Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT
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Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT Benchmark and Specs

Here we show you benchmarks and technical data for the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT. The graphics card is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (RDNA 2) and has 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s. The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT has 72 execution units with 4608 shaders.
FP32
21.75TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.36GHz
Memory
16GB GDDR6
TDP
300 W

Technical details

GPU

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT has 4608 shaders and 72 execution units. The graphics card thus achieves a theoretical FP32 computing power of 21.75 TFLOPS.

GPU Chip
Navi 21 XT (RDNA 2)
Streaming Multiprocessors
72
Shader
4608
Render Output Units
128
Texture Units
288
Raytracing Cores
72

Memory

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT can use 16 GB graphics memory of the type GDDR6. The graphics card thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s on a 256 bit wide memory interface.

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

Clock Speeds

The base clock frequency of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT is 1.925 GHz. A high clock frequency (even in turbo mode) can greatly increase the speed of a graphics card.

Base Clock
1.925 GHz+5 %
Boost Clock
2.360 GHz+5 %
Avg (Game) Clock
2.110 GHz+5 %
Overclocking
Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT is 300 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

TDP
300 W
TDP (up)
345 W
Tjunction max
100 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT has a total of 3 Axial fans to cool the graphics processor and graphics memory.

Fan-Type
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 95 mm
Fan 2
1 x 85 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB / Silent
Noise (Load)
36 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be connected to the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT.

Max. Displays
4
HDCP
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a

Featureset

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT has a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels. The graphics card supports the DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate) standard.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The video codecs accelerated in hardware by the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT reduce the processor load and ensure lower energy consumption.

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

Dimensions

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT is 310 mm long and 135 mm high. With a width of 55 mm, the graphics card requires 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

Length
310 mm
Height
135 mm
Width
55 mm
Width (Slots)
3 PCIe-Slots
Weight
1240 g
SFF-Ready
No

Additional data

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT made in 7 nm was published in Q1/2021 for 769 $.

GPU Interface
PCIe 4.0 x 16
Release date
Q1/2021
Launch Price
769 $
Structure size
7 nm
Part-no
11304-02-20G
Documents
data sheet
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT
1.925 GHz · 16 GB · 300 W TDP
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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 Rank 1,218 / 5,633

  1. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XTSapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT16 GB GDDR6
    9,437
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAverage of gpu group
    9,334

Port Royal (Raytracing) Rank 1,569 / 4,176

  1. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XTSapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT16 GB GDDR6
    9,692
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAverage of gpu group
    9,586

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing) Rank 1,638 / 3,536

  1. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XTSapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT16 GB GDDR6
    3,613
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAverage of gpu group
    3,573

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) Rank 759 / 3,187

  1. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XTSapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT16 GB GDDR6
    62 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAverage of gpu group
    60 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Rank 1,226 / 3,190

  1. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XTSapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT16 GB GDDR6
    71 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAverage of gpu group
    69 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Rank 1,075 / 3,222

  1. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XTSapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT16 GB GDDR6
    107 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAverage of gpu group
    102 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) Rank 1,188 / 2,190

  1. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XTSapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT16 GB GDDR6
    34 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAverage of gpu group
    32 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Rank 1,200 / 2,709

  1. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XTSapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT16 GB GDDR6
    67 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAverage of gpu group
    64 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Rank 1,197 / 2,843

  1. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XTSapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT16 GB GDDR6
    117 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAverage of gpu group
    112 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) Rank 761 / 4,595

  1. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XTSapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT16 GB GDDR6
    110 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAverage of gpu group
    104 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Rank 723 / 4,594

  1. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XTSapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT16 GB GDDR6
    189 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAverage of gpu group
    179 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Rank 192 / 4,601

  1. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XTSapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT16 GB GDDR6
    210 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAverage of gpu group
    199 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 Rank 1,167 / 5,255

  1. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XTSapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT16 GB GDDR6
    162,976
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAverage of gpu group
    158,069

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Rank 825 / 5,233

  1. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XTSapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT16 GB GDDR6
    162,987
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAverage of gpu group
    111,018

Geekbench 6 - Metal Rank 69 / 750

  1. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XTSapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT16 GB GDDR6
    204,732
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAverage of gpu group
    159,657

MonkeyBench 2026.3 · browser GPU test

Average of 11 public MonkeyBench results (WebGPU) for the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT.

528GPU points (Ø)
Rank 34 / 445 · in the MonkeyBench GPU ranking

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