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Radeon RX 6800 XT bottleneck & FPS

Ranked 25 of 126 desktop graphics cards in our database (80th percentile). Paired with a Core i9-10910 it lands near 109 fps at 1080p and 30 fps at 4K in a typical AAA title at high settings.

SpecificationsRDNA 2 · 2020
ArchitectureRDNA 2
Shading units4,608
Boost clock2,250 MHz
Memory16 GB
Memory bandwidth512 GB/s
Board power300 W
Released2020
Frame rate by resolutionwith Core i9-10910, high
ResolutionEst. FPSGPU loadLimited by
1920 x 1080 109 98% Balanced
2560 x 1440 64 99% Graphics card
3440 x 1440 49 99% Graphics card
3840 x 2160 30 99% Graphics card
Best matched processors1080p, high

Ranked by how little performance the pairing wastes, not by which processor is fastest. The fastest chip pairs well with everything, which makes it a useless recommendation.

ProcessorEst. FPSUnused
Core i9-10910 109 0.1%
Core i5-12400 109 0.5%
Core i5-12400F 109 0.5%
Core i7-10700K 108 1.1%
Core i7-10700KF 108 1.1%
Ryzen 9 3900 109 1.3%
Estimated FPS by game1440p, high, Core i9-10910
GameEst. FPSVRAM
Cyberpunk 2077 44 OK
Fortnite 89 OK
Counter-Strike 2 157 OK
Baldur's Gate 3 64 OK
Red Dead Redemption 2 49 OK
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 53 OK

Who a Radeon RX 6800 XT is actually for

This sits in the range where most enthusiast builds land, and it is the range where pairing matters most. Fast enough that a budget processor will hold it back at 1080p; not so fast that it stops caring about resolution. Get the pairing right and very little is wasted.

The sweet spot is 1440p. At that resolution the card is doing enough work to stay busy without the processor needing to be exceptional.

Is 16 GB enough?

At 1440p and high settings, 16 GB clears every title we model with room to spare. Memory is not the constraint on this card, and it is unlikely to become one within its useful life.

A note on age

Released in 2020, this card is 6 years old. Beyond raw speed, older hardware misses features newer engines increasingly assume — mesh shaders, hardware ray tracing, and the newest upscalers. A modern title may run worse than these numbers suggest, or refuse to launch, for reasons the model cannot see.

Where it sits

Ranked 25 of 126 desktop cards we model. Nearest faster: GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, Radeon RX 7800 XT. Just below: GeForce RTX 3080, GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6. Full method on the methodology page.