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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT & Radeon RX 6800 16 GB Graphics Cards Review – Here’s Big Navi!

Hassan Mujtaba & Keith May

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT / RX 6800 3840x2160 (4K) Gaming Benchmarks Performance

Forza Horizon 4

Forza Horizon 4 carries on the open-world racing tradition of the Horizon series.  The latest DX12 powered entry is beautifully crafted and amazingly well executed and is a great showcase of DX12 games.  We use the benchmark run while having all of the settings set to non-dynamic with an uncapped framerate to gather these results.

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Forza Horizon 4 4K Ultra
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
RX 6800 XT
142
125
RX 6800
120
104
RTX 3090
157
135
RTX 3080
142
125
RTX 3070
117
102
RX 5700XT
78
67

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Shadow of the Tomb Raider, unlike its predecessor, does a good job putting DX12 to use and results in higher performance than the DX11 counterpart in this title and because of that, we test this title in DX12.  I do use the second segment of the benchmark run to gather these numbers as it is more indicative of in-game scenarios where the foliage is heavy.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4K DX12 Highest
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
RX 6800 XT
81
77
RX 6800
68
65
RTX 3090
94
88
RTX 3080
83
78
RTX 3070
62
58
RX 5700XT
41
38

Rainbow 6 Siege

Rainbow 6 Siege has maintained a massive following since its launch and it consistently in Steams Top Ten highest player count game.  In a title where the higher the framerate the better in a tactical yet fast-paced competitive landscape is essential, we include this title despite its ludicrously high framerates.  We use the Vulkan Ultra preset with the High Defenition Texture Pack as well and gather our results from the built-in benchmarking tool.

Rainbow 6 Siege 4K Vulkan Ultra
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
70
140
210
280
350
420
0
70
140
210
280
350
420
RX 6800 XT
273
231
RX 6800
234
180
RTX 3090
304
259
RTX 3080
279
238
RTX 3070
219
190
RX 5700XT
131
113

DOOM Eternal

DOOM Eternal brings hell to earth with the Vulkan powered idTech 7.  We test this game using the Ultra Nightmare Preset and follow our in-game benchmarking to stay as consistent as possible.

DOOM Eternal 4K Ultra Nightmare
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
RX 6800 XT
162
125
RX 6800
137
107
RTX 3090
199
145
RTX 3080
174
134
RTX 3070
116
88
RX 5700XT
68
51

Watchdogs Legion

Watchdogs Legions sees a return of the Disrupt Engine they've been using since the early days with the original Watchdogs but this time it has been updated to next generation feature support. Dropping DX11 for DX12 we see much better utilization than in the past. Being one of the recent top sellers it earned a place in our test suite.

Watchdogs Legion 4K Very High
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
RX 6800 XT
65
54
RX 6800
55
46
RTX 3090
74
61
RTX 3080
67
55
RTX 3070
52
43
RX 5700XT
36
29

Call of Duty Modern Warfare (2019)

Call of Duty Modern Warfare is back and this time on a new engine running DX12 to allow for some sick DXR Ray Traced Shadows, those results are in the RT section We tested in the 'Fog of War' mission. At 4K we set the settings all to High.

Call of Duty Modern Warfare4K Highest
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
RX 6800 XT
100
86
RX 6800
85
72
RTX 3090
114
101
RTX 3080
101
90
RTX 3070
75
67
RX 5700XT
57
50

Horizon Zero Dawn

 

Horizon Zero Dawn is one of the two major PS4 exclusives that rocked their way onto the PC scene with massive acceptance and sales. Horizon Zero Dawn is powered by the Decima Engine and has been ported to DX12. We used the in-game benchmark to account for performance.

Horizon Zero Dawn 1440p DX11 Maximum
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
RX 6800 XT
69
59
RX 6800
59
51
RTX 3090
83
66
RTX 3080
73
52
RTX 3070
56
41
RX 5700XT
34
29

Borderlands 3

Borderlands 3 has made its way into the test lineup thanks to strong demand by gamers and simply delivering MORE Borderlands. This game is rather intensive after the Medium preset but since we're testing the 'Ultimate UW 1440p' card, High it is. We tested using the built-in benchmark utility

Borderlands 3 4K High
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
RX 6800 XT
76
67
RX 6800
64
57
RTX 3090
87
75
RTX 3080
77
62
RTX 3070
56
47
RX 5700XT
35
24

Total War Saga: Troy

Total War Saga: Troy is powered by their TW Engine 3 (Total War Engine 3) and in this iteration, they have stuck to a strictly DX11 release. We tested the game using the built-in benchmark using the Dynasty model that represents a battle with many soldiers interacting at once and is more representative of normal gameplay.

Total War Saga
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
RX 6800 XT
50
39
RX 6800
43
34
RTX 3090
65
50
RTX 3080
57
43
RTX 3070
43
34
RX 5700XT
26
20

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About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.

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