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AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT vs 6800 XT

Radeon RX 7700 XT
VS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
Navi 32
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Navi 21

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the Radeon RX 7700 XT 12 GB with 3456 shaders against the 2 years and 10 months older 6800 XT 16 GB that utilizes 4608 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Gaming performance
  4. Benchmarks
  5. AI
  6. Specs
  7. Comments

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score

Value for money (Beta)

We use average GPU prices from all manufacturers by default. Enter the current price of a specific card for better accuracy.
Currency
12 GB GDDR6
VS
16 GB GDDR6
59.4
(Average)
Value Index
46.6
(Average)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of RX 6800 XT over RX 7700 XT
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 7700 XT
  • 70% higher maximum theoretical performance (35.2 vs 20.7 TFLOPS)
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 6800 XT
  • Performs slightly better (up to 17%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • Shows 12% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 111 vs 99 FPS
  • Includes 4 GB more video memory
  • Has 33% more shading units (4608 vs 3456)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions
GPU
RX 7700 XT
vs
RX 6800 XT

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
186
117
96
70
198
131
109
83
The Witcher 3
179
152
113
61
192
173
127
68
Counter-Strike 2
268
195
134
74
285
203
145
80
Far Cry 6
145
131
110
63
164
144
120
75
Hogwarts Legacy
106
89
69
39
120
96
76
42
CoD: Modern Warfare III
148
143
102
64
168
160
116
76
Ghost of Tsushima
111
90
73
44
125
104
84
53
Cyberpunk 2077
115
103
65
31
129
116
79
36
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
192
176
130
67
209
191
142
74
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 161 177
1080p Ultra 133 146
1440p Ultra 99 111
4K Ultra 57 65
Margin of Error Low Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
RX 7700 XT
14970
RX 6800 XT +17%
17589
Time Spy 17109 19379
Solar Bay 65104 78685
Port Royal 9114 9715
Fire Strike 42722 53014
Wild Life Extreme 30428 35635
Night Raid 147320 155323
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
RX 7700 XT
132843
RX 6800 XT +5%
138858
Background Blur 285.8 img/sec 335.7 img/sec
Face Detection 181.6 img/sec 221.1 img/sec
Horizon Detection 4.9 Gpixels/sec 6.16 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 6.66 Gpixels/sec 8.96 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 5.68 Gpixels/sec 7.44 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 1.18 Gpixels/sec 1.31 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 493 Gpixels/sec 263 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 19410.5 FPS 14755 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU
RX 7700 XT +4%
8946
RX 6800 XT
8578

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
RX 7700 XT
22743
RX 6800 XT +10%
25100
G2D Mark 1157 1046
DirectX 11 232 FPS 265 FPS
DirectX 12 83 FPS 100 FPS
GPU Compute 12985 Ops/s 13077 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 2935 & 8012 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
RX 7700 XT
2108.86
RX 6800 XT +15%
2421.91
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 268 & 1120 samples
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Radeon RX 7700 XT
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-05-17 (MadDog9912)Geekbench 6 OpenCL135040
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Radeon RX 6800 XT
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-06-10 (XYQUE)Cinebench 202441600
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Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
RX 7700 XT
25719
RX 6800 XT +18%
30220
GB6 ML Half Precision
RX 7700 XT
30075
RX 6800 XT +1%
30423
GB6 ML Quantized
RX 7700 XT
19789
RX 6800 XT +14%
22583
Image Classification (SP) 11284 11942
Image Segmentation (HP) 14150 7603
Image Super Resolution (Q) 27972 30511
Face Detection (HP) 35311 42862
Pose Estimation (Q) 142235 160019
Text Classification (SP) 3836 4247
Machine Translation (HP) 4471 6279
Object Detection (SP) 12084 13910
Depth Estimation (Q) 49197 51794
Style Transfer (SP) 301429 324124
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Radeon RX 7700 XT and 6800 XT

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Build Discrete Discrete
Released September 6, 2023 November 18, 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $449 $649
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 3.0 RDNA 2.0
GPU Codename Navi 32 Navi 21
Rival Equivalent - GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB - GeForce RTX 4070
Successor - Radeon RX 9070 - Radeon RX 9070 XT
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i7 13700K or above - Intel Core i7 12700K or above
Desktop GPU rating (34th and 32nd place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1435 MHz 1825 MHz
Boost Clock 2544 MHz 2250 MHz
Shading Units 3456 4608
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 216 288
Render Output Units (ROPs) 96 128
Ray-tracing Cores 54 72
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 2MB shared 4MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 4 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 244 GPixel/s 288 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 550 GTexel/s 648 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
RX 7700 XT +70%
35.2 TFLOPS
RX 6800 XT
20.7 TFLOPS
Differences in GPUs' instructions per clock make TFLOPS values not directly comparable.

Physical

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 245 W 300 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 5 nm 7 nm
Die Size 346 mm² 520 mm²
Transistor Count 28 billion 26 billion
Transistor Density 80.92 MTr/mm² 50 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Size 12 GB 16 GB
Memory Clock 2250 MHz 2000 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 18000 Mbps 16000 Mbps
Bus 192-bit 256-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
RX 7700 XT
432 GB/s
RX 6800 XT +19%
512 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.2 2.1
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No
DisplayPort 2.1 1.4a

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