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Radeon RX 6800 vs Radeon RX 6800 XT — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Radeon RX 6800 XT is ahead of the Radeon RX 6800 on all 4 shared benchmarks on file, by 5% to 20%, including 20% in 3DMark Steel Nomad (3,824 vs 3,185). On qwen3:8b, both reach about 711.0 tokens/s (per LocalLLaMA; per LocalLLaMA).

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 6800 and the Radeon RX 6800 XT. Both released in 2020. MSRP range: $579 · $649. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

SpecRadeon RX 6800Radeon RX 6800 XT
vram gb 1616

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from KitGuru, eTeknix, 3DMark, Legit Reviews, TopCPU.net, HWBOT, UL Benchmarks, Tom's Hardware, The FPS Review, Notebookcheck, PassMark, AskGeek and Guru3D; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkRadeon RX 6800Radeon RX 6800 XT
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better)
Source: KitGuru		 —24,200 points
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: eTeknix, KitGuru, 3DMark, Legit Reviews		 —8,429 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, TopCPU.net		 3,062 points3,444 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: HWBOT, UL Benchmarks		 3,185 points3,824 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (DX12) (higher is better)
Source: HWBOT		 —3,976 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware, 3DMark, HWBOT, KitGuru, The FPS Review, Notebookcheck		 16,274 pts17,185 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: HWBOT, KitGuru, Notebookcheck		 —8,500 points
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 998 pts1,044 pts
PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark, AskGeek		 22,077 pts25,048 pts
Unigine Superposition (higher is better)
Source: Guru3D		 7,840 pts—

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

Radeon RX 6800

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Radeon RX 6800 XT

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the Radeon RX 6800 or the Radeon RX 6800 XT?

The Radeon RX 6800 XT is ahead of the Radeon RX 6800 on all 4 shared benchmarks on file, by 5% to 20%, including 20% in 3DMark Steel Nomad (3,824 vs 3,185).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On qwen3:8b, both reach about 711.0 tokens/s (per LocalLLaMA; per LocalLLaMA).

What did the Radeon RX 6800 and the Radeon RX 6800 XT cost at launch?

The Radeon RX 6800 launched at a $579 MSRP and the Radeon RX 6800 XT at $649. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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