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
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1060 vs 1021

Specifications (specs)
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
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1060 vs 1021

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 30% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 24988 vs 19229
Around 83% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3693 vs 2019
Around 66% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 153519 vs 92400

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 - G3D Mark	24988 vs 19229
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3693 vs 2019
Geekbench - OpenCL	153519 vs 92400

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1060

1021

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

19229

24988

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

2019

3693

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

92400

153519

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6700	AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	1060	1021
PassMark - G3D Mark	19229	24988
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2019	3693
Geekbench - OpenCL	92400	153519
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	71	68
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