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Radeon RX 6800 XT vs Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB

Compare the Radeon RX 6800 XT and Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB on real gaming benchmarks, full specifications, live retailer prices and performance-per-dollar, then jump straight to the cheapest in-stock version of either card.

The short answer

The Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB is the better value, though the Radeon RX 6800 XT is the faster card at 1080p.

  • Radeon RX 6800 XT is about 13% faster at 1080p (gaming index 66 vs 58).
  • Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB is the cheaper card right now, by roughly 31%.
  • Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB delivers about 15% more frames per dollar at 1080p.
  • Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB draws less power (160W vs 300W), so it runs cooler and asks less of your PSU.

Gaming performance

Gaming score: geometric mean of in-game FPS, normalized so the RTX 5090 = 100. Switch resolution with the toggle above.

1080p gaming
Radeon RX 6800 XT66
Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB58

Radeon RX 6800 XT is about 13% faster at 1080p.

Performance per dollar

1080p gaming score for every $100 of the card’s current cheapest price. Higher is better value.

Radeon RX 6800 XT

7.4

per $100 spent

Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB

8.6

per $100 spent

Better value

Specs head-to-head

Radeon RX 6800 XT
Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB
Price (from)
$890.00
$679.99
1080p gaming index
66
58
VRAM
16GB GDDR6
16GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
512 GB/s
320 GB/s
Boost clock
2250 MHz
3130 MHz
Shader cores
4,608
2,048
Ray tracing cores
72
32
Tensor / AI cores
—
64
TDP
300W
160W
Recommended PSU
750W
450W
Upscaling
FSR 3, FSR 3 Frame Generation
FSR 4.1 (ML upscaling), FSR 3 Frame Generation
Architecture
RDNA 2 Navi 21
RDNA 4 Navi 44
Process node
TSMC N7
TSMC N4P
MSRP
$649.00
$349.00

Productivity & compute

Radeon RX 6800 XT
Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics (points)
49,735
38,316
3DMark Steel Nomad (points)
3,672
3,721
Geekbench 7 OpenCL (points)
169,173
89,483

Where to buy

Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GBfrom $679.99
From$679.99
15 versions in stock
Radeon RX 6800 XTfrom $890.00
From$890.00
5 versions in stock

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