AMD Radeon RX 6700 vs AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6700 and AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6700

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
  • Around 31% lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 230 Watt
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1071 vs 940
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 9 Jun 2021 vs 3 Mar 2021
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 Watt vs 230 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 1071 vs 940

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

  • Around 20% higher core clock speed: 2321 MHz vs 1941 MHz
  • Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 2581 MHz vs 2450 MHz
  • Around 17% higher texture fill rate: 413.0 GTexel/s vs 352.8 GTexel/s
  • Around 11% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 2304
  • Around 20% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 10 GB
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19873 vs 19319
  • Around 15% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 12786 vs 11162
  • Around 8% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 99133 vs 91797
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 2321 MHz vs 1941 MHz
Boost clock speed 2581 MHz vs 2450 MHz
Texture fill rate 413.0 GTexel/s vs 352.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines 2560 vs 2304
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 10 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 19873 vs 19319
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 12786 vs 11162
Geekbench - OpenCL 99133 vs 91797

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6700
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1071
940
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
19319
19873
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
11162
12786
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
91797
99133
Name AMD Radeon RX 6700 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark 1071 940
PassMark - G3D Mark 19319 19873
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 11162 12786
Geekbench - OpenCL 91797 99133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 349.422
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 7129.567
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 34.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 197.183
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1699.337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 15315
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 18062
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 50772
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 15315
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 18062
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 50772

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 6700 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 RDNA 2.0
Code name Navi 22 Navi 22
Launch date 9 Jun 2021 3 Mar 2021
Place in performance rating 53 50
Launch price (MSRP) $479
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2450 MHz 2581 MHz
Compute units 36 40
Core clock speed 1941 MHz 2321 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 705.6 GFLOPS (1:16) 825.9 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 22.58 TFLOPS (2:1) 26.43 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 11.29 TFLOPS 13.21 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2304 2560
Pixel fill rate 156.8 GPixel/s 165.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 352.8 GTexel/s 413.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 Watt 230 Watt
Transistor count 17200 million 17200 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Height 40 mm, 1.6 inches 40 mm (1.6 inches)
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 267 mm, 10.5 inches 267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt 550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Width 110 mm, 4.3 inches 110 mm (4.3 inches)

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.2
OpenCL 2.1 2.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 10 GB 12 GB
Memory bandwidth 320.0 GB/s 384 GB/s
Memory bus width 160 bit 192 bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6