Radeon RX 6800 XT
The Radeon RX 6800 XT is AMD’s 16GB graphics card with a 300W board power rating, built on the RDNA 2 Navi 21 architecture. Below you’ll find its full spec sheet and gaming and productivity benchmarks, plus all 4 board versions we track, each with its cheapest current price.
Prices update regularly and may differ at the retailer. This page contains affiliate links.
Gaming performance
Gaming score: geometric mean of in-game FPS, normalized so the RTX 5090 = 100. Render and synthetic scores are in the Benchmarks section below.
1080p Gaming
1440p Gaming
4K Gaming
The Radeon RX 6800 XT scores 66.3 at 1080p, 48.1 at 1440p, and 37.9 at 4K on a scale where 100 = the fastest GPU we test (RTX 5090). These scores apply to all board versions of this chip.
Performance-per-dollar rank among all GPUs with live pricing
Value at 1080p
#32
of 52
Value at 1440p
#29
of 51
Value at 4K
#24
of 47
Benchmarks
Standardized benchmark scores for this chip, each compared to the fastest card we track and linked to its source. They apply to every board version.
3D & gaming
Render
Compute & AI
Radeon RX 6800 XT versions (4)
Every board version we track, cheapest first.
| Version | Boost Clock | Length | Color | From | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PowerColor Red Devil RX 6800 XT | — | 320 mm | — | $890.00 |  |
 | KUROUTOSHIKOU Red Dragon RX 6800 XT | — | 310 mm | — | $945.00 | |
 | ASUS TUF RX 6800 XT GAMING OCOC | — | 320 mm | — | $998.00 | |
 | MSI RX 6800 XT GAMING X TRIO | — | 324 mm | — | $1,222.24 | |
4 board versions of the Radeon RX 6800 XT are listed above, starting from $890.00. Prices update daily from live retailer stock. Click any version name for its full spec sheet and all current retailer prices.
Specifications
Board versions of the Radeon RX 6800 XT range from 310–324 mm long, so check your case's GPU clearance before buying.
Performance
- Boost clock
- 2250 MHz
- Base clock
- 1825 MHz
- Shader cores
- 4,608
- Compute units
- 72
- Texture units (TMUs)
- 288
- Render outputs (ROPs)
- 128
- RT cores
- 72 · 1st gen
Memory
- VRAM
- 16GB GDDR6
- Memory bus
- 256-bit
- Bandwidth
- 512 GB/s
- Memory speed
- 16 Gbps
- Infinity Cache
- 128 MB
GPU die
- Architecture
- RDNA 2 Navi 21
- Process node
- TSMC N7
- Foundry
- TSMC
- Die size
- 520 mm²
- Transistors
- 26.8 billion
- Generation
- Radeon RX 6000
Power
- TDP
- 300W
- Recommended PSU
- 750W
- Power connectors
- 2 8-pin
Display & outputs
- Max resolution
- 7680 × 4320
- Max displays
- 4
- HDCP
- 2.3
- Outputs
- 1 HDMI 2.1a, 2 Displayport 1.4a, 1 USB Type-C
- PCIe interface
- PCIe 4.0 ×16
APIs & software
- DirectX
- 12 Ultimate (12.2)
- Vulkan
- 1.3
- OpenGL
- 4.6
- OpenCL
- 2.2
- Shader model
- 6.7
Video encoding & decoding
| Codec | Encode | Decode |
|---|---|---|
| H.264 / AVC | Supported | Supported |
| H.265 / HEVC | Supported | Supported |
| AV1 | Not supported | Supported |
| VP9 | Not supported | Supported |
Encoder: VCN 3.0 · Decoder: VCN 3.0
Features
- Upscaling
- FSR 3, FSR 3 Frame Generation
- Also runs
- XeSS 2, XeSS 2 Frame Generation
- Resizable BAR
- Yes
Physical
- Reference length
- 267 mm
- Slot width
- 2 slots
- Released
- 2020-11-18
- MSRP
- $649.00
4,608 shader cores feed a 256-bit memory interface delivering 512 GB/s of peak bandwidth. 72 RT cores enable hardware-accelerated ray tracing. Compare the Radeon RX 6800 XT against the full GPU lineup on the GPU comparison table.
Across generations
Where the Radeon RX 6800 XT sits in AMD’s lineup — the generation before and after.
How the Radeon RX 6800 XT compares
Similar cards worth a look, based on live prices and 1440p gaming performance. Open any head-to-head for the full specs, benchmark and price breakdown.
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