AMD posted on its official website its own internal tests of the Radeon RX 6900 XT, RX 6800 XT, and RX 6800 video cards in 3480×2160 and 2560×1440 resolutions, and also compared the results obtained with several competitor cards.
As a test setup, the “red giant” used an unknown motherboard on the top-end X570 chipset, and a fresh, 12-core, 24-thread Ryzen 9 5900X processor.
Just in case, here’s a complete description of the test setup:
- Processor – AMD Ryzen 9 5900X;
- RAM – 16GB DDR4-3200MHz;
- Motherboard – Reference sample based on X570 chipset (BIOS RQ21082B – AMD Smart Access Memory enabled);
- Operating System – Win10 Pro x64 19041.508;
- AMD Drivers – Radeon Driver Version 20.45-201013n;
- NVIDIA Drivers – GeForce Driver Version 456.71.
Along with the Radeon RX 6900 XT, RX 6800 XT, and RX 6800, there were the following competitor graphics cards: GeForce RTX 3080, RTX 3090, and RTX 2080 Ti.
For starters, AMD shared data on the performance gains when using a new technology called Smart Access Memory:
According to the data obtained, when using the new Radeon RX 6000 graphics cards in conjunction with Ryzen 5000 processors, you can expect a 5-10% increase in performance, relying solely on the ecosystem of the AM4 platform. This is a very good result, especially considering that it is in fact absolutely free.
Further, AMD demonstrated the level of performance of the next-generation graphics cards in several current games using 4K resolution:
And if AMD is not cunning, then the Radeon RX 6900 XT is quite often faster than the GeForce RTX 3090, the RX 6800 XT is on the heels of the RTX 3090, and the youngest card of the RX 6800 series, as promised, is ahead of the RTX 2080 Ti.
Table with tests of AMD Radeon RX 6000 video cards at 3840×2160 resolution:
| GeForce RTX 2080 Ti | Radeon RX 6800 | GeForce RTX 3080 | Radeon RX 6800 XT | GeForce RTX 3090 | Radeon RX 6900 XT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield V (Ultra DX11) | 79.8 | 98.1 | 101.3 | 113.1 | 110.7 | 120.5 |
| Borderlands 3 (Badass DX12) | 43.5 | 55.2 | 58.2 | 66.2 | 66.0 | 72.5 |
| COD:MW (Ultra DX12) | 64.3 | 77.3 | 83.9 | 90.9 | 94.6 | 100.2 |
| Division 2 (Ultra DX12) | 61.7 | 62.4 | 81.6 | 74.5 | 86.3 | 79.8 |
| Doom Eternal (Ultra Nightmare Vulkan) | 103.2 | 117.9 | 139.3 | 138.4 | 151.6 | 150.1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 (Ultra DX12) | 109.4 | 131.8 | 133.6 | 153.1 | 147.1 | 167.3 |
| Gears 5 (Ultra DX12) | 58.9 | 70.3 | 76.5 | 82.6 | 81.9 | 89.7 |
| Resident Evil 3 (Ultra DX12) | 89.1 | 101.3 | 120.4 | 117.3 | 132.3 | 127.5 |
| Shadow of The Tomb Raider (Highest No AA DX12) | 67.8 | 75.6 | 88.1 | 88.0 | 95.9 | 94.8 |
| Wolfenstein Youngblood (Mein Leben Vulkan) | 121.9 | 123.3 | 146.3 | 148.6 | 164.9 | 157.5 |
And of course, AMD hasn’t forgotten about users of monitors with a slightly lower 2560×1440 resolution. However, the “red” video cards are doing even better here:
In 2560×1440, the Radeon RX 6900 XT and RX 6800 XT video cards are actually equal to the much more expensive GeForce RTX 3090. And in Battlefield V and Forza Horizon 4, the Radeon RX 6800 even turn out to be faster than the top-end NVIDIA video card (moreover, in Battlefield V, the simplest RX 6800 also bypassed RTX 3090).
Table with tests of AMD Radeon RX 6000 video cards at 2560×1440:
| GeForce RTX 2080 Ti | Radeon RX 6800 | GeForce RTX 3080 | Radeon RX 6800 XT | GeForce RTX 3090 | Radeon RX 6900 XT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield V (Ultra DX11) | 138.7 | 184 | 169.2 | 199.8 | 180 | 201.8 |
| Borderlands 3 (Badass DX12) | 76.7 | 99.4 | 99.9 | 119.8 | 113.5 | 130.0 |
| COD:MW (Ultra DX12) | 107.3 | 125.1 | 134.9 | 146.7 | 148.4 | 161.1 |
| Division 2 (Ultra DX12) | 109.2 | 117.7 | 144.6 | 138.4 | 147.0 | 148.0 |
| Doom Eternal (Ultra Nightmare Vulkan) | 165.9 | 179.6 | 212 | 216.4 | 229.2 | 229.6 |
| Forza Horizon 4 (Ultra DX12) | 150.6 | 203.5 | 182 | 230.9 | 190.9 | 236.6 |
| Gears 5 (Ultra DX12) | 100 | 126.7 | 126.8 | 142.8 | 131.1 | 145 |
| Resident Evil 3 (Ultra DX12) | 169.4 | 201.4 | 221.7 | 229.6 | 242.9 | 248.6 |
| Shadow of The Tomb Raider (Highest No AA DX12) | 123.4 | 130.0 | 152.2 | 154.5 | 161.2 | 165.0 |
| Wolfenstein Youngblood (Mein Leben Vulkan) | 121.9 | 123.3 | 146.3 | 148.6 | 164.9 | 157.5 |
The results obtained in the laboratories of AMD are certainly impressive, nevertheless, as we have seen more than once, tests from independent sources are often a little less encouraging. Let’s hope that this case will be an exception since the competition works wonders, which means that the top-end NVIDIA card may lose a little in price after the release of the Radeon RX 6900 XT.
Well, we hasten to remind you that the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT video card will go on sale from December 8 at a price of $ 999 and it is expected that in 2020 there will be no non-reference copies of this card, so vendors will have to limit themselves to reference cards. But the Radeon RX 6800 XT and Radeon RX 6800 will go on sale on November 18 for $ 649 and $ 579, respectively. And most likely, at the start of sales, we can already expect several custom versions of the Radeon RX 6800 XT and Radeon RX 6800, at least from MSI and ASUS.
Separately, we recall that according to AMD’s plans, the Radeon RX 6900 XT video card is designed to compete with the RTX 3090, and the Radeon RX 6800 XT and Radeon RX 6800, in turn, are opposed to the RTX 3080 and 3070, respectively.
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