AMD Radeon RX 6800 vs AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

AMD Radeon RX 6800 $579
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT $279
3840 Shaders
16GB GDDR6
2105MHz
2304 Shaders
6GB GDDR6
1750MHz
FP32
16.17 TFLOPS
FP32
8.06 TFLOPS
FP16
32.33 TFLOPS
FP16
16.13 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
250W
TDP
160W
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL 127,725
42%
GB5 OpenCL 60,715
20%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal 132,030
73%
GB5 Metal 53,315
30%
GB5 Vulkan 94,985
46%
GB5 Vulkan 47,635
23%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT Metal 310
52%
OCT Metal 145
25%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
RDNA 2
Architecture
RDNA 1
Family
Radeon RX 6000
Family
Radeon RX 5000
Codename
Sienna Cichlid
Navi 21
Variant
Navi 21 XL
Codename
Gaming
Navi 10
Variant
Navi 10 XLE
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
11/18/2020
Release Date
1/21/2020
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
N7
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Fabrication Node
N7
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Die Size
520 mm²
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Die Size
251 mm²
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Transistor Count
26.8 Billion
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Transistor Count
10.3 Billion
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Transistor Density
51.56M/mm²
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Transistor Density
41.04M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
3840 Shaders
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Shading Units
2304 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
240 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
144 TMUs
Render Output Units
96 ROPs
Render Output Units
64 ROPs
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Ray-Tracing Cores
60 RT-Cores
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Compute Units
60 CUs
Compute Units
36 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
4 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
4 GPCs
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1700MHz Base
2105MHz
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1375MHz Base
1750MHz
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FP16
32.33 TFLOPS
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FP16
16.13 TFLOPS
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FP32
16.17 TFLOPS
FP32
8.06 TFLOPS
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FP64
1.01 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.5 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
202.08 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
112 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
505.2 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
252 GTexel/s
L0
32KB/WGP
L0
32KB/WGP
L1
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128KB/Array
L1
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128KB/Array
L2
4MB Shared
L2
3MB Shared
L3
128MB Shared
1.66TB/s
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16GB
GDDR6
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6GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
192Bit
Clock
2000MHz
Transfer Rate
16GT/s
Bandwidth
512GB/s
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
14GT/s
Bandwidth
336GB/s
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TDP
250W
TDP
160W
Temp
110°C Max
Temp
110°C Max
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2x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
1x USB-C + DP
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.0
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
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FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
4
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Model
VCN 3.0
Model
VCN 2.0
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
VCN 3.0
Model
VCN 2.0
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
10.3
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Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
10.1
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3x Fans
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2x Fans
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Bridgeless
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Bridgeless
Height
120 mm (4.72 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
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