AMD Radeon RX 6800M — Benchmarks & Specs
Bottom line: how fast is the Radeon RX 6800M?
At 1440p Ultra, the Radeon RX 6800M averages 98 fps in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt with a 72 fps 1% low, per UltrabookReview. For local LLM inference it generates 14.0 tokens/sec running llama3:8b at q4_K_M under llama.cpp, per PromptQuorum. 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 11 synthetic benchmark results (top 10 shown), 7 community AI inference reports, 36 game frame-rate results (top 14 shown), compiled from UltrabookReview, Notebookcheck, PromptQuorum, technical.city, Digital Trends, VelsTech Lab, 3DMark, knightli.com, llama.cpp GitHub Discussion #10879, LocalLLaMA, PassMark, Tom's Hardware; each table row links to its source. 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, synthetic benchmark scores, or local LLM inference).
Gaming Performance (reported 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 2026-07-12 | |
| Battlefield V | 1080p | Ultra | 111 fps | 55 fps | UltrabookReview 2021-06-01 | |
| The Witcher 3 | 1080p | Ultra | 109 fps | — | technical.city (Notebookcheck data) 2026-07-12 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 1440p | Ultra | 108 fps | 81 fps | UltrabookReview 2021-06-01 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 1440p | Highest | 105 fps | — | Notebookcheck 2026-07-12 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 1440p | Highest | 100 fps | 68 fps | UltrabookReview 2021-06-01 | |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 1080p | Very High | 98 fps | — | Tom's Hardware 2021-06-02 | |
| 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) 2026-07-12 | |
| 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) 2026-07-12 |
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 | |
| qwen3:30b | — lmstudio | 33.0 tok/s | — | LocalLLaMA 2026-02-05 | |
| qwen3.8:27b (GSQ-RCO) | IQ2_XS llama.cpp | 20.7 tok/s | 11.6 GB | VelsTech Lab 2026-09-04 | |
| qwen3.8:27b (GSQ-RCO) | IQ3_S llama.cpp | 18.9 tok/s | 12.5 GB | VelsTech Lab 2026-09-04 | |
| 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 Steel Nomad DX12 | 2,206 points | 3DMark (UL Benchmarks) 2026-09-25 | |
| 3DMark Speed Way | 1,810 points | Notebookcheck 2023-01-01 |
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