Radeon RX 6800 XT vs GeForce RTX 4090 for Gaming

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The Radeon RX 6800 XT is a much slower gaming GPU than the GeForce RTX 4090, however, it's a better value for money, as it's $2424.99 cheaper!

Advantages of the Radeon RX 6800 XT

Up to 66% cheaper – $1225.00 vs $3649.99
A better value for money for gaming
Consumes up to 33% less energy – 300 vs 450 Watts

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 4090

At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
Up to 50% more VRAM memory – 24 vs 16 GB

Radeon RX 6800 XT vs GeForce RTX 4090 for Gaming

The GPU's performance in selected game and settings

Radeon RX 6800 XT

Oct 28th, 2020

Average FPS

159

71%

Min 1% FPS

66%

Price, $

$1225

100%

Value, $/FPS

$7.7/FPS

100%

PowerColor Red Dragon 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

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 AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 16GB GDRR6 256-bit HDMI/DP 2310 MHz Boost Clock RDNA 2 OC Graphics Card (RX 6800 XT Gaming Z Trio 16G)

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)

ASRock 16GB Radeon RX 6800 XT Phantom Gaming OC Aktiv PCIe 4.0 x16 (Retail)

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

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

GeForce RTX 4090

Sep 20th, 2022

Average FPS

223

100%

Min 1% FPS

146

100%

Price, $

$3649.99

33%

Value, $/FPS

$16.36/FPS

47%

VIPERA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition Graphic Card

GIGABYTE GV-N4090AERO OC-24GD GeForce RTX 4090 AERO OC 24G Graphics Card, 3X WINDFORCE Fans, 24GB 384-bit GDDR6X, Video Card

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX™ 4090 BTF OC Edition Gaming Graphics Card (PCIe 4.0, 24GB GDDR6X, Exclusive to BTF ATX Motherboards

MSI GeForce RTX 4090 Gaming X Trio 24G Gaming Graphics Card - 24GB GDDR6X, 2595 MHz, PCI Express Gen 4, 384-bit, 3X DP v 1.4a, HDMI 2.1a (Supports 4K & 8K HDR)

Radeon RX 6800 XT vs GeForce RTX 4090 in My Games

The FPS you'll get in saved games, click on a game to change it

Radeon RX 6800 XT

Oct 28th, 2020

GeForce RTX 4090

Sep 20th, 2022

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The Radeon RX 6800 XT vs GeForce RTX 4090 in synthetic GPU benchmarks

Radeon RX 6800 XT

Oct 28th, 2020

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

19328

53%

GeForce RTX 4090

Sep 20th, 2022

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

36328

100%

Performance Specifications

The Radeon RX 6800 XT vs GeForce RTX 4090 in core GPU performance specifications

Radeon RX 6800 XT

Oct 28th, 2020

Memory

16 GB

67%

Memory Bandwidth

512 GB/s

51%

Pixel Fillrate

288 GPixel/s

65%

Texture Fillrate

648 GTexel/s

50%

FP32

20.74 TFLOPS

25%

GeForce RTX 4090

Sep 20th, 2022

Memory

24 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

1010 GB/s

100%

Pixel Fillrate

443.5 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

1290 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

82.58 TFLOPS

100%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

Radeon RX 6800 XT	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	GeForce RTX 4090
General
Oct 28th, 2020	Release Date	Sep 20th, 2022
$649.00	MSRP	$1,599.00
Navi II	Generation	GeForce 40
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
300 W	Power Consumption	450 W
Memory
16 GB	Memory Size	24 GB
GDDR6	Memory Type	GDDR6X
256-bit	Memory Bus	384-bit
512 GB/s	Bandwidth	1010 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
288 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	443.5 GPixel/s
648 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	1290 GTexel/s
20.74 TFLOPS	FP32	82.58 TFLOPS