AMD Radeon RX 6800M: specs and benchmarks

Summary

AMD started Radeon RX 6800M sales 1 June 2021. This is RDNA 2 architecture notebook card based on 7 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 12 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 16 GHz are supplied, and together with 192 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 384.0 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is card attached via PCIe 4.0 x16 interface. Power consumption is at 145 Watt.

General info

Of Radeon RX 6800M's architecture, market segment and release date.

Place in performance rating	160
Architecture	RDNA 2 (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Navi 22
Market segment	Laptop
Release date	1 June 2021 (less than a year ago)

Technical specs

Radeon RX 6800M's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon RX 6800M's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2560	of 18432 (AD102)
Core clock speed	2116 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed	2300 MHz	of 2903 (Radeon Pro W6600)
Number of transistors	17,200 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	of 4 (H100 PCIe)
Thermal design power (TDP)	145 Watt	of 900 (Tesla S2050)
Texture fill rate	413.0	of 939.8 (H100 SXM5)

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Information on Radeon RX 6800M's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on Radeon RX 6800M: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors don't have dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory bus width	192 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	16000 MHz	of 19500 (GeForce RTX 3090)
Memory bandwidth	384.0 GB/s	of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260)
Shared memory	-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon RX 6800M. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference video cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model.

Display Connectors

No outputs

API support

APIs supported by Radeon RX 6800M, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.5
OpenGL	4.6
OpenCL	2.1
Vulkan	1.2

Benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance of Radeon RX 6800M. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.

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Overall score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Game benchmarks

Let's see how good Radeon RX 6800M is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:

Full HD	107
1440p	72
4K	43

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30−35
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	109
Battlefield 5	143
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35
Cyberpunk 2077	98
Far Cry 5	99
Far Cry New Dawn	90
Forza Horizon 4	30−35
Hitman 3	30−35
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35
Red Dead Redemption 2	122
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35
Watch Dogs: Legion	85

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30−35
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	90
Battlefield 5	141
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35
Cyberpunk 2077	83
Far Cry 5	95
Far Cry New Dawn	88
Forza Horizon 4	30−35
Hitman 3	30−35
Horizon Zero Dawn	47
Metro Exodus	103
Red Dead Redemption 2	86
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	52
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	199
Watch Dogs: Legion	79

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30−35
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	78
Battlefield 5	139
Cyberpunk 2077	72
Far Cry 5	92
Far Cry New Dawn	80
Forza Horizon 4	30−35
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	110
Watch Dogs: Legion	69

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35
Hitman 3	30−35
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35
Metro Exodus	56
Red Dead Redemption 2	53
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30−35
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	63
Battlefield 5	130
Cyberpunk 2077	48
Far Cry 5	30−35
Far Cry New Dawn	83
Forza Horizon 4	30−35
Watch Dogs: Legion	55

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35
Hitman 3	30−35
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35
Metro Exodus	40
Red Dead Redemption 2	33
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30−35
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	38
Battlefield 5	82
Cyberpunk 2077	22
Far Cry 5	30−35
Far Cry New Dawn	66
Forza Horizon 4	30−35
Watch Dogs: Legion	33

Relative perfomance

Overall Radeon RX 6800M performance compared to nearest competitors among notebook video cards.

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