AMD Radeon RX 6700 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6700 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 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 9 month(s) later
  • Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1941 MHz vs 1500 MHz
  • Around 42% higher boost clock speed: 2450 MHz vs 1725 MHz
  • Around 11% higher texture fill rate: 352.8 GTexel/s vs 317.4 GTexel/s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
  • Around 26% lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 220 Watt
  • Around 25% higher maximum memory size: 10 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1053 vs 999
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 9 Jun 2021 vs 1 Sep 2020
Core clock speed 1941 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Boost clock speed 2450 MHz vs 1725 MHz
Texture fill rate 352.8 GTexel/s vs 317.4 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 Watt vs 220 Watt
Maximum memory size 10 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 1053 vs 999

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

  • 2.6x more pipelines: 5888 vs 2304
  • Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22253 vs 19185
  • Around 57% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3163 vs 2014
  • Around 33% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 123479 vs 92669
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 5888 vs 2304
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 22253 vs 19185
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3163 vs 2014
Geekbench - OpenCL 123479 vs 92669

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6700
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1053
999
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
19185
22253
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
2014
3163
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
92669
123479
Name AMD Radeon RX 6700 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
PassMark - G2D Mark 1053 999
PassMark - G3D Mark 19185 22253
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2014 3163
Geekbench - OpenCL 92669 123479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 453.922
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 5803.174
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 40.757
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 182.055
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1664.554
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 31716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 13566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 31930
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 31716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 13566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 31930

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 6700 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ampere
Code name Navi 22 GA104
Launch date 9 Jun 2021 1 Sep 2020
Place in performance rating 76 44
Launch price (MSRP) $499
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2450 MHz 1725 MHz
Compute units 36
Core clock speed 1941 MHz 1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 705.6 GFLOPS (1:16) 317.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 22.58 TFLOPS (2:1) 20.31 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 11.29 TFLOPS 20.31 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2304 5888
Pixel fill rate 156.8 GPixel/s 165.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 352.8 GTexel/s 317.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 Watt 220 Watt
Transistor count 17200 million 17400 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot Dual-slot
Height 40 mm, 1.6 inches 112 mm (4.4 inches)
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 267 mm, 10.5 inches 242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt 550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 12-pin
Width 110 mm, 4.3 inches 112 mm, 4.4 inches

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL 2.1 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 10 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 320.0 GB/s 448.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 160 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6