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AMD Radeon RX 6900XT Graphics Card Review – The Cherry On Top

Keith May

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT 2560x1440 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 1440p Ultra
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
RTX 3090
204
182
RX 6900 XT
214
183
RTX 3080
193
163
RX 6800 XT
201
174
RX 6800
170
147
RTX 3070
168
145
RX 5700XT
117
100

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 1440p DX12 Highest
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
RTX 3090
160
147
RX 6900 XT
157
145
RTX 3080
145
134
RX 6800 XT
147
137
RX 6800
123
116
RTX 3070
113
106
RX 5700XT
79
74

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 1440p Vulkan Ultra
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
RTX 3090
496
392
RX 6900 XT
515
390
RTX 3080
460
370
RX 6800 XT
488
380
RX 6800
425
332
RTX 3070
381
308
RX 5700XT
258
212

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 1440p Ultra Nightmare
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
70
140
210
280
350
420
0
70
140
210
280
350
420
RTX 3090
330
240
RX 6900 XT
302
219
RTX 3080
306
224
RX 6800 XT
297
232
RX 6800
245
170
RTX 3070
240
173
RX 5700XT
156
112

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 1440p Maximum
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
RTX 3090
115
88
RX 6900 XT
124
98
RTX 3080
106
84
RX 6800 XT
115
86
RX 6800
96
77
RTX 3070
87
71
RX 5700XT
67
56

Call of Duty Modern Black Ops Cold War

Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War is the latest installment of the Call of Duty Series. Returning with DX12 support just like the Modern Warfare remake we tested this game during the opening of the Fractured Jaw level with the highest settings selected.

Call of Duty Cold War 1440p Highest
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
RTX 3090
127
99
RX 6900 XT
121
96
RTX 3080
115
91
RX 6800 XT
113
91
RX 6800
96
78
RTX 3070
91
74

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
40
80
120
160
200
240
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
RTX 3090
144
99
RX 6900 XT
141
101
RTX 3080
129
89
RX 6800 XT
121
89
RX 6800
102
79
RTX 3070
104
76
RX 5700XT
66
52

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 1440p' card, High it is. We tested using the built-in benchmark utility

Borderlands 3 1440p High
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
RTX 3090
145
99
RX 6900 XT
149
104
RTX 3080
132
87
RX 6800 XT
137
119
RX 6800
115
99
RTX 3070
103
77
RX 5700XT
65
52

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 - Troy 1440p Ultra
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
RTX 3090
121
90
RX 6900 XT
102
81
RTX 3080
109
83
RX 6800 XT
94
75
RX 6800
79
61
RTX 3070
82
65
RX 5700XT
50
39

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