Radeon RX 6800M — Benchmarks & Specs
Bottom line: how fast is the Radeon RX 6800M?
At 1440p (Ultra), the Radeon RX 6800M averages 108 fps in Far Cry 5 with a 81 fps 1% low, per UltrabookReview. For local LLM inference it generates 48.7 tokens/sec running llama2:7b at q4_0 under llama.cpp, per knightli.com / llama.cpp Vulkan Scoreboard. In 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics it scores 34,993 points, per Notebookcheck.
Every figure above is a row in the tables below, and each row links out to the review or public benchmark database the number was taken from. SpecPicks aggregates published measurements; it does not report first-party benchmark runs.
The Radeon RX 6800M is a graphics card from the RDNA 2 family from AMD. Data on this page draws on 10 synthetic benchmark results, 6 community AI inference reports, 14 measured game frame-rate results, aggregated from public benchmark databases (TechPowerUp, PassMark, Geekbench, Cinebench) and the LocalLLaMA community. Read this page when shopping the Radeon RX 6800M, comparing it against other graphics cards in your build, or sizing it for a specific workload (gaming at 1080p/1440p/4K, productivity benchmarks, or local LLM inference).
Gaming Performance (measured FPS)
Average and 1% low frame rates by game, resolution, and quality preset. Bars are scaled against the fastest result on this page.
| Game | Resolution | Settings | Relative | Avg FPS | 1% low | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1080p | Ultra | 122 fps | 90 fps | UltrabookReview 2021-06-01 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 1080p | Highest | 113 fps | — | Notebookcheck 2021-07-01 | |
| Battlefield V | 1080p | Ultra | 111 fps | 55 fps | UltrabookReview 2021-06-01 | |
| The Witcher 3 | 1080p | Ultra | 109 fps | — | technical.city (Notebookcheck data) 2021-07-01 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 1440p | Ultra | 108 fps | 81 fps | UltrabookReview 2021-06-01 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 1440p | Highest | 105 fps | — | Notebookcheck 2021-07-01 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 1440p | Highest | 100 fps | 68 fps | UltrabookReview 2021-06-01 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1440p | Ultra | 98 fps | 72 fps | UltrabookReview 2021-06-01 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1080p | Ultra | 98 fps | — | technical.city (Notebookcheck data) 2021-07-01 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 1080p | Highest | 98 fps | 60 fps | UltrabookReview 2021-06-01 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 1080p | Ultra | 98 fps | 60 fps | UltrabookReview 2021-06-01 | |
| Control | 1080p | Ultra RT on | 96 fps | 40 fps | UltrabookReview 2021-06-01 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 1080p | Ultra | 95 fps | — | technical.city (Notebookcheck data) 2021-07-01 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 1080p | Ultra | 94 fps | 69 fps | UltrabookReview 2021-06-01 |
AI Inference Performance
Tokens per second under each model + quantization. Higher = faster generation. Bars compare runs across the same model.
| Model | Quantization | Relative | Tokens/sec | VRAM used | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| llama2:7b | q4_0 llama.cpp | 48.7 tok/s | — | knightli.com / llama.cpp Vulkan Scoreboard 2026-04-23 | |
| llama-2:7b | q4_0 llama.cpp | 48.7 tok/s | — | llama.cpp GitHub Discussion #10879 2023-11-01 | |
| llama2:7b | q4_0 llama.cpp | 48.7 tok/s | — | llama.cpp GitHub (Vulkan perf discussion #10879) 2024-10-01 | |
| qwen3:30b | — lmstudio | 33.0 tok/s | — | LocalLLaMA 2026-02-05 | |
| llama3:8b | q4_K_M llama.cpp | 14.0 tok/s | 5.0 GB | PromptQuorum 2026-06-21 | |
| llama3:8b | q4_K_M ollama | 12.0 tok/s | 5.0 GB | PromptQuorum 2026-06-21 |
Synthetic Benchmarks
Higher is better. Bars are scaled within each benchmark family (multi-thread, single-thread, etc.) so you can compare like-with-like at a glance.
| Benchmark | Relative | Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics | 34,993 points | Notebookcheck 2021-07-24 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 26,800 points | Digital Trends 2021-05-31 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 26,492 points | UltrabookReview 2021-06-01 | |
| PassMark G3D Mark | 13,263 pts | PassMark 2026-04-20 | |
| 3DMark Time Spy Graphics | 11,313 points | Notebookcheck 2021-07-24 | |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 10,646 points | UltrabookReview 2021-06-01 | |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 10,504 points | Digital Trends 2021-05-31 | |
| 3DMark Port Royal | 5,496 points | UltrabookReview 2021-06-01 | |
| 3DMark Speed Way | 1,810 points | Notebookcheck 2023-01-01 | |
| PassMark G2D Mark | 532 pts | PassMark 2026-04-20 |
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