Average Bench: 195% (11th of 700)

Based on 16,571 user benchmarks.  Devices: 1002 73BF, 1002 73AF Model: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

The RX 6900-XT assumes the flagship position in AMD’s latest RX 6000 series of GPUs which deliver a huge generational jump in performance. The $1,000 USD 6900-XT offers a small improvement (11% more compute units) over the already launched $650 USD RX 6800-XT. AMD have upgraded the single fan cooler to a more efficient triple fan solution, perhaps indicating a shift in focus from benchmark busting headlines to user experience. Following the widespread issues that users faced with the 5000 and Vega series, we are cautiously optimistic that AMD have taken steps to ensure driver and hardware stability. Given the value for money now offered by both Nvidia and AMD, with the 3070 and 6800-XT, it is difficult to recommend any thousand dollar graphics cards to most gamers. 16GB of VRAM is a key feature of the 6900-XT. At higher resolutions and detail settings, performance can bottleneck without sufficient GPU memory. AMD's marketers often cherry pick obscure games with high res/settings, the details of which are rarely disclosed, then compare the results with cards that have less memory. In that scenario, the cards with less memory look weaker than they would at 1080p. The 1080p results are sometimes omitted, or worse, partially omitted and frame drops are conveniently ignored. Most users will see little benefit in gaming at high resolutions. Without drastic price cuts (MSRP $1000 USD) and miraculous marketing via countless promo videos and sponsored reviews, the 6900 XT will struggle to compete, partly because it lacks RTX+DLSS which is required for the best gaming experience in class leading titles such as Cyberpunk 2077. Users should be wary of AMD’s army of social media accounts, they aim to dupe shoppers any way they can. [Dec '20 GPUPro]

Outstanding average bench

The AMD RX 6900-XT averaged 95.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the AMD RX 6900-XT near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 245fps
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 330fps

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD RX 6900-XT is just 18%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD RX 6900-XT performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 250fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 516fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 16,571 samples)
Min Avg Max
230 Lighting 245 261
236 Reflection 250 268
478 Parallax 516 563
199% 337 fps
Min Avg Max
375 MRender 397 420
200 Gravity 209 221
314 Splatting 330 346
256% 312 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
XFX(1EAE 6901) ≥ 4GB
Ram: 16GB, Driver: 23.5.1
Lighting 278
Reflection 264
Parallax 556
227% 366 fps
MRender 423
Gravity 223
Splatting 355
273% 333 fps
XFX(1EAE 6901) ≥ 4GB
Ram: 16GB, Driver: 23.4.3
Lighting 261
Reflection 267
Parallax 569
213% 366 fps
MRender 420
Gravity 225
Splatting 357
274% 334 fps
Gigabyte(1458 2332) ≥ 4GB
Ram: 16GB, Driver: 23.5.2
Lighting 248
Reflection 252
Parallax 511
202% 337 fps
MRender 414
Gravity 213
Splatting 338
263% 322 fps
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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (MSRP ≈ $1000 @ launch in Dec '20)
AMD(1002 0E3A) 19% 193% ± 6%
XFX(1EAE 6901) 13% 195% ± 7%
PowerColor(148C 2408) 13% 192% ± 4%
Asus(1043 04FA) 11% 195% ± 4%
ASRock(1849 5212) 9% 196% ± 2%
ASRock(1849 5213) 5% 202% ± 4%
MSI(1462 3952) 5% 193% ± 8%
Sapphire(1DA2 440E) 5% 196% ± 3%
Gigabyte(1458 2332) 3% 193% ± 6%
Gigabyte(1458 232C) 3% 192% ± 1%
XFX(1EAE 6905) 3% 203% ± 2%
PowerColor(148C 2414) 3% 195% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 2333) 2% 197% ± 4%
Sapphire(1DA2 F441) 2% 194% ± 0%
MSI(1462 3955) 2% 204% ± 1%
Sapphire(1DA2 E440) 2% 192% ± 4%
Sapphire(1DA2 440F) 2% 198% ± 5%
Asus(1043 04F8) 1% 210% ± 0%
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Typical RX 6900-XT Builds (Compare 21,912 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 166%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 94%
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Workstation
Workstation 167%
UFO

Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) - $190

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $1,550

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 Comments

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6 days ago.

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AMD are great at selling junk. They pee in the well with fake comments, glorified cheerleaders on youtube and paid magazine reviews. My POS PC still crashes randomly. Everybody needs to call the rats out instead of letting them get away with it.—Dec '20

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Unstable waste of time, black screen garbage, I should have seen through the markeing BS. Waiting for my 3080 now ...—Feb '21

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lol - advanced marketing devices.—May '22


Excellent

19 days ago.

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Only someone with more money than brains would even consider this.—Jan '22


Liked

5 months ago.

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MOAR VRAM, MOAR CRASHES, MOAR MONEY!—Feb '21


Terrible

5 months ago.

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i dont liem amd beacuse of lags and thing my friends have it and the games are lagging—Jan '21


Good

2 years ago.


Excellent

10 days ago.

The best card I have had, it outperformed any of my previous cards it has a good power consumption and low temp.


Excellent

20 months ago.

i wonder if the bad reviews are from people that don't really understand how to harness the power of the 6900xt. once you learn and find the offset and mess with mpt you ll understand and learn to love it. seems like nvidias spoiled a lot of you hahaha


Poor

22 months ago.

$300 more for 5% less performance of a 3080...


Good

12 months ago.

Wb Gigabyte type card. Nicer upgrade compared with my last amd generation(r9). My one gripe(atm) is a tinny sound coming from card. Otherwise, no complaints, runs my game like i would want it to at max settings. Like the sleek look!


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