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

Keith May

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT 3440x1440 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 UW 1440p Ultra
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
RTX 3090
184
162
RX 6900 XT
188
133
RTX 3080
169
143
RX 6800 XT
176
152
RX 6800
148
129
RTX 3070
145
125
RX 5700XT
100
87

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 UW 1440p DX12 Highest
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
RTX 3090
133
123
RX 6900 XT
128
120
RTX 3080
120
112
RX 6800 XT
121
114
RX 6800
101
95
RTX 3070
91
86
RX 5700XT
63
59

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 UW 1440p Vulkan Ultra
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
90
180
270
360
450
540
0
90
180
270
360
450
540
RTX 3090
413
343
RX 6900 XT
424
329
RTX 3080
387
321
RX 6800 XT
400
324
RX 6800
347
280
RTX 3070
315
262
RX 5700XT
204
170

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 UW 1440p Ultra Nightmare
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
RTX 3090
271
200
RX 6900 XT
242
183
RTX 3080
249
183
RX 6800 XT
201
154
RX 6800
198
138
RTX 3070
188
140
RX 5700XT
121
93

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 Ultrawide 1440p Very High
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
RTX 3090
95
76
RX 6900 XT
99
80
RTX 3080
88
71
RX 6800 XT
91
73
RX 6800
76
62
RTX 3070
70
57
RX 5700XT
53
45

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 UW 1440p Highest
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
RTX 3090
105
85
RX 6900 XT
99
82
RTX 3080
94
76
RX 6800 XT
92
77
RX 6800
78
65
RTX 3070
75
61

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 UW 1440p DX11 Maximum
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
RTX 3090
122
90
RX 6900 XT
115
89
RTX 3080
109
79
RX 6800 XT
99
78
RX 6800
83
68
RTX 3070
86
66
RX 5700XT
52
43

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 UW 1440p High
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
RTX 3090
120
83
RX 6900 XT
120
104
RTX 3080
108
77
RX 6800 XT
109
95
RX 6800
91
79
RTX 3070
81
62
RX 5700XT
53
43

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 UW 1440p Ultra
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
RTX 3090
93
74
RX 6900 XT
78
63
RTX 3080
82
65
RX 6800 XT
72
59
RX 6800
61
50
RTX 3070
62
50
RX 5700XT
38
30

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