AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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 7700 XT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 33% higher texture fill rate: 549.5 GTexel/s vs 413.0 GTexel/s
  • Around 35% higher pipelines: 3456 vs 2560
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 7 nm
  • Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1128 vs 943
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22459 vs 19834
  • Around 27% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 126914 vs 100202
  • Around 36% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3312 vs 2438
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 25 Aug 2023 vs 3 Mar 2021
Texture fill rate 549.5 GTexel/s vs 413.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines 3456 vs 2560
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 7 nm
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 1128 vs 943
PassMark - G3D Mark 22459 vs 19834
Geekbench - OpenCL 126914 vs 100202
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3312 vs 2438

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

  • Around 37% higher core clock speed: 2321 MHz vs 1700 MHz
  • Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 2581 MHz vs 2544 MHz
  • Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 230 Watt vs 245 Watt
Core clock speed 2321 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Boost clock speed 2581 MHz vs 2544 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 230 Watt vs 245 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1128
943
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
22459
19834
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
126914
100202
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
3312
2438
Name AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark 1128 943
PassMark - G3D Mark 22459 19834
Geekbench - OpenCL 126914 100202
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3312 2438
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 7700 XT AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 3.0 RDNA 2.0
Code name Navi 32 Navi 22
Launch date 25 Aug 2023 3 Mar 2021
Place in performance rating 49 50
Launch price (MSRP) $479
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2544 MHz 2581 MHz
Compute units 54 40
Core clock speed 1700 MHz 2321 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 7 nm
Pipelines 3456 2560
Pixel fill rate 244.2 GPixel/s 165.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 549.5 GTexel/s 413.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 245 Watt 230 Watt
Transistor count 28100 million 17200 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 825.9 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 26.43 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 13.21 TFLOPS

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Height 50 mm, 2 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) 550 Watt 550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Width 135 mm, 5.3 inches 110 mm (4.3 inches)

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.2
OpenCL 2.2 2.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 12 GB
Memory bandwidth 432.0 GB/s 384 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 192 bit
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6