AMD Radeon RX 7700S vs AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7700S and AMD Radeon RX 6900 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, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 7700S

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7700S

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 2250 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 7 nm
3x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)

Launch date	4 Jan 2023 vs 28 Oct 2020
Boost clock speed	2500 MHz vs 2250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Around 22% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1500 MHz
2.3x more texture fill rate: 720.0 GTexel/s vs 320.0 GTexel/s
2.5x more pipelines: 5120 vs 2048
2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1048 vs 795
Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26856 vs 15197
2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 161057 vs 74198

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1825 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Texture fill rate	720.0 GTexel/s vs 320.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines	5120 vs 2048
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1048 vs 795
PassMark - G3D Mark	26856 vs 15197
Geekbench - OpenCL	161057 vs 74198

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7700S
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

795

1048

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15197

26856

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

74198

161057

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7700S	AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	795	1048
PassMark - G3D Mark	15197	26856
Geekbench - OpenCL	74198	161057
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		543.753
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		51.155
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		320.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2566.9
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		17213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		17213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		20909

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7700S	AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	RDNA 2.0
Code name	Navi 33	Navi 21
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	28 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating	75	70
Launch price (MSRP)		$999
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2500 MHz	2250 MHz
Compute units	32	80
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	1825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	7 nm
Pipelines	2048	5120
Pixel fill rate	160.0 GPixel/s	288.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	320.0 GTexel/s	720.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	13300 million	26800 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		1440 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		46.08 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		23.04 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Triple-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 8-pin
Height		50 mm (2 inches)
Length		267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)		700 Watt
Width		120 mm (4.7 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	8 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	512 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6