AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
vs
ASUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT has 4608 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.25 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 20.74 TFLOPS.

The ASUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G has 2560 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.91 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 9.75 TFLOPS.

GPU

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 72 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ASUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G is based on the RDNA 1 architecture and is equipped with 40 execution units.
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT GPU ASUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
Navi 21 XT GPU Chip Navi 10 XT
RDNA 2 Architecture RDNA 1
72 Streaming Multiprocessors 40
4608 Shader 2560
128 Render Output Units 64
288 Texture Units 160
72 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is equipped with a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The ASUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

16 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
512 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT has a turbo clock of 2.250 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G is 1.905 GHz.

1.825 GHz Base Clock 1.605 GHz
2.250 GHz Boost Clock 1.905 GHz
2.02 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.76 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 100 °C.

The ASUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 99 °C.

300 W TDP 225 W
345 W TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 99 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT are cooled with a Air cooling.

The ASUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
3 x 80 mm Fan 1 1 x 75 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
37 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The ASUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
2x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
1 USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The ASUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Non addressable LED LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 No
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

270 mm Length 270 mm
120 mm Height 110 mm
-- Width 40 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1503 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT was released in Q4/2020.

The ASUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G published in Q3/2019 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

-- Part-no RX5700XT-8G
Q4/2020 Release date Q3/2019
799 $ Launch Price 449 $ (Reference)
7 nm Structure size 7 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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
9462

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
3527

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 XT AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
59 fps (avg)
ASUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G ASUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
8 GB GDDR6
25 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
68 fps (avg)
ASUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G ASUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
8 GB GDDR6
34 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
102 fps (avg)
ASUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G ASUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
8 GB GDDR6
56 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 XT AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
32 fps (avg)
ASUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G ASUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
8 GB GDDR6
16 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
64 fps (avg)
ASUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G ASUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
8 GB GDDR6
36 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
112 fps (avg)
ASUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G ASUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
8 GB GDDR6
70 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 XT AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
105 fps (avg)
ASUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G ASUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
8 GB GDDR6
56 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
180 fps (avg)
ASUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G ASUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
8 GB GDDR6
106 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
200 fps (avg)
ASUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G ASUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
8 GB GDDR6
149 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 XT AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
155408
ASUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G ASUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
8 GB GDDR6
76523

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
155418
ASUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G ASUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
8 GB GDDR6
71356

Geekbench 6 - Metal

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
195225
ASUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G ASUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G
8 GB GDDR6
90386

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)

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