Radeon RX 6800S vs UHD Graphics 605

Place in the ranking	1062	102
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	16.20	27.65
Architecture	Generation 9.5 (2016−2020)	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Gemini Lake GT1.5	Navi 23
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	11 December 2017 (6 years ago)	4 January 2022 (2 years ago)

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	144	2048
Core clock speed	200 MHz	1800 MHz
Boost clock speed	750 MHz	2100 MHz
Number of transistors	189 million	11,060 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	5 Watt	100 Watt
Texture fill rate	13.50	268.8
Floating-point processing power	0.216 TFLOPS	8.602 TFLOPS
ROPs	3	64
TMUs	18	128
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	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	Ring Bus	PCIe 4.0 x8
Width	IGP	no data
Supplementary power connectors	no data	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	System Shared	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	8 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	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

Portable Device Dependent

No outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	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.

UHD Graphics 605 1.17

RX 6800S 39.93
+3313%

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.

UHD Graphics 605 453

RX 6800S 15407
+3301%

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.

UHD Graphics 605 648

RX 6800S 36101
+5471%

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.

UHD Graphics 605 2162

RX 6800S 82247
+3704%

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.

UHD Graphics 605 454

RX 6800S 26511
+5739%

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.

UHD Graphics 605 3360

RX 6800S 163510
+4767%

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

UHD Graphics 605 113

RX 6800S 9033
+7894%

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	10 −1080%	118 +1080%
1440p	2−3 −3850%	79 +3850%
4K	1−2 −3900%	40 +3900%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−4600%

141
+4600%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −1600%	85−90 +1600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −1925%	80−85 +1925%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −3600%	111 +3600%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −8500%	85−90 +8500%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −3200%	95−100 +3200%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −19200%	190−200 +19200%
Hitman 3	6−7 −1750%	111 +1750%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −1086%	160−170 +1086%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −4550%	90−95 +4550%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −1738%	140−150 +1738%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −306%	130−140 +306%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −1600%	85−90 +1600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −1925%	80−85 +1925%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −2633%	82 +2633%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −8500%	85−90 +8500%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −3200%	95−100 +3200%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −19200%	190−200 +19200%
Hitman 3	6−7 −1717%	109 +1717%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −1086%	160−170 +1086%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −4550%	90−95 +4550%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −2388%	199 +2388%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −655%	80−85 +655%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −306%	130−140 +306%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −1600%	85−90 +1600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −1925%	80−85 +1925%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −2367%	74 +2367%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −8500%	85−90 +8500%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −19200%	190−200 +19200%
Hitman 3	6−7 −1517%	97 +1517%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −1086%	160−170 +1086%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −2075%	174 +2075%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1 −9100%	92 +9100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −106%	66 +106%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−4550%

90−95
+4550%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −7600%	75−80 +7600%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −2950%	60−65 +2950%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −4200%	40−45 +4200%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −3800%	39 +3800%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −4500%	45−50 +4500%
Hitman 3	7−8 −800%	63 +800%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −2075%	85−90 +2075%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	55−60
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6 −3780%	190−200 +3780%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−1625%

65−70
+1625%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

30−35

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −2600%	27−30 +2600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −3100%	32 +3100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	24−27
Far Cry 5	0−1	21−24

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−1700%

35−40
+1700%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	128 +0%	128 +0%
Battlefield 5	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Metro Exodus	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	107 +0%	107 +0%
Battlefield 5	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Metro Exodus	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	62 +0%	62 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	220−230 +0%	220−230 +0%
Metro Exodus	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	111 +0%	111 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Hitman 3	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	180−190 +0%	180−190 +0%
Metro Exodus	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	16 +0%	16 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	25 +0%	25 +0%

This is how UHD Graphics 605 and RX 6800S compete in popular games:

RX 6800S is 1080% faster in 1080p
RX 6800S is 3850% faster in 1440p
RX 6800S is 3900% faster in 4K

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

in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX 6800S is 19200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RX 6800S is ahead in 47 tests (69%)
there's a draw in 21 test (31%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.17	39.93
Recency	11 December 2017	4 January 2022
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	5 Watt	100 Watt

UHD Graphics 605 has 1900% lower power consumption.

RX 6800S, on the other hand, has a 3312.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 6800S is our recommended choice as it beats the UHD Graphics 605 in performance tests.

Be aware that UHD Graphics 605 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.