Radeon RX 6800S vs RX 7900 XT

Place in the ranking	13	104
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	37.55	no data
Power efficiency	17.38	27.89
Architecture	RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Navi 31	Navi 23
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	3 November 2022 (2 years ago)	4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$899	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	5376	2048
Core clock speed	1387 MHz	1800 MHz
Boost clock speed	2394 MHz	2100 MHz
Number of transistors	57,700 million	11,060 million
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	100 Watt
Texture fill rate	804.4	268.8
Floating-point processing power	51.48 TFLOPS	8.602 TFLOPS
ROPs	192	64
TMUs	336	128
Ray Tracing Cores	84	32

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	276 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	20 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	320 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	800.0 GB/s	256.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C	No outputs
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.7	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.2	2.1
Vulkan	1.3	1.3

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RX 7900 XT 74.80
+87%

RX 6800S 40.01

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RX 7900 XT 28858
+87%

RX 6800S 15436

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RX 7900 XT 75896
+110%

RX 6800S 36101

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

RX 7900 XT 142489
+73.2%

RX 6800S 82247

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RX 7900 XT 63712
+140%

RX 6800S 26511

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RX 7900 XT 259707
+58.8%

RX 6800S 163510

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	207 +72.5%	120 −72.5%
1440p	137 +77.9%	77 −77.9%
4K	89 +134%	38 −134%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	4.34	no data
1440p	6.56	no data
4K	10.10	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

237
+68.1%

141

−68.1%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	150−160 +80%	85−90 −80%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	130−140 +5.5%	128 −5.5%
Battlefield 5	240−250 +87.5%	120−130 −87.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	120−130 +48.1%	80−85 −48.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	212 +91%	111 −91%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +37.2%	85−90 −37.2%
Far Cry New Dawn	180−190 +86.9%	95−100 −86.9%
Forza Horizon 4	240−250 +26.4%	190−200 −26.4%
Hitman 3	120−130 +16.2%	111 −16.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn	260−270 +61.4%	160−170 −61.4%
Metro Exodus	150−160 +22%	120−130 −22%
Red Dead Redemption 2	120−130 +32.3%	90−95 −32.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	300−350 +118%	140−150 −118%
Watch Dogs: Legion	150−160 +17.7%	130−140 −17.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	150−160 +80%	85−90 −80%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	130−140 +26.2%	107 −26.2%
Battlefield 5	240−250 +87.5%	120−130 −87.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	120−130 +48.1%	80−85 −48.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	190 +132%	82 −132%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +37.2%	85−90 −37.2%
Far Cry New Dawn	180−190 +86.9%	95−100 −86.9%
Forza Horizon 4	240−250 +26.4%	190−200 −26.4%
Hitman 3	120−130 +18.3%	109 −18.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	260−270 +61.4%	160−170 −61.4%
Metro Exodus	150−160 +22%	120−130 −22%
Red Dead Redemption 2	120−130 +32.3%	90−95 −32.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	492 +147%	199 −147%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	160−170 +95.2%	80−85 −95.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion	150−160 +17.7%	130−140 −17.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	150−160 +80%	85−90 −80%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	130−140 +50%	90 −50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	120−130 +48.1%	80−85 −48.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	179 +142%	74 −142%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +37.2%	85−90 −37.2%
Forza Horizon 4	240−250 +26.4%	190−200 −26.4%
Hitman 3	120−130 +33%	97 −33%
Horizon Zero Dawn	350 +111%	160−170 −111%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	424 +144%	174 −144%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	265 +188%	92 −188%
Watch Dogs: Legion	150−160 +132%	66 −132%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

120−130
+32.3%

90−95

−32.3%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	160−170 +116%	75−80 −116%
Far Cry New Dawn	110−120 +83.6%	60−65 −83.6%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	85−90 +107%	40−45 −107%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	95−100 +56.5%	62 −56.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85 +74.5%	45−50 −74.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	122 +213%	39 −213%
Far Cry 5	80−85 +82.6%	45−50 −82.6%
Forza Horizon 4	270−280 +21.5%	220−230 −21.5%
Hitman 3	100−110 +73%	63 −73%
Horizon Zero Dawn	277 +218%	85−90 −218%
Metro Exodus	141 +88%	75−80 −88%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	325 +193%	111 −193%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	130−140 +138%	55−60 −138%
Watch Dogs: Legion	240−250 +23.7%	190−200 −23.7%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

120−130
+73.9%

65−70

−73.9%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	85−90 +120%	40−45 −120%
Far Cry New Dawn	65−70 +103%	30−35 −103%
Hitman 3	65−70 +103%	30−35 −103%
Horizon Zero Dawn	220−230 +22.8%	180−190 −22.8%
Metro Exodus	120−130 +139%	50−55 −139%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	159 +231%	45−50 −231%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	60−65 +133%	27−30 −133%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	60−65 +90.6%	32 −90.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 +100%	24−27 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	60 +275%	16 −275%
Far Cry 5	50−55 +117%	21−24 −117%
Forza Horizon 4	130−140 +143%	55−60 −143%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	173 +215%	55−60 −215%
Watch Dogs: Legion	50−55 +100%	25 −100%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

80−85
+133%

35−40

−133%

This is how RX 7900 XT and RX 6800S compete in popular games:

RX 7900 XT is 73% faster in 1080p
RX 7900 XT is 78% faster in 1440p
RX 7900 XT is 134% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 7900 XT is 275% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, RX 7900 XT surpassed RX 6800S in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	74.80	40.01
Recency	3 November 2022	4 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount	20 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	5 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	100 Watt

RX 7900 XT has a 87% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 months, a 150% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

RX 6800S, on the other hand, has 200% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 7900 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 6800S in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 7900 XT is a desktop card while Radeon RX 6800S is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.