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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

AMD Radeon HD 6970

AMD Radeon HD 6970

Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

833%
833%

AMD Radeon HD 6970

12%
12%
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is approximately 821% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon HD 6970
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Navi 21
Cayman
CoresDifferent
4608
1536
TMUsDifferent
288
96
ROPsDifferent
128
32
Memory SizeDifferent
16 GB
2 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Bus Width
256 bit
256 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon HD 6970
GPU NameDifferent
Navi 21
Cayman
GPU VariantDifferent
Navi 21 XT(215-121000177)
Cayman XT(215-0807007)
ArchitectureDifferent
RDNA 2.0
TeraScale 3
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
7 nm
40 nm
TransistorsDifferent
26,800 million
2,640 million
DensityDifferent
51.5M / mm²
6.8M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
520 mm²
389 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
BGA-2425
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon HD 6970
Release DateDifferent
Oct 28th, 2020
Dec 14th, 2010
AvailabilityDifferent
Nov 18th, 2020
N/A
GenerationDifferent
Navi II(RX 6000)
Northern Islands(HD 6900)
PredecessorDifferent
Navi
Evergreen
SuccessorDifferent
Navi III
Southern Islands
ProductionDifferent
Active
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
649 USD
369 USD
Current PriceDifferent
Amazon/Newegg
N/A
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
57 in our database
80 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon HD 6970
Base ClockDifferent
1825 MHz
N/A
Game ClockDifferent
2015 MHz
N/A
Boost ClockDifferent
2250 MHz
N/A
Memory ClockDifferent
2000 MHz16 Gbps effective
1375 MHz5.5 Gbps effective
GPU ClockDifferent
N/A
880 MHz

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon HD 6970
Memory SizeDifferent
16 GB
2 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Bus
256 bit
256 bit
BandwidthDifferent
512.0 GB/s
176.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon HD 6970
Shading UnitsDifferent
4608
1536
TMUsDifferent
288
96
ROPsDifferent
128
32
Compute UnitsDifferent
72
24
RT CoresDifferent
72
N/A
L0 CacheDifferent
32 KB per WGP
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
128 KB per Array
8 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
4 MB
512 KB
L3 CacheDifferent
128 MB
N/A

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon HD 6970
Pixel RateDifferent
288.0 GPixel/s
28.16 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
648.0 GTexel/s
84.48 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
41.47 TFLOPS (2:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
20.74 TFLOPS
2.703 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
1,296.0 GFLOPS (1:16)
675.8 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon HD 6970
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
267 mm10.5 inches
286 mm11.3 inches
HeightDifferent
120 mm4.7 inches
126 mm5 inches
WidthDifferent
50 mm2 inches
42 mm1.7 inches
TDPDifferent
300 W
250 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
700 W
600 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.12x DisplayPort 1.4a1x USB Type-C
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
2x 8-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Part NumberDifferent
102-D41205
N/A
Board NumberDifferent
109-D412A7-00_03
109-C20047-00

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon HD 6970
DirectXDifferent
12 Ultimate (12_2)
11.2 (11_0)
OpenGLDifferent
4.6
4.4
OpenCLDifferent
2.1
1.2
VulkanDifferent
1.3
N/A
Shader ModelDifferent
6.8
5.0

Comparison Summary

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GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Performance115%

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GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER Performance112%

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Radeon RX 7900 GRE Performance110%

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GeForce GTX 1050 Performance119%

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GeForce GTX 760 Performance118%

GeForce GTX 760 is 18% faster than AMD Radeon HD 6970

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AMD Radeon HD 6970 vs GeForce GTX 580

GeForce GTX 580 Performance118%

GeForce GTX 580 is 18% faster than AMD Radeon HD 6970

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GeForce GTX 660 Ti Performance118%

GeForce GTX 660 Ti is 18% faster than AMD Radeon HD 6970

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Radeon R9 270X Performance116%

Radeon R9 270X is 16% faster than AMD Radeon HD 6970

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AMD Radeon HD 6970 vs GeForce GTX 950

GeForce GTX 950 Performance113%

GeForce GTX 950 is 13% faster than AMD Radeon HD 6970

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