AMD Sapphire RX 6800 XT is a professional device from the RX 6000 series by AMD. It comes second only to the high-end RX 6900 XT by specifications and pricing. The launch price is $649.
The RX 6800 XT was launched on November 18, 2020. Due to the insufficient production volume, the graphics card was sold out after one day which led to the extremely short supply. Some marketplaces were offering it with the markup of up to 100%.
The GPU features 72 computing blocks, the GDDR6 memory with up to 16 GB, and the max clock of 2250 MHz. Users say that the RX 6800 XT is on average 10% better than the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 by performance. All of this is enough for cryptocurrency mining on any supported algorithm. Like other top AMD graphics cards, the RX 6800 XT is best at mining Ethereum, Ravencoin, and Beam. These cryptocurrencies bring the highest profit at the current values.
