cover
Hardware

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

Keith May

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Syntethic Benchmarks And Thermal Performance

Firestrike

Firestrike is running the DX11 API and is still a good measure of GPU scaling performance, in this test we ran the Extreme and Ultra versions of Firestrike which runs at 1440p and 4K and we recorded the Graphics Score only since the Physics and combined are not pertinent to this review.

Related Story AMD Is Trying to Pull Off a ‘Ryzen Moment’ With Radeon, But Admits the Perfect Gaming GPU Platform Is Still Generations Away
3DMark Firestrike Extreme Graphics
Score
0
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
30000
0
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
30000
RTX 3090
23.9k
RX 6900 XT
27.3k
RTX 3080
21.1k
RX 6800 XT
25.7k
RX 6800
21.3k
RTX 3070
16.6k
RX 5700XT
12.8k

 

3DMark Firestrike Ultra Graphics
Score
0
4000
8000
12000
16000
20000
24000
0
4000
8000
12000
16000
20000
24000
RTX 3090
12.5k
RX 6900 XT
13.6k
RTX 3080
10.9k
RX 6800 XT
12.8k
RX 6800
10.5k
RTX 3070
8.5k
RX 5700XT
6.5k

Time Spy

Time Spy is running the DX12 API and we used it in the same manner as Firestrike Extreme where we only recorded the Graphics Score as the Physics score is recording the CPU performance and isn't important to the testing we are doing here.

3DMark Time Spy Graphics
Score
0
4000
8000
12000
16000
20000
24000
0
4000
8000
12000
16000
20000
24000
RTX 3090
19.7k
RX 6900 XT
18.5k
RTX 3080
17.8k
RX 6800 XT
17.8k
RX 6800
15.1k
RTX 3070
13.5k
RX 5700XT
9k

 

3DMark Time Spy Extreme Graphics
Score
0
4000
8000
12000
16000
20000
24000
0
4000
8000
12000
16000
20000
24000
RTX 3090
10.1k
RX 6900 XT
9k
RTX 3080
8.9k
RX 6800 XT
8.6k
RX 6800
7.2k
RTX 3070
6.7k
RX 5700XT
4.4k

Port Royal

Port Royal is another great tool in the 3DMark suite, but this one is 100% targeting Ray Tracing performance. It loads up ray traced shadows, reflections, and global illumination to really tax the performance of the graphics cards that either have hardware-based or software-based ray tracing support.

3DMark Port Royal Score
Score
0
4000
8000
12000
16000
20000
24000
0
4000
8000
12000
16000
20000
24000
RTX 3090
12.9k
RX 6900 XT
9.8k
RTX 3080
11.3k
RX 6800 XT
9.1k
RX 6800
7.6k
RTX 3070
8k
RX 5700XT
0

 

3DMark Pure Ray Tracing Feature Test
Average
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
RTX 3090
55
RX 6900 XT
29
RTX 3080
46
RX 6800 XT
26
RX 6800
21
RTX 3070
31
RX 5700XT
0

Thermals

Thermals were measured from our open test bench after running the Time Spy graphics test 2 on loop for 30 minutes recording the highest temperatures reported. The room was climate controlled and kept at a constant 22c throughout the testing.

*Hot Spot only reported on cards that feature that monitoring point.

Temperatures (22c Ambient)
Hot Spot
Load
Idle
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
RTX 3090
98
68
33
RX 6900 XT
76
36
RTX 3080
95
77
33
RX 6800 XT
90
75
35
RX 6800
68
33
RTX 3070
102
73
30
RX 5700XT
81
37

You can find additional information about our hardware review process and ethics policy here.

Follow Wccftech on Google to get more of our news coverage in your feeds.

Deal of the Day

Button