Radeon RX 7800 XT vs Radeon RX 6900 XT

Prices and Stock
MSRP $499

PowerColor Hellhound AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT 16GB GDDR6 Graphics Card

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7800 XT Gaming OC 16G Graphics Card, 3X WINDFORCE Fans 16GB 256-bit GDDR6, GV-R78XTGAMING OC-16GD Video Card

XFX Quicksilver AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT Magnetic Air Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6, RDNA3 RX-78TMAIRW9

ASRock Challenger Radeon RX 7800 XT OC RX7800XT CL 16GO 16GB GDDR6-90-GA4SZZ-00UANF

ASUS Dual Radeon RX 7800 XT OC Edition 16GB GDDR6 (AMD RDNA 3, PCIe 4.0, 16GB GDDR6 Memory, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 2.1)

Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT Gaming 16GB GDDR6 Dual Video Card

Prices and Stock
MSRP $999

MSI Gaming Radeon RX 6900 XT Boost Clock Up to 2340 MHz 256-bit 16GB GDDR6 DP/HDMI Triple Torx 4.0 Fans FreeSync DirectX 12 VR Ready RGB Graphics Card (RX 6900 XT Gaming X Trio 16G)

ASUS ROG Strix LC AMD Radeon™ RX 6900 XT TOP Edition Gaming Graphics Card (AMD RDNA™ 2, PCIe 4.0, 16GB GDDR6, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a, Full-coverage cold plate, 240mm radiator, 600mm tubing)

Sapphire 11308-03-20G Nitro+ AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Special Edition PCIe 4.0 Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6

Gigabyte PowerColor Red Devil Limited Edition AMD Radeon™ RX 6900 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 11308-08-20G Toxic AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition PCIe 4.0 Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6

Key Differences

In short — Radeon RX 6900 XT outperforms Radeon RX 7800 XT on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Radeon RX 7800 XT is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Radeon RX 6900 XT is 1031 days older than Radeon RX 7800 XT.

Advantages of Radeon RX 7800 XT

Up to 49% better value when playing Elden Ring than Radeon RX 6900 XT - $4.24 vs $8.33 per FPS
Consumes up to 12% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT - 263 vs 300 Watts

Advantages of Radeon RX 6900 XT

Performs up to 2% better in Elden Ring than Radeon RX 7800 XT - 120 vs 118 FPS

This is a free version of Elden Ring.

Elden Ring

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Maximum

Radeon RX 7800 XT

Desktop • Aug 25th, 2023

FPS

118

98%

Value, $/FPS

$4.24/FPS

100%

Price, $

$499.99

100%

Value Winner

PowerColor Hellhound AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT 16GB GDDR6 Graphics Card

Buy for $499.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 250 minutes ago

Radeon RX 6900 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

FPS

120

100%

Value, $/FPS

$8.33/FPS

51%

Price, $

$999.99

49%

FPS Winner

MSI Gaming Radeon RX 6900 XT Boost Clock Up to 2340 MHz 256-bit 16GB GDDR6 DP/HDMI Triple Torx 4.0 Fans FreeSync DirectX 12 VR Ready RGB Graphics Card (RX 6900 XT Gaming X Trio 16G)

Buy for $999.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 252 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Maximum

Radeon RX 7800 XT

Desktop • Aug 25th, 2023

Radeon RX 6900 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

1920 x 1080

Ultra

157

FPS

155

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Ultra

626

FPS

617

FPS

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

1920 x 1080

High

191

FPS

187

FPS

Rust

1920 x 1080

Very High

401

FPS

400

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

High

896

FPS

887

FPS

Valorant

Theoretical Performance

Radeon RX 7800 XT

Desktop • Aug 25th, 2023

Pixel Fillrate

233.3 GPixel/s

81%

Texel Fillrate

583.2 GTexel/s

81%

Radeon RX 6900 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

Pixel Fillrate

288 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

720 GTexel/s

100%

Radeon RX 7800 XT	vs	Radeon RX 6900 XT
Aug 25th, 2023	Release Date	Oct 28th, 2020
Navi III	Generation	Navi II
$499	MSRP	$999
1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
2x 8-pin	Power Connectors	2x 8-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
16 GB	Memory	16 GB
GDDR6	Type	GDDR6
256-bit	Bus	256-bit
620.8 GB/s	Bandwidth	512 GB/s
1295 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1825 MHz
2430 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	2250 MHz
2425 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	2000 MHz