315

Average FPS across all PC games

1080p
186fps
1440p
128fps
4K
90fps

Cost per frame

Launch MSRP ($999) ÷ average FPS — lower is better.

1080p
$4.70
1440p
$6.84
4K
$10.96
Community Feedback

What Owners Say

Owners praise the smooth high-fps gaming and quiet operation. The usual gripe is the high power draw and lack of ray tracing grunt compared to the competition.

Pros
  • Stays cool even under heavy load
  • Plays high-res games without stutter
  • Runs quiet enough for any setup
  • Old games feel smooth and responsive
Cons
  • Ray tracing performance lags behind rivals
  • No DLSS equivalent for upscaling
  • Heats up noticeably under heavy load

Supported technologies

Ray TracingAV1 Encode

Full specifications

Graphics processor
Architecture
RDNA 2.0
Process node
7 nm
Transistors
26.8 B
Compute Units
80
Release date
2020
Launch price
$999
Core configuration
CUDA Cores
5,120
RT Cores
80
TMUs
320
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)
23.04 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
23.04 TFLOPS
Pixel rate
288 GPixel/s
Texture rate
720 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
3-slot
Display & outputs
Max resolution
7680×4320
Outputs
1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C

API and SDK support

DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model
6.8
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.3
Verdict

Our verdict on the RX 6900 XT

The RX 6900 XT is a top-tier RDNA 2 card with huge VRAM, but its ray tracing performance lags behind the competition.

Get it if you want a fast 4K card with loads of memory that still handles modern games without breaking a sweat. Skip it if you need ray tracing performance or the latest features, as newer cards do that much better.

Buy it if…

  • You want high-resolution gaming without ray tracing.
  • You need lots of video memory for heavy creative work.
  • You're building a high-end PC and hate overpaying for Nvidia.
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