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Review: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT and Radeon RX 6800

by Tarinder Sandhu on 18 November 2020, 14:01

Tags: AMD (NYSE:AMD)

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Test Methodology

GPU Comparisons

 
GPU
Memory
Miscellaneous
Cores
Base
(MHz)
Boost
(MHz)
Type
Size
(MB)
Clock
(MHz)
Bus
(bits)
Power Config
Driver
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
4,608
2,015
2,250
GDDR6
16,384
16,000
256
8+8
20.45
AMD Radeon RX 6800
3,840
1,815
2,105
GDDR6
16,384
16,000
256
8+8
20.45
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
2,560
1,605
1,905
GDDR6
8,192
14,000
256
6+8
20.8.3
AMD Radeon RX 5700
2,304
1,465
1,725
GDDR6
8,192
14,000
256
6+8
20.8.3
MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio
10,496
1,395
1,785
GDDR6X
24,576
19,500
384
8+8+8
456.71
MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Gaming X Trio
8,704
1,440
1,815
GDDR6X
10,240
19,000
320
8+8+8
456.16
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition
8,704
1,440
1,710
GDDR6X
10,240
19,000
320
12
457.30
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio
5,888
1,500
1,830
GDDR6
8,192
14,000
256
8+8
456.96
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition
5,888
1,500
1,725
GDDR6
8,192
14,000
256
12
456.96
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition
4,352
1,350
1,635
GDDR6
11,264
14,000
352
8+8
456.16
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super Founders Edition
3,072
1,650
1,815
GDDR6
8,192
15,500
256
6+8
456.16
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition
2,944
1,515
1,800
GDDR6
8,192
14,000
256
6+8
456.16
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super Founders Edition
2,560
1,605
1,770
GDDR6
8,192
14,000
256
6+8
456.16
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition
3,584
1,481
1,582
GDDR5X
8,192
11,000
352
6+8
456.16

HEXUS 2020 Test Platform

Component Product Page
Processor AMD Ryzen 9 3950X amd.com
Motherboard Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Formula asus.com
CPU Cooler Corsair Hydro Series H150i Pro RGB corsair.com
Memory G.Skill Trident Z Neo DDR4-3200 (2x16GB) gskill.com
Storage 2TB Corsair MP600 corsair.com
Power Supply be quiet! Straight Power 11 Platinum 1,000W bequiet.com
Network Card Asus XG-C100C 10GBase-T PCIe Adapter asus.com
Chassis Fractal Design Define 7 Clear Tempered Glass fractal-design.com
Monitor Philips Momentum 436M6VBPAB philips.co.uk
Keyboard Corsair K70 RGB MK.2 Low Profile Rapidfire corsair.com
Mouse Corsair Ironclaw RGB corsair.com
Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 Pro microsoft.com

Benchmark Suite

Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy, Time Spy Extreme, Time Spy Extreme Stress Test
Gaming Benchmarks and Settings
Borderlands 3 DX12, TAA, Badass Quality
Civilization VI: Gathering Storm DX11, 4xMSAA, Ultra Quality
Far Cry: New Dawn DX11, TAA, HD Textures Enabled, HDR10, Ultra Quality
Forza Horizon 4 DX12, 8xMSAA, Maximum Quality
Gears 5 DX12, TAA, Ultra Textures Enabled, Ultra Quality
Shadow of the Tomb Raider DX12, TAA, Highest Quality
GPGPU Benchmarks
AIDA64 AES-256 Encryption Test
IndigoBench Standalone benchmark application based on Indigo 4's advanced rendering engine
Ray Tracing Benchmarks
3DMark Port Royal Run at default resolution on hardware ray tracing-capable cards
3DMark DXR Feature Test Run at default resolution on hardware ray tracing-capable cards
Control DX12, High Quality, Ray Tracing High
General Benchmarks
Power Consumption To emulate real-world usage scenarios, we record system-wide mains power draw when idle and while playing Gears 5
Temperature To emulate real-world usage scenarios, we record GPU core temperature when idle and while playing Gears 5
Noise A PCE-318 meter is used to record noise levels when idle and while playing Gears 5