We’ve already seen a few rumors (1, 2) about the possibility of AMD’s Radeon RX 6800 XT graphics cards breaching the 2.5 GHz barrier, but here’s another sign that the GPU can perform much faster than its highest officially listed frequency (2.25 GHz).
OneRaichu has shared a GPU-Z screenshot that, while largely redacted, shows the Radeon RX 6800 XT being able to hit clocks of over 2.5 GHz. This is mighty impressive in itself, but what’s also interesting is that the sensor data lists a power draw that falls under the card’s official GPU power spec of 300 W.
OneRaichu points out that this level of performance puts the Radeon RX 6800 XT very close to NVIDIA’s BFGPU, the GeForce RTX 3090. We’ll have to wait until next week for third-party benchmarks to confirm this theory, but if AMD’s own tests are to believed, the Radeon RX 6800 XT may definitely be able to best NVIDIA’s true flagship in select AAA titles.
— Raichu (@OneRaichu) November 12, 2020
TUM_APISAK has also shared Geekbench scores for AMD’s Radeon RX 6800 XT and Radeon RX 6800. According to a chart compiled by VideoCardz, the Radeon RX 6800 XT might be up to 27 percent faster than NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 3070.
AMD Radeon RX 6800 Series Geekbench Results
| Radeon RX 6800 XT #4 | Radeon RX 6800 XT #3 | Radeon RX 6800 XT #2 | Radeon RX 6800 XT #1 | Radeon RX 6800 #2 | Radeon RX 6800 #1 | GeForce RTX 3080 | GeForce RTX 3070 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sobel | 1087976 (129%) | 1071499 (127%) | 859559 (102%) | 750440 (89%) | 746974 (88%) | 715348 (85%) | 1199829 (142%) | 844805 (100%) |
| Histogram Equalization | 329540 (85%) | 226192 (58%) | 295415 (76%) | 274084 (70%) | 259744 (67%) | 265402 (68%) | 465819 (120%) | 389537 (100%) |
| SFFT | 127859 (239%) | 117706 (220%) | 109160 (204%) | 121848 (228%) | 96057 (180%) | 97787 (183%) | 86286 (162%) | 53397 (100%) |
| Gaussian Blur | 1007917 (139%) | 898063 (124%) | 821605 (114%) | 820894 (114%) | 743985 (103%) | 808767 (112%) | 1041852 (144%) | 723012 (100%) |
| Face Detection | 114723 (112%) | 113847 (112%) | 113280 (111%) | 110522 (108%) | 87035 (85%) | 91447 (90%) | 112365 (110%) | 102073 (100%) |
| RAW | 4134309 (146%) | 3731144 (132%) | 3777187 (133%) | 3632740 (128%) | 2882122 (102%) | 3119262 (110%) | 4475757 (158%) | 2830787 (100%) |
| Depth of Field | 1532035 (101%) | 1354456 (90%) | 1359672 (90%) | 1191858 (79%) | 1137599 (75%) | 1136803 (75%) | 1909551 (126%) | 1510381 (100%) |
| Particle Physics | 56505 (108%) | 57560 (111%) | 57263 (110%) | 57382 (110%) | 53293 (102%) | 53390 (102%) | 49976 (96%) | 52071 (100%) |
| Overall Score | 456837 (127%) | 413121 (114%) | 407387 (113%) | 392643 (109%) | 347137 (96%) | 356337 (99%) | 470743 (130%) | 361042 (100%) |
AMD Radeon RX 6800
— APISAK (@TUM_APISAK) November 11, 2020
Gfx1030
Compute Units 30
Maximum Frequency 1.81 GHz
Device Memory16.0 GB
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