Which is better, AMD Radeon 6000 RX 6800 XT or AMD Radeon 9000 RX 9070?

The AMD Radeon 9000 RX 9070 wins in 6 out of 7 comparable specs against the AMD Radeon 6000 RX 6800 XT.

RX 6800 XT vs RX 9070

AMD

RX 6800 XT

AMD

RX 9070

Specifications

Spec	RX 6800 XT	RX 9070
Performance
FP32 Performance	20.7 TFLOPS	36.1 TFLOPS+43%
Stream Processors	4,608+29%	3,584
Boost Clock	2,250 MHz	2,520 MHz+11%
Base Clock	1,825 MHz	N/A
Memory
VRAM	16 GB	16 GB
VRAM Type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Memory Bus	256-bit	256-bit
Memory Clock	2,000 MHz	2,500 MHz+20%
Memory Bandwidth	512	640+20%
Power
TDP	300W	220W+36%
Process Node	7 nm FF (TSMC N7)	4 nm
Features
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	RDNA 4.0
GPU Chip	Navi 21 XT (Navi 21)	Navi 48 XT (NAVI 48)
Ray Tracing	N/A	Ray Accelerators (56)
Tensor Cores	N/A	112
Display Outputs	2x DisplayPort, 1x HDMI	3x DisplayPort, 1x HDMI
Price
MSRP	$649	$549+18%

Verdict

The AMD Radeon 9000 RX 9070 wins in 6 out of 9 comparable specs. Its biggest advantage is FP32 Performance (74% better). The RX 6800 XT wins in 1 specs, with its biggest advantage in Shader Units (29% better).

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RX 6800 XT

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