AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 7600

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Radeon RX 6800 XT compared with Radeon RX 7600
AMDRadeon RX 6800 XTAMDRadeon RX 7600
Overview
ReleasedNovember 2020May 2023
Performance
Chip makerAMDAMD
ArchitectureRDNA 2RDNA 3
Shader cores4,6082,048
Boost clock2,250 MHz2,655 MHz (better)
ArchitectureAMD reference specification; 72 compute units and 26.8 billion transistors32 compute units, 64 ROPs, 128 texture units; game clock 2250 MHz; 13.3 billion transistors
Manufacturing process7 nm–
Ray tracing72 Ray Accelerators; DirectX Raytracing support32 second-generation Ray Accelerators
AI cores–64 AI Accelerators; 43.5 TOPS INT8
Upscaling and frame generationAMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR); AMD Radeon Super ResolutionAMD FSR, Radeon Super Resolution
Base clock2015 MHz game frequency; up to 2250 MHz boost, which AMD defines for bursty workloads rather than sustained gaming–
Cache128 MB AMD Infinity Cache32 MB AMD Infinity Cache (second generation)
Memory
Video memory16 GB GDDR6 (better)8 GB GDDR6
Memory bus256-bit (better)128-bit
Memory bandwidth512 GB/s (better)288 GB/s
Memory detailUp to 16 Gbps GDDR6; 512 GB/s physical memory bandwidthGDDR6 at up to 18 Gbps; AMD quotes up to 477 GB/s effective bandwidth with Infinity Cache
Connections and power
Board power300 W165 W (better)
InterfacePCIe 4.0–
Display outputsDisplayPort 1.4a, HDMI 2.1 with VRR and FRL, and USB-C (AMD reference)DisplayPort up to 2.1 (depends on the card design), HDMI 2.1
Power connector2 × PCIe 8-pin1 × 8-pin
Recommended power supply750 W550 W
Slot width2.5-slot (AMD reference)2-slot (reference card)
Size (reference card)267 mm long (AMD reference); no reference width or height verified204 mm long, 2-slot (reference card)
Video encode and decodeHardware AV1 decoding; H.264 and H.265/HEVC encode and decodeH.264, HEVC and AV1 encode and decode

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