Radeon R5 230 vs Radeon RX 6800 XT

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Prices and Stock
MSRP $649

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Reference Edition Gaming Graphics Card

PowerColor Red Devil AMD Radeon™ RX 6800 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6 Memory, Powered by AMD RDNA™ 2, Raytracing, PCI Express 4.0, HDMI 2.1, AMD Infinity Cache

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT AMD 16GB GDDR6 Graphics Card

MSI Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT 16GB GDRR6 256-Bit HDMI/DP 2285 MHz RDNA 2 Architecture OC Graphics Card (RX 6800 XT Gaming X Trio 16G)

ASUS ROG Strix LC AMD Radeon™ RX 6800 XT OC Edition Gaming Graphics Card (PCIe 4.0, 16GB GDDR6, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a, Full-Coverage Cold Plate, 240mm Radiator, 600mm tubing, GPU Tweak II)

MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming X Trio 16G Gaming Graphics Card - 16GB GDDR6, 2285 MHz, PCI Express 4, 256-bit, 3X DP v 1.4a, HDMI 2.1

Key Differences

In short — Radeon RX 6800 XT outperforms Radeon R5 230 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX 6800 XT is 2400 days newer than Radeon R5 230.

Advantages of Radeon R5 230

Consumes up to 94% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT - 19 vs 300 Watts

Advantages of Radeon RX 6800 XT

Performs up to 19% better in Counter-Strike 2 than Radeon R5 230 - 495 vs 417 FPS
Up to 1500% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R5 230 - 16 vs 1 GB

This is a free version of Counter-Strike 2.

Counter-Strike 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Radeon R5 230

Desktop • Apr 3rd, 2014

FPS

417

84%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

Radeon RX 6800 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

FPS

495

100%

Value, $/FPS

$1.92/FPS

100%

Price, $

$949.99

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Reference Edition Gaming Graphics Card

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My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Radeon R5 230

Desktop • Apr 3rd, 2014

Radeon RX 6800 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

1920 x 1080

Ultra

118

FPS

153

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Epic

107

FPS

177

FPS

Fortnite

1920 x 1080

Very High

391

FPS

399

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

High

713

FPS

878

FPS

Valorant

1920 x 1080

Maximum

184

FPS

223

FPS

World of Warcraft

Theoretical Performance

Radeon R5 230

Desktop • Apr 3rd, 2014

Pixel Fillrate

2.5 GPixel/s

Texel Fillrate

5 GTexel/s

Radeon RX 6800 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

Pixel Fillrate

288 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

648 GTexel/s

100%

Radeon R5 230	vs	Radeon RX 6800 XT
Apr 3rd, 2014	Release Date	Oct 28th, 2020
Volcanic Islands	Generation	Navi II
Not Available	MSRP	$649
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
None	Power Connectors	2x 8-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
1 GB	Memory	16 GB
DDR3	Type	GDDR6
64-bit	Bus	256-bit
10.67 GB/s	Bandwidth	512 GB/s
625 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1825 MHz
Not Available	Boost Clock Speed	2250 MHz
667 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	2000 MHz