XGI Volari 8600 XT and Radeon RX 6800 XT - video card comparison
XGI Volari 8600 XT
Radeon RX 6800 XT
Architecture
XG4 (2003−2005)
Navi / RDNA2 (2020−2022)
GPU code name
XG45
Navi 21
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
-
November 2020
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
2x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
-
2250 MHz
Core clock speed
450 MHz
1825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
110 nm
7 nm
Number of transistors
-
26,800 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
-
4608
Power consumption (TDP)
-
300 Watt
Texture fill rate
3.600
648.0
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
16 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MBps
16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
14.4 GB/s
512.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
9.0c
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL
N/A
2.0
OpenGL
2.1
4.6
Shader Model
3.0
6.5
Vulkan
N/A
1.2