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AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT: specs and benchmarks
Price now
942$
Games supported
100%
- Interface PCIe 4.0 x16
- Core clock speed 1825
- Max video memory 16 GB
- Memory type GDDR6
- Memory clock speed 16000
- Maximum resolution
Year of release
2020
Performance
86.92
Summary
AMD started Radeon RX 6900 XT sales 8 December 2020 at a recommended price of $999. This is a high-end Navi / RDNA2 architecture desktop card based on 7 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 16 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 16 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 512.0 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is triple-slot card attached via PCIe 4.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 267 mm. Two 8-pin power connectors are required, and power consumption is at 300 Watt.
It provides outstanding gaming and benchmark performance at
86.92%
of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti.
General info
Of Radeon RX 6900 XT's architecture, market segment and release date.
| Place in performance rating | 6 | |
| Value for money | 31.85 | |
| Architecture | Navi / RDNA2 (2020−2022) | |
| GPU code name | Navi 21 | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 8 December 2020 (1 year ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | |
| Current price | $942 (0.9x MSRP) | of 49999 (A100 SXM4) |
Value for money
Technical specs
Radeon RX 6900 XT'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 6900 XT's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 5120 | of 18432 (AD102) |
| Core clock speed | 1825 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Boost clock speed | 2250 MHz | of 2903 (Radeon Pro W6600) |
| Number of transistors | 26,800 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | of 4 (H100 PCIe) |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 300 Watt | of 900 (Tesla S2050) |
| Texture fill rate | 720.0 | of 939.8 (H100 SXM5) |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Information on Radeon RX 6900 XT's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | |
| Length | 267 mm | |
| Width | 3-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on Radeon RX 6900 XT: 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 | 16 GB | of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 16000 MHz | of 21000 (GeForce RTX 3090 Ti) |
| Memory bandwidth | 512.0 GB/s | of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260) |
| Shared memory | - |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon RX 6900 XT. 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 | 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C | |
| HDMI | + |
API support
APIs supported by Radeon RX 6900 XT, 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 6900 XT. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
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.
- Passmark
- 3DMark 11 Performance GPU
- 3DMark Fire Strike Score
- 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
Passmark
This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Benchmark coverage: 26%
3DMark 11 Performance GPU
3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.
Benchmark coverage: 17%
3DMark Fire Strike Score
Benchmark coverage: 14%
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature seemingly made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic enough graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.
Benchmark coverage: 13%
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Game benchmarks
Let's see how good Radeon RX 6900 XT 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.
Average FPS
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 196 | |
| 1440p | 137 | |
| 4K | 85 |
Popular games
- Full HD
Low Preset - Full HD
Medium Preset - Full HD
High Preset - Full HD
Ultra Preset - 1440p
High Preset - 1440p
Ultra Preset - 4K
High Preset - 4K
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 85−90 |
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 117 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 169 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 195 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 85−90 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 85−90 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 85−90 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 126 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 283 | |
| Hitman 3 | 283 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 205 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 196 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 222 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 190 |
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 106 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 142 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 196 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 85−90 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 85−90 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 85−90 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 123 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 279 | |
| Hitman 3 | 276 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 174 | |
| Metro Exodus | 164 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 124 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 207 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 323 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 170 |
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 98 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 137 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 197 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 85−90 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 85−90 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 118 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 248 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 164 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 121 |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 85−90 | |
| Hitman 3 | 213 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 136 | |
| Metro Exodus | 102 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 82 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 159 |
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 99 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 109 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 196 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 85−90 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 85−90 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 117 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 231 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 91 |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 85−90 | |
| Hitman 3 | 128 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 76 | |
| Metro Exodus | 67 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 55 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 85 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 122 |
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 68 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 66 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 134 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 85−90 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 85−90 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 101 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 162 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 54 |
Relative perfomance
Overall Radeon RX 6900 XT performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.
NVIDIA equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Radeon RX 6900 XT from NVIDIA is GeForce RTX 3080, which is slower by 2% and lower by 1 position in our rating.
Here are some closest NVIDIA rivals to Radeon RX 6900 XT:
Similar GPUs
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