PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT vs PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT and PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
• GPU Chip
  Navi 21 XT Navi 10 XT
• Execution units
  72 40
• Shader
  4608 2560
• Render Output Units
  128 64
• Texture Units
  288 160

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  16 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  2 GHz 1.75 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  512 GB/s 448 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 256 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT and PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.900 GHz+ 4 % 1.770 GHz+ 10 %
• Boost Clock
  2.310 GHz+ 3 % 2.010 GHz+ 6 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.065 GHz+ 2 % 1.905 GHz+ 9 %
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  300 W 225 W
• TDP (up)
  345 W 335 W
• Tjunction max
  96 °C 89 °C
• PCIe-Power
  2 x 8-Pin 2 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT and PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  2 x 100 mm 3 x 90 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Fan 2
  1 x 90 mm --
• Noise (Load)
  36-37 dB 43 dB

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.3 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.1 1x HDMI v2.0b
• DP Ports
  3x DP v1.4a 3x DP v1.4
• DVI Ports
  -- --
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  -- --

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_2 12_2
• Raytracing
  Yes Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  No No
• LED
  Addressable LED No LED lighting

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode No

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Length
  310 mm 300 mm
• Height
  135 mm 132 mm
• Width
  54 mm 53 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil and PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q3/2019
• Release price
  729 $ 469 $
• Structure size
  7 nm 7 nm
• Part-no
  AXRX 6800XT 16GBD6-3DHR/OC AXRX 5700 XT 8GBD6-3DHE/OC
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet