Radeon R9 285 vs Radeon RX 6800

Prices and Stock
MSRP $249

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Prices and Stock
MSRP $579

MSI Gaming Radeon RX 6800 16GB GDRR6 256-Bit HDMI/DP 2105 MHz RDNA 2 Architecture OC Graphics Card (RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G)

XFX Speedster QICK319 AMD Radeon RX 6800 Black Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6 HDMI 3xDP RX-68XLALBD9

Sapphire 11305-01-20G Nitro+ AMD Radeon RX 6800 PCIe 4.0 Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6

Gigabyte Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC 16GB Graphics Card

Key Differences

In short — Radeon RX 6800 outperforms Radeon R9 285 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX 6800 is 2248 days newer than Radeon R9 285.

Advantages of Radeon R9 285

Consumes up to 24% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6800 - 190 vs 250 Watts

Advantages of Radeon RX 6800

Performs up to 81% better in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order than Radeon R9 285 - 143 vs 79 FPS
Up to 700% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 285 - 16 vs 2 GB

This is a free version of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Epic

Radeon R9 285

Desktop • Sep 2nd, 2014

FPS

55%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

Radeon RX 6800

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

FPS

143

100%

Value, $/FPS

$6.29/FPS

100%

Price, $

$899.99

100%

FPS and Value Winner

MSI Gaming Radeon RX 6800 16GB GDRR6 256-Bit HDMI/DP 2105 MHz RDNA 2 Architecture OC Graphics Card (RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G)

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My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Epic

Radeon R9 285

Desktop • Sep 2nd, 2014

Radeon RX 6800

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

1920 x 1080

Very High

386

FPS

397

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

High

572

FPS

834

FPS

Valorant

1920 x 1080

Ultra

FPS

144

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

High

101

FPS

167

FPS

Rust

1920 x 1080

Very High

362

FPS

472

FPS

Counter-Strike 2

Theoretical Performance

Radeon R9 285

Desktop • Sep 2nd, 2014

Pixel Fillrate

29.38 GPixel/s

15%

Texel Fillrate

102.8 GTexel/s

20%

Radeon RX 6800

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

Pixel Fillrate

202.1 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

505.2 GTexel/s

100%

Radeon R9 285	vs	Radeon RX 6800
Sep 2nd, 2014	Release Date	Oct 28th, 2020
Volcanic Islands	Generation	Navi II
$249	MSRP	$579
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
2x 6-pin	Power Connectors	2x 8-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
2 GB	Memory	16 GB
GDDR5	Type	GDDR6
256-bit	Bus	256-bit
176 GB/s	Bandwidth	512 GB/s
918 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1700 MHz
Not Available	Boost Clock Speed	2105 MHz
1375 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	2000 MHz