AMD Radeon RX 7900M vs AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7900M 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, 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7900M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 46% higher texture fill rate: 601.9 GTexel/s vs 413.0 GTexel/s
  • Around 80% higher pipelines: 4608 vs 2560
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 7 nm
  • Around 28% lower typical power consumption: 180 Watt vs 230 Watt
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 12 GB
  • Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22112 vs 19881
  • Around 7% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 104371 vs 97133
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 19 Oct 2023 vs 3 Mar 2021
Texture fill rate 601.9 GTexel/s vs 413.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines 4608 vs 2560
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 Watt vs 230 Watt
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 22112 vs 19881
Geekbench - OpenCL 104371 vs 97133

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

  • Around 27% higher core clock speed: 2321 MHz vs 1825 MHz
  • Around 23% higher boost clock speed: 2581 MHz vs 2090 MHz
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 941 vs 884
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 2321 MHz vs 1825 MHz
Boost clock speed 2581 MHz vs 2090 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 941 vs 884

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7900M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
884
941
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
22112
19881
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
104371
97133
Name AMD Radeon RX 7900M AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark 884 941
PassMark - G3D Mark 22112 19881
Geekbench - OpenCL 104371 97133
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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 12773

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 7900M AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 3.0 RDNA 2.0
Code name Navi 31 Navi 22
Launch date 19 Oct 2023 3 Mar 2021
Place in performance rating 44 46
Launch price (MSRP) $479
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2090 MHz 2581 MHz
Compute units 72 40
Core clock speed 1825 MHz 2321 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 7 nm
Pipelines 4608 2560
Pixel fill rate 267.5 GPixel/s 165.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 601.9 GTexel/s 413.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 Watt 230 Watt
Transistor count 57700 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 Portable Device Dependent 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor IGP
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Height 40 mm (1.6 inches)
Length 267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 550 Watt
Width 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 16 GB 12 GB
Memory bandwidth 576.0 GB/s 384 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 192 bit
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6