AMD Radeon RX 6800
vs
AMD Radeon RX 9070


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the AMD Radeon RX 6800 and the AMD Radeon RX 9070, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6800 and has 3840 texture shaders and 60 execution units.

AMD Radeon RX 9070 is based on AMD Radeon RX 9070, which has 3584 shaders and 56 execution units.
AMD Radeon RX 6800 GPU AMD Radeon RX 9070
AMD Radeon RX 6800 Based on AMD Radeon RX 9070
Navi 21 GPU Chip Navi 48 XT
RDNA 2 Architecture RDNA 4
60 Streaming Multiprocessors 56
3840 Shader 3584
96 Render Output Units 128
240 Texture Units 224
60 Raytracing Cores 56

Memory

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 has 16 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 can access 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 645 GB/s.

16 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 2.518 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 20.1 Gbps
512 GB/s Memory bandwidth 645 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 clocks in the base with up to 1.700 GHz. The base frequency of the AMD Radeon RX 9070 is 1.330 GHz.

1.700 GHz Base Clock 1.330 GHz
2.105 GHz Boost Clock 2.520 GHz
1.82 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.07 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the AMD Radeon RX 6800 is 250 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 has a TDP of 220 W (Reference) and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

250 W TDP 220 W (Reference)
285 W TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 85 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 85 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the AMD Radeon RX 6800.

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1b
2x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v2.1a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
1 USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the AMD Radeon RX 9070 is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Non addressable LED LED Non addressable LED

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 is 267 mm long, 120 mm high and -- wide.

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 is -- long, -- high and -- wide.

267 mm Length --
120 mm Height --
-- Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 5 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 was released in Q4/2020 at a price of 579 $.

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 was introduced in Q2/2025 at a price of 549 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no --
Q4/2020 Release date Q2/2025
579 $ Launch Price 549 $ (Reference)
7 nm Structure size 4 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
7671

Port Royal (Raytracing)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
7867

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
2931

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
51 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
59 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
87 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
60 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
104 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
91 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
178 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
195 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
126364

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
128479

Geekbench 6 - Metal

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
165447

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
16.17
AMD Radeon RX 9070 AMD Radeon RX 9070
16 GB GDDR6
36.13

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