AMD Radeon RX 6700 vs AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6700 and AMD Radeon RX 6800 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 - 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 6800 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6700

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 6% higher core clock speed: 1941 MHz vs 1825 MHz
Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 2450 MHz vs 2250 MHz
Around 71% lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 300 Watt

Launch date	9 Jun 2021 vs 28 Oct 2020
Core clock speed	1941 MHz vs 1825 MHz
Boost clock speed	2450 MHz vs 2250 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt vs 300 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Around 84% higher texture fill rate: 648.0 GTexel/s vs 352.8 GTexel/s
2x more pipelines: 4608 vs 2304
Around 60% higher maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 10 GB
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1020 vs 901
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25107 vs 18630
Around 74% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 19416 vs 11147
Around 68% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 150072 vs 89503

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	648.0 GTexel/s vs 352.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	4608 vs 2304
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 10 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1020 vs 901
PassMark - G3D Mark	25107 vs 18630
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	19416 vs 11147
Geekbench - OpenCL	150072 vs 89503

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6700
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

901

1020

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

18630

25107

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

11147

19416

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

89503

150072

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6700	AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	901	1020
PassMark - G3D Mark	18630	25107
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	11147	19416
Geekbench - OpenCL	89503	150072
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		578.52
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		52.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		291.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2700.97
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3374
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3374

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6700	AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	RDNA 2.0
Code name	Navi 22	Navi 21
Launch date	9 Jun 2021	28 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating	63	62
Launch price (MSRP)		$649
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2450 MHz	2250 MHz
Compute units	36	72
Core clock speed	1941 MHz	1825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	705.6 GFLOPS (1:16)	1296 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	22.58 TFLOPS (2:1)	41.47 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	11.29 TFLOPS	20.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2304	4608
Pixel fill rate	156.8 GPixel/s	288.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	352.8 GTexel/s	648.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	17200 million	26800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	40 mm, 1.6 inches	50 mm (2 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	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	2x 8-pin
Width	110 mm, 4.3 inches	120 mm (4.7 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	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	320.0 GB/s	512.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	160 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6