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).

AMD Radeon RX 6700

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

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 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1068 vs 941

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 Jun 2021 vs 3 Mar 2021
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt vs 230 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1068 vs 941

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: 19867 vs 19301
Around 15% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 12786 vs 11162
Around 8% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 99597 vs 92106

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	19867 vs 19301
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	12786 vs 11162
Geekbench - OpenCL	99597 vs 92106

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1068

941

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

19301

19867

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

11162

12786

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

92106

99597

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6700	AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	1068	941
PassMark - G3D Mark	19301	19867
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	11162	12786
Geekbench - OpenCL	92106	99597
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