Benchmark 06-02-2023 Complete gaming tests of the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT GPU with the AMD Ryzen 9 3950X processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with multiple graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. To understand the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is bad or good for gaming by looking at results of all benchmarks. As for the primary parameter, how good is the graphics card for games, let's look beyond. The ordinary FPS in games is 99.1 FPS with 4K resolution and Ultra settings. Considering 16Gb of memory, we can state that the Radeon RX 6800 XT is good for today's most demanding games with high-end graphics.
Main specifications
Name
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Release date
November 18, 2020
Price
539 USD
Frequency
2015 MHz
Shaders
4608
TMUs
288
ROPs
128
Graphics Card Power (TDP)
300 W
Memory Size
16 Gb
Memory Bus
256 Bit
Radeon RX 6800 XT power supply requirements
If you take a closer look at the power consumption of the GPU, you can already draw certain conclusions. This will let you to choose the needed power supply that will fully match the GPU. You also need to remember about the AMD Ryzen 9 3950X . The CPU also affects the number of watts that the desired power supply should output.A rather powerful power supply is required for the Radeon RX 6800 XT, since it has a pretty high power consumption under loads - 300W. Here is a list of several common games in which the GPU has been tested. Below is the table with a large number of practically all current games that were run on a computer with the Radeon RX 6800 XT and AMD Ryzen 9 3950X configuration:
Minecraft
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Genshin Impact
Hogwarts Legacy
Roblox
Hitman 3
Apex Legends
Far Cry 6
Dota 2
Atomic Heart
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Fortnite Battle Royale
Valorant
League of Legends
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
The best alternative to AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
After looking at the data from the table below, you can easily compare the Radeon RX 6800 XT with competitors in some popular games and select for yourself the best cheap alternative and NVIDIA GeForce equivalent to the Radeon RX 6800 XT.
The closest competitors of the Radeon RX 6800 XT
Video Card
FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
280.881
GeForce RTX 4070
278
Radeon RX 6950 XT
278
Radeon RX 7900 XT
274.7
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
268
GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile
264
Radeon RX 6900 XT
247.6
GeForce RTX 3090
244
GeForce RTX 3080
241
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
239.4
Radeon RX 6800 XT
233.7
GeForce RTX 3080
230.1
GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile
230
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti
211.5
GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile
211
Radeon RX 6800
195.4
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
185.3
GeForce RTX 4060
183.4
GeForce RTX 3070
177
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile
173
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
163.8
The closest rivals of the Radeon RX 6800 XT are GeForce RTX 3080 Ti and GeForce RTX 3080. We compared Radeon RX 6800 XT (233.7 FPS) and their average FPS in popular games at Full HD resolution and with High Quality graphics. As a result, is GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 239.4 FPS, which 2.4% faster and GeForce RTX 3080 230.1 FPS, which is 1.5% slower. These figures will further help you make the good choice.
How good is Radeon RX 6800 XT for games?
From the tables below, you can see how comfortable you can play famous games on a computer with a Radeon RX 6800 XT and AMD Ryzen 9 3950X. The numbers beside to the names of the games mean the ordinary FPS received with Ultra graphics quality settings and different screen resolutions: Full HD, 2K WQHD and 4K UHD. In the following table, testing the Radeon RX 6800 XT in the newest and upcoming games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
61.2
79.6
104.1
128.6
Stray
2022
177.1
230.2
301.0
371.8
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
96.0
124.8
163.2
201.6
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
102.6
133.4
174.4
215.5
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
89.4
116.2
151.9
187.7
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
69.5
90.4
118.2
146.0
Starfield
2022
57.9
75.3
98.5
121.6
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
86.1
111.9
146.3
180.7
Elden ring
2022
62.9
81.7
106.9
132.1
Homeworld 3
2022
81.1
105.4
137.8
170.3
Scorn
2022
64.5
83.9
109.7
135.5
Saints Row
2022
117.5
152.7
199.7
246.7
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
110.9
144.1
188.5
232.8
Overwatch 2
2022
158.9
206.5
270.1
333.6
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
105.9
137.7
180.0
222.4
Atomic Heart
2023
39.7
51.6
67.5
83.4
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
71.2
92.5
121.0
149.4
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
64.5
83.9
109.7
135.5
To understand how the Radeon RX 6800 XT behaves in demanding games, you can read the figures from this table.
The performance results of the Radeon RX 6800 XT from the following table are just for reference, since it mainly presents old games and FPS is much more than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
181.7
236.2
308.9
381.6
Battlefield 1
2016
206.7
268.7
351.4
434.0
League of Legends
2009
490.6
574.0
708.9
772.7
Titanfall 2
2016
178.7
232.3
303.8
375.3
Doom
2016
260.1
338.2
442.2
546.3
Need For Speed
2015
195.9
254.7
333.1
411.5
Valorant
2020
332.1
431.8
564.6
697.5
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
484.5
566.9
700.1
763.1
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
343.2
446.2
583.5
720.7
Dawn of War III
2017
178.1
231.5
302.7
373.9
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
211.8
275.4
360.1
444.8
Rocket League
2015
508.8
595.2
735.2
801.3
F1 2019
2019
170.4
221.6
289.8
357.9
Dota 2
2013
236.6
307.6
402.3
496.9
Battlefield V
2018
174.3
226.5
296.2
365.9
Destiny 2
2017
228.9
297.5
389.1
480.6
DiRT Rally
2015
261.0
339.3
443.6
548.0
Resident Evil 2
2019
188.6
245.2
320.7
396.2
Fallout 76
2018
212.5
276.2
361.2
446.2
Hitman
2016
165.5
215.1
281.3
347.5
Minecraft
2011
387.2
453.1
658.3
813.2
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
164.5
213.8
279.6
345.4
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
202.1
262.7
343.5
424.3
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
195.4
254.1
332.2
410.4
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
170.0
220.9
288.9
356.9
Strange Brigade
2018
213.0
276.9
362.1
447.2
Battlefield 4
2013
230.2
299.2
391.3
483.4
For Honor
2017
242.3
314.9
411.9
508.8
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
207.8
270.2
353.3
436.5
Apex Legends
2019
174.3
226.5
296.2
365.9
Roblox
2006
513.8
601.2
742.5
809.3
Project CARS 2
2017
171.6
223.1
291.7
360.4
Though you can't dispute with the numbers from this table, however, you need to know that in reality some processors and video cards will not be able to work with each other. For such cases, FPS is calculated theoretically according to the formula based on the performance of the Radeon RX 6800 XT and the AMD Ryzen 9 3950X separately.