PowerColor Radeon RX 6800
vs
PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX 4GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 and the PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX 4GB, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

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

PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX 4GB is based on AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT, which has 1024 shaders and 16 execution units.
PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 GPU PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX 4GB
AMD Radeon RX 6800 Based on AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Navi 21 GPU Chip Navi 24 XT
RDNA 2 Architecture RDNA 2
60 Streaming Multiprocessors 16
3840 Shader 1024
96 Render Output Units 32
240 Texture Units 64
60 Raytracing Cores 16

Memory

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

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX 4GB can access 4 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 144 GB/s.

16 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 2.250 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 18.0 Gbps
512 GB/s Memory bandwidth 144 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 64 bit

Clock Speeds

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 clocks in the base with up to 1.700 GHz. The base frequency of the PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX 4GB is 2.200 GHz.

1.700 GHz Base Clock 2.200 GHz
2.105 GHz Boost Clock 2.815 GHz
1.82 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.61 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX 4GB has a TDP of 107 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.

250 W TDP 107 W
285 W TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX 4GB has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 85 mm Fan 1 1 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
35 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 PowerColor Radeon RX 6800.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX 4GB supports a maximum of 2 screens.

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

Featureset

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

The maximum resolution of the PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX 4GB 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 No LED lighting

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

Dimensions

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 is 267 mm long, 120 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX 4GB is 165 mm long, 125 mm high and 40 mm wide.

267 mm Length 165 mm
120 mm Height 125 mm
40 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 4

Additional data

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 was released in Q1/2021 at a price of 579 $ (Reference).

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX 4GB was introduced in Q1/2022 at a price of 199 $ (Reference).

AXRX 6800 16GBD6-M2DHC Part-no AXRX 6500 XT 4GBD6-DH
Q1/2021 Release date Q1/2022
579 $ (Reference) Launch Price 199 $ (Reference)
7 nm Structure size 6 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)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

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)

PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 PowerColor Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
51 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX 4GB PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX 4GB
4 GB GDDR6
14 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 PowerColor Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
59 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX 4GB PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX 4GB
4 GB GDDR6
19 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 PowerColor Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
87 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX 4GB PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX 4GB
4 GB GDDR6
31 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)

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

2560x1440 (1440p)

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

1920x1080 (1080p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 PowerColor Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
104 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX 4GB PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX 4GB
4 GB GDDR6
30 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)

PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 PowerColor Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
91 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX 4GB PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX 4GB
4 GB GDDR6
27 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 PowerColor Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
178 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX 4GB PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX 4GB
4 GB GDDR6
52 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 PowerColor Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
195 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX 4GB PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX 4GB
4 GB GDDR6
68 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

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

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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