AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT vs PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT $299
PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon $550
2048 Shaders
8GB GDDR6
3130MHz
3840 Shaders
16GB GDDR6
2170MHz
Peak AI Performance
820.51 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
33.33 TFLOPS
FP16
FP32
25.64 TFLOPS
FP32
16.67 TFLOPS
FP16
51.28 TFLOPS
FP16
33.33 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.7-Slots
TDP
150W
TDP
250W
Power Connectors
-
1x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL 131,670
43%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal 136,110
76%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 97,920
48%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal 320
54%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
PowerColor
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
RDNA 4
Architecture
RDNA 2
Family
Radeon RX 9000
Family
Radeon RX 6000
Codename
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Navi 44
Variant
Navi 44 XT
Codename
Sienna Cichlid
Navi 21
Variant
Navi 21 XL
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
5/20/2025
Release Date
11/18/2020
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
N4P
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Fabrication Node
N7
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Die Size
153 mm²
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Die Size
520 mm²
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Transistor Count
29.7 Billion
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Transistor Count
26.8 Billion
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Transistor Density
194.12M/mm²
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Transistor Density
51.56M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
2048 Shaders
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Shading Units
3840 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
128 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
240 TMUs
Render Output Units
64 ROPs
Render Output Units
96 ROPs
Tensor Cores
64 T-Cores
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-
Ray-Tracing Cores
32 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
60 RT-Cores
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-
Compute Units
32 CUs
Compute Units
60 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
4 GPCs
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-
2530MHz Base
3130MHz
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-
1850MHz Base
2170MHz
Peak AI Performance
820.51 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
33.33 TFLOPS
FP16
-
-
-
-
-
-
FP8
102.56 TFLOPS
102.56 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
205.13 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
102.56 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
205.13 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
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FP16
51.28 TFLOPS
51.28 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
102.56 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
51.28 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
102.56 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP16
33.33 TFLOPS
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-
-
-
FP32
25.64 TFLOPS
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-
FP32
16.67 TFLOPS
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-
FP64
800 GFLOPS
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FP64
1.04 TFLOPS
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BF16
51.28 TFLOPS
51.28 TFLOPS Tensor
102.56 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT4
410.26 TOPS Tensor
820.51 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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-
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INT8
-
205.13 TOPS Tensor
410.26 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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-
-
-
INT32
12.82 TOPS
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-
-
-
-
-
Pixel Fillrate
200.32 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
208.32 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
400.64 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
520.8 GTexel/s
L0
64KB/WGP
L0
32KB/WGP
L1
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256KB/Array
L1
-
-
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128KB/Array
L2
4MB Shared
L2
4MB Shared
L3
32MB Shared
1.13TB/s
L3
128MB Shared
1.66TB/s
8GB
GDDR6
-
16GB
GDDR6
-
Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
2500MHz
Transfer Rate
20GT/s
Bandwidth
320GB/s
Clock
2000MHz
Transfer Rate
16GT/s
Bandwidth
512GB/s
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TDP
150W
TDP
250W
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-
Temp
110°C Max
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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-
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2x DisplayPort 2.1
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-
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1x HDMI 2.1
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-
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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-
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1x HDMI 2.1
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-
Max Resolution
15360x8640
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
165Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
-
Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
-
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
4
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Model
VCN 4.0
Model
VCN 3.0
Codec
-
-
-
-
-
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
-
-
Codec
-
-
-
-
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
-
-
-
-
Model
VCN 4.0
Model
VCN 3.0
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
-
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
-
AV1
-
-
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.2
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.8
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GFX
12
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Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
10.3
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3x Fans
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3x Fans
Power Connectors
-
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1x 8-Pin
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-
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Power Connectors
-
-
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2x 8-Pin
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-
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
5.0
PCIe Lanes
8
Slots Required
2.7
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
CrossFire XDMA
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Bridgeless
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
204 mm (8.03 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
Height
135 mm (5.31 in)
Width
310 mm (12.2 in)
Depth
54 mm (2.13 in)
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