Detailed gaming tests of the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT GPU with the Intel Core i7-8700K processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with various graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. You can find out whether the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT is bad or good for gaming by looking at results of all tests. As for the main parameter, how good is the graphics card for games, let's look beyond. The ordinary FPS in games is 104.8 FPS with Ultra settings and 4K resolution. Considering 16Gb of memory, we can say that the Radeon RX 6900 XT is good for modern most demanding games with high-end graphics.
Main specifications
Name
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Release date
December 08, 2020
Price
669 USD
Frequency
1825 MHz
Shaders
5120
TMUs
320
ROPs
128
Graphics Card Power (TDP)
300 W
Memory Size
16 Gb
Memory Bus
256 Bit
Radeon RX 6900 XT power supply requirements
If you take a closer look at the power consumption of the graphics card, you can already make certain conclusions. This will allow you to choose the needed power supply that can meet the demands of the GPU. You also need to remember about the Intel Core i7-8700K . The CPU also affects the number of watts that the required power supply should output.A very powerful power supply is needed for the Radeon RX 6900 XT, since it has a pretty high power consumption under loads - 300W. Here is a list of certain famous games in which the graphics card has been tested. Next is the table with a large number of practically all contemporary games that were run on a computer with the Radeon RX 6900 XT and Intel Core i7-8700K configuration:
Minecraft
Hogwarts Legacy
Fortnite Battle Royale
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Atomic Heart
Apex Legends
Dota 2
Roblox
Far Cry 6
Hitman 3
League of Legends
Genshin Impact
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Valorant
The best alternative to AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
After viewing the data from the table below, you can easily understand how the Radeon RX 6900 XT is better or worse than rivals in some popular games and select for yourself the best cheap alternative and NVIDIA GeForce equivalent to the Radeon RX 6900 XT.
The closest opponents of the Radeon RX 6900 XT
Video Card
FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
347.6
GeForce RTX 4080 Ti
324.4
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
302
GeForce RTX 4080
301.3
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
280.881
Radeon RX 6950 XT
278
GeForce RTX 4070
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
The closest competitors of the Radeon RX 6900 XT are GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile and GeForce RTX 3090. We compared Radeon RX 6900 XT (247.6 FPS) and their ordinary FPS in popular games at Full HD resolution and with High Quality graphics. As a result, is GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile 264 FPS, which 6.6% faster and GeForce RTX 3090 244 FPS, which is 1.5% slower. These figures will further help you make the good choice.
How good is Radeon RX 6900 XT for games?
From the tables below, you can understand how comfortable you can play popular games on a computer with a Radeon RX 6900 XT and Intel Core i7-8700K. The numbers near to the names of the games represent the average FPS obtained with Ultra graphics quality settings and different screen resolutions: Full HD, 2K WQHD and 4K UHD. The following table shows the Radeon RX 6900 XT testing in the newest and upcoming games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
89.4
116.2
152.0
187.8
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
110.0
143.1
187.1
231.1
Saints Row
2022
122.1
158.7
207.5
256.4
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
73.9
96.1
125.7
155.3
Scorn
2022
67.1
87.2
114.0
140.8
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
92.8
120.7
157.8
195.0
Elden ring
2022
65.3
84.9
111.1
137.2
Starfield
2022
60.2
78.2
102.3
126.4
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
63.6
82.7
108.2
133.6
Homeworld 3
2022
84.3
109.5
143.2
176.9
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
99.7
129.6
169.5
209.4
Atomic Heart
2023
41.3
53.6
70.2
86.7
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
67.1
87.2
114.0
140.8
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
115.2
149.8
195.8
241.9
Overwatch 2
2022
165.1
214.6
280.6
346.6
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
106.6
138.6
181.2
223.9
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
72.2
93.9
122.8
151.7
Stray
2022
184.0
239.2
312.8
386.3
To understand how the Radeon RX 6900 XT behaves in demanding games, you need to look at the numbers from this table.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
108.3
140.8
184.1
227.5
Metro Exodus
2019
94.4
122.7
160.5
198.2
F1 22
2020
149.6
194.5
254.3
314.1
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
146.3
190.2
248.7
307.3
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
135.3
175.9
230.0
284.2
Just Cause 4
2018
136.3
177.3
231.8
286.3
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
108.3
140.8
184.1
227.5
Godfall
2020
152.2
197.8
258.7
319.6
Devil May Cry 5
2019
153.0
198.9
260.1
321.4
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
169.5
220.4
288.2
356.0
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
78.6
102.1
133.6
165.0
DOOM Eternal
2020
159.9
207.9
271.8
335.8
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
126.9
165.0
215.7
266.5
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
135.3
175.9
230.0
284.2
Hitman 3
2021
116.9
152.0
198.8
245.5
Halo Infinite
2021
98.0
127.4
166.6
205.8
Project CARS 3
2020
79.1
102.8
134.5
166.1
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
135.0
175.5
229.5
283.4
Resident Evil Village
2021
116.9
152.0
198.8
245.5
Final Fantasy XV
2018
144.4
187.8
245.5
303.3
Hitman 2
2018
168.5
219.1
286.5
353.9
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
125.5
163.2
213.4
263.6
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
170.9
222.2
290.5
358.9
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
138.6
180.2
235.6
291.0
Genshin Impact
2020
149.6
194.5
254.3
314.1
Gears of War 5
2019
137.4
178.6
233.5
288.5
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
166.8
216.8
283.5
350.2
Crysis 3
2013
168.8
219.5
287.0
354.6
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
124.3
161.6
211.3
261.1
Forza Horizon 5
2021
123.8
160.9
210.5
260.0
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
168.5
219.1
286.5
353.9
Total War: Warhammer
2016
169.7
220.6
288.5
356.4
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
77.7
101.0
132.1
163.2
Marvel's Avengers
2020
101.6
132.1
172.7
213.4
The Witcher 3
2015
152.3
198.0
259.0
319.9
GreedFall
2019
155.3
201.8
263.9
326.1
Far Cry 6
2021
129.0
167.6
219.2
270.8
Anthem
2019
116.7
151.8
198.5
245.2
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
80.8
105.1
137.4
169.7
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
112.1
145.7
190.6
235.4
F1 2021
2020
166.8
216.8
283.5
350.2
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
51.4
66.8
87.4
108.0
Monster Hunter: World
2018
146.8
190.9
249.6
308.4
Dishonored 2
2016
130.0
169.0
221.0
273.0
Death Stranding
2020
156.3
203.2
265.7
328.2
World War Z
2019
170.0
221.1
289.1
357.1
Borderlands 3
2019
109.0
141.7
185.3
228.9
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
168.5
219.1
286.5
353.9
The Division
2016
152.0
197.6
258.4
319.2
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
86.0
111.8
146.1
180.5
Radeon RX 6900 XT 16Gb with Core i7-8700K gaming benchmark The performance results of the Radeon RX 6900 XT from the following table are just for information, since it mainly presents old games and FPS is significantly more than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
188.8
245.4
320.9
396.5
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
203.1
264.0
345.2
426.4
Titanfall 2
2016
185.7
241.4
315.7
390.0
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
170.9
222.2
290.5
358.9
Battlefield 1
2016
214.8
279.2
365.1
451.0
Battlefield V
2018
181.1
235.4
307.8
380.2
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
176.6
229.6
300.2
370.8
Apex Legends
2019
181.1
235.4
307.8
380.2
Valorant
2020
345.1
448.6
586.6
724.7
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
220.1
286.1
374.1
462.2
Need For Speed
2015
203.6
264.7
346.1
427.5
Fallout 76
2018
220.8
287.0
375.3
463.6
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
453.1
530.1
654.7
713.6
Destiny 2
2017
237.8
309.1
404.2
499.4
Doom
2016
270.3
351.4
459.5
567.6
Hitman
2016
171.9
223.5
292.3
361.1
DiRT Rally
2015
271.1
352.5
461.0
569.4
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
216.0
280.7
367.1
453.5
League of Legends
2009
509.7
596.4
736.6
802.8
Roblox
2006
533.9
624.6
771.4
840.9
Strange Brigade
2018
221.3
287.7
376.2
464.7
Dawn of War III
2017
185.0
240.5
314.5
388.5
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
356.6
463.6
606.2
748.9
Resident Evil 2
2019
196.0
254.8
333.2
411.6
Project CARS 2
2017
178.3
231.8
303.1
374.4
Battlefield 4
2013
239.2
310.9
406.6
502.3
F1 2019
2019
177.1
230.2
301.1
371.9
For Honor
2017
251.7
327.2
427.9
528.6
Minecraft
2011
402.3
470.7
684.0
844.9
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
209.9
272.9
356.9
440.9
Dota 2
2013
245.9
319.6
418.0
516.3
Rocket League
2015
528.6
618.5
763.8
832.6
Although you can't argue with the figures from this table, but you need to understand that in fact some processors and video cards will not be capable to work with each other. In such cases, FPS is calculated according to a theoretical formula based on the results of tests of the graphics card and the CPU.
