AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT: the still highly competitive graphics card in 2025

Here are the main specs of the Radeon RX 6900 XT:

• GPU : Navi 21 XTX (RDNA 2 architecture)
• Calculation units : 80 Compute Units (5120 Stream Processors)
• Video memory : 16 GB GDDR6
• Memory bus : 256 bits
• Boost frequency : up to 2250 MHz (depending on model)
• Ray Tracing : yes (Ray Accelerators RDNA2)
• TDP : about 300W
• Connectors : HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a, PCIe 4.0

👉 Concretely, it is a card tailored for smooth 1440p and even solid 4K with some settings.

In game, the RX 6900 XT still competes today with NVIDIA's high-end cards (RTX 3080 Ti, RTX 3090) and even approaches the latest RTX 4070 Ti in terms of raw performance.

• 1080p: overkill, you easily exceed 200 FPS on many games.
• 1440p: comfort zone, often +120 FPS on recent AAA titles.
• 4K: very solid, around 60-90 FPS depending on the settings and the game.

⚠️ Small downside: on the Ray Tracing side, the RX 6900 XT remains a notch below equivalent RTX, especially without DLSS. AMD has its FSR (FidelityFX Super Resolution), but the technology is sometimes still less effective than NVIDIA's DLSS.

Upon its release, the RX 6900 XT cost $999 (and sometimes much more due to GPU shortage).

Today, in 2025, its price has dropped significantly and you can find it much cheaper!

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👉 What to remember:

• The RX 6900 XT remains formidable in rasterization and much cheaper.
• The RTX 4080 is above in Ray Tracing, but twice as expensive.
• The RTX 5080 will obviously widen the gap, but at a very high cost.

In short, if you want the best performance/price ratio for 1440p/4K in 2025 → the RX 6900 XT is a great deal.

The model truly sold to the general public is the RX 6900 XT.

The RX 6900 "non XT" existed in prototypes, but was not distributed.

👉 If you type RX 6900, you will find the RX 6900 XT.

The advantages:

• Excellent performance in rasterization
• 16 GB VRAM = future proof for several years
• Great performance/price ratio in 2025

The cons:

• Ray Tracing in retreat
• No DLSS 3 Frame Generation
• Need a good power supply (minimum 750W)

Is the RX 6900 XT still competitive in 2025?

Yes, especially for 1440p/4K without pushing Ray Tracing to the max.

What power supply to plan for?

At least 750W.

RX 6900 XT vs RTX 4080 ?

The 4080 is stronger in Ray Tracing and in 4K, but twice as expensive.