Radeon RX 5800 and Radeon RX 6800 XT - video card comparison
Radeon RX 5800
Radeon RX 6800 XT
Architecture
RDNA 2.0 (2020−2022)
Navi / RDNA2 (2020−2022)
GPU code name
Navi 23
Navi 21
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
-
November 2020
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2x 8-pin
2x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
1735 MHz
2250 MHz
Core clock speed
-
1825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
7 nm
Number of transistors
-
26,800 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3072
4608
Power consumption (TDP)
275 Watt
300 Watt
Texture fill rate
333.1
648.0
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
16 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
448.0 GB/s
512.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12.0 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL
-
2.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
-
6.5
Vulkan
-
1.2