Radeon R9 285 vs Radeon RX 6800 XT

Prices and Stock
MSRP $249

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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

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)

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

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)

Key Differences

In short — Radeon RX 6800 XT 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 XT is 2248 days newer than Radeon R9 285.

Advantages of Radeon R9 285

Consumes up to 37% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT - 190 vs 300 Watts

Advantages of Radeon RX 6800 XT

Performs up to 163% better in Resident Evil 4 than Radeon R9 285 - 142 vs 54 FPS
Up to 700% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 285 - 16 vs 2 GB

This is a free version of Resident Evil 4.

Resident Evil 4

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Max

Radeon R9 285

Desktop • Sep 2nd, 2014

FPS

38%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

Radeon RX 6800 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

FPS

142

100%

Value, $/FPS

$6.69/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

Max

Radeon R9 285

Desktop • Sep 2nd, 2014

Radeon RX 6800 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

1920 x 1080

Very High

338

FPS

366

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

High

555

FPS

859

FPS

Valorant

1920 x 1080

Ultra

101

FPS

171

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Very High

FPS

204

FPS

Counter-Strike 2

1920 x 1080

Maximum

145

FPS

221

FPS

World of Warcraft

Theoretical Performance

Radeon R9 285

Desktop • Sep 2nd, 2014

Pixel Fillrate

29.38 GPixel/s

10%

Texel Fillrate

102.8 GTexel/s

16%

Radeon RX 6800 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

Pixel Fillrate

288 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

648 GTexel/s

100%

Radeon R9 285	vs	Radeon RX 6800 XT
Sep 2nd, 2014	Release Date	Oct 28th, 2020
Volcanic Islands	Generation	Navi II
$249	MSRP	$649
2x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 1x DisplayPort 1.2	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	1825 MHz
Not Available	Boost Clock Speed	2250 MHz
1375 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	2000 MHz