XFX Radeon RX 6800 XT Speedster 16GB GDDR6
The triple-fan MERC319 cooler on this RX 6800 XT maximizes airflow for sustained high clock speeds, leveraging 16GB of GDDR6 memory and a 2250MHz boost to deliver 20.7 FP32 TFLOPS for 4K gaming. Its aerodynamic shroud pairs a clean design with effective thermal performance, while 72 ray accelerators provide capable hardware-accelerated ray tracing at 1440p. This card is best for 1440p and 4K gamers who prioritize raw rasterization performance and a robust cooling solution over AI workloads.
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong rt (81st percentile) 81st
- Strong social proof (74th percentile) 74th
- Strong ai (73rd percentile) 73rd
- Strong thermal (73rd percentile) 73rd
Cons
- Below average affordability (20th percentile)
- Below average compute (29th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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Based on 11 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 6800 XT |
| Brand | AMD |
| Architecture | RDNA 2 |
| Class | consumer |
| Process | 7 |
Memory
| VRAM | 16 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | 256 |
| Bandwidth | 512 |
Compute
| Stream Processors | 72 |
| RT Cores | 72 |
| Base Clock | 1825 |
| Boost Clock | 2250 |
| FP16 TFLOPS | 41.47 |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 20.74 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 25001 |
| GPU Compute | 13147 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 300 |
| Recommended PSU | 700 |
| Cooler | Triple Fan |
| Fans | 3 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 |
| DisplayPort | 1 |
| HDMI | 1 |
| USB-C | 1 |
| Max Resolution | 7680x4320 |
Physical
| Length | 340 |
| Weight | 2.1 kg / 4.6 lbs |
Features
| Ray Tracing | Yes |
| Upscaling | AMD FreeSync |
| VR Ready | Yes |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate |
vs Competition
| Spec | XFX Radeon RX 6800 XT Speedster | ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX5090-32G-GAMING | MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC | Gigabyte AERO GV-N5080AERO OC-16GD | ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P | Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Radeon RX 6800 XT | GeForce RTX 5090 | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5080 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX |
| Vram | 16GB GDDR6 | 32GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 24GB GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 2250 | 2407 | 2482 | 2730 | 2730 | 2680 |
| Tdp W | 300 | 575 | 300 | 360 | 360 | 339 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 256 | 512 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 384 |
| Ray Tracing | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| GPU Class | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Rt | Vram | Raster | Compute | Feature | Thermal | User Sentiment | Efficiency | Connectivity | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XFX Radeon RX 6800 XT Speedster | 73 | 81.1 | 70 | 65.4 | 28.8 | 67 | 72.9 | 72.2 | 39.2 | 38 | 74.4 | 20.2 |
| ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX5090-32G-GAMING Compare | 96.7 | 89.9 | 97.4 | 98.6 | 97.4 | 96.4 | 72.9 | 86.4 | 27 | 99.2 | 99 | 3.4 |
| MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC Compare | 79 | 92.1 | 85.3 | 88.4 | 87.8 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 80.8 | 73.7 | 94.1 | 88.7 | 20.7 |
| Gigabyte AERO GV-N5080AERO OC-16GD Compare | 85 | 95.2 | 88.4 | 94.1 | 93.1 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 72.2 | 59.1 | 94.1 | 88.7 | 15.9 |
| ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P Compare | 85 | 97.5 | 88.4 | 94.1 | 93.1 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 99.5 | 59.1 | 94.1 | 99 | 19.7 |
| Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G Compare | 94.6 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 83.5 | 95.4 | 84.5 | 91.5 | 86.4 | 54.7 | 98.7 | 78.2 | 15.2 |
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