Radeon RX 5700 XT VS Radeon RX 6700 XT
We are comparing the Radeon RX 5700 XT (AMD) with the Radeon RX 6700 XT (AMD). Scroll down to the pros and cons of each graphics card, in-depth specs, and gaming benchmarks.
Last Updated: October 6, 2026
Overall Comparison
KEY DIFFERENCES OF Radeon RX 5700 XT AND Radeon RX 6700 XT
Here’s how Radeon RX 5700 XT and Radeon RX 6700 XT stack up against each other in their most impactful areas.
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 5700 XT
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17% more memory bandwidth (448 GB/s vs 384 GB/s)
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33% higher Memory Bus Width (256 Bit vs 192 Bit)
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 6700 XT
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39% higher 4K Ultra FPS (43 vs 31)
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31% higher 1440p Ultra FPS (76 vs 58)
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28% higher 1080p Ultra FPS (105 vs 82)
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35% higher Boost Clock (2581 MHz vs 1905 MHz)
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36% higher 3DMark Time Spy score (12813 vs 9422)
SPECIFICATION TABLE COMPARISON OF Radeon RX 5700 XT AND Radeon RX 6700 XT
Below is the detailed specification table comparing Radeon RX 5700 XT and Radeon RX 6700 XT.
Note: Highlighted specs mean that GPU wins that spec row.
If neither side is highlighted, it is a tie or there is not enough data for both specs.
| Specification | Radeon RX 5700 XT | Radeon RX 6700 XT |
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General Info
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| GPU Name: | Radeon RX 5700 XT | Radeon RX 6700 XT |
| GPU Type: | Discrete | Discrete |
| Codename: | Navi 10 | Navi 22 |
| Vendor: | AMD | AMD |
| Foundry: | TSMC | TSMC |
| Architecture: | RDNA 1.0 | RDNA 2.0 |
| Generation: | Navi (RX 5000) | Navi II (RX 6000) |
| Release Date: | July 7, 2019 | March 3, 2021 |
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Board Design
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| Bus Interface: | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| PCIe Version: | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCIe Lanes: | 16 | 16 |
| Process Size: | 7 nm | 7 nm |
| Transistors: | 10.3 billion | 17 billion |
| Density: | 41.0 MTr/mm² | 50.75 MTr/mm² |
| Die Size: | 251 mm² | 335 mm² |
| Board Length: | 272 mm | 267 mm |
| Board Width: | 36 mm | 40 mm |
| Board Height: | 111 mm | 110 mm |
| Total Graphics Power (TGP): | 225 W | 230 W |
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Graphics Processor
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| Compute Units: | 40 | 40 |
| Shading Units: | 2560 | 2560 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs): | 160 | 160 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs): | 64 | 64 |
| Ray Tracing Cores: | — | 40 |
| Base Clock: | 1605 MHz | 2321 MHz |
| Boost Clock: | 1905 MHz | 2581 MHz |
| L1 Cache: | — | 128 KB per Array |
| L2 Cache: | 4 MB | 3 MB |
| L3 Cache: | — | 96 MB |
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Raw Performance
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| Pixel Fill Rate: | 121.9 GPixel/s | 165.2 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate: | 304.8 GTexel/s | 413.0 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance: | 9.754 TFLOPs | 13.21 TFLOPs |
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Memory
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| Memory Type: | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size: | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Bus Width: | 256-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Clock: | 1750 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed: | 14000 Mbps | 16000 Mbps |
| Bandwidth: | 448.0 GB/s | 384 GB/s |
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APIs
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| DirectX: | 12.1 | 12 |
| Vulkan: | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL: | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL: | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| Ray Tracing: | 0 | 1 |
| DisplayPort: | 1.4a | 1.4a |
| HDMI: | 2.0b | 2.1 |
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Gaming FPS
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| 1080p Ultra (FPS): | 82 | 105 |
| 1440p Ultra (FPS): | 58 | 76 |
| 4K Ultra (FPS): | 31 | 43 |
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Benchmarks
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3D Mark
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| Steel Nomad Lite | 8581 | 11432 |
| Time Spy | 9422 | 12813 |
| Solar Bay | — | 50228 |
| Port Royal | — | 6190 |
| Fire Strike | 27545 | 35839 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 18386 | 22915 |
| Night Raid | 103077 | 130531 |
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GeekBench 6 OpenCL
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| Compute Score | 81739 | 110742 |
| Background Blur | 148 img/sec | 245.8 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 89.5 img/sec | 153.3 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 3.52 Gpixels/sec | 3.99 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 4.98 Gpixels/sec | 5.82 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 4.11 Gpixels/sec | 4.37 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.75 Gpixels/sec | 1.01 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 295.8 Gpixels/sec | 474.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 10480.7 | 13872.6 |
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Passmark Graphics
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| G3D Mark | 16104 | 19742 |
| G2D Mark | 922 | 953 |
| DirectX 11 | 115 | 173 |
| DirectX 12 | 64 | 77 |
| GPU Compute | 7559 | 9278 |
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GFXBench 5
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| Aztec Ruins High (4K) | 117.90 | 173.60 |
| Aztec Ruins Normal | 695.60 | 943.90 |
| Car Chase | 606.10 | 840.00 |
| Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p) | 496.20 | 743.30 |
| T-Rex | 2407.00 | 2906.30 |
| Tessellation | 2576.40 | 2414.40 |
| ALU 2 | 3024.60 | 3886.30 |
| Driver Overhead 2 | 324.90 | 290.80 |
| API | OpenGL | OpenGL |
| OS | Windows | Windows |
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Blender (Rendering)
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| Blender Score | 981 | 1518 |
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GeekBench 6 ML
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| Single Precision | 14920 | 21026 |
| Half Precision | 16852 | 21983 |
| Quantized | 11883 | 16106 |
| Image Classification | 6764 | 9076 |
| Image Segmentation | 7615 | 10972 |
| Image Super Resolution | 19081 | 24228 |
| Face Detection | 20621 | 32365 |
| Pose Estimation | 73667 | 100249 |
| Text Classification | 1970 | 2204 |
| Machine Translation | 2417 | 4803 |
| Object Detection | 6684 | 9882 |
| Depth Estimation | 30456 | 37762 |
| Style Transfer | 147087 | 210688 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
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FurMark
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| 1080p Vulkan | 7403 | 9153 |
| 1440p Vulkan | 4833 | 6300 |
| 2160p Vulkan | 2429 | 3237 |
| 1080p OpenGL | 8054 | 10146 |
| 1440p OpenGL | 5191 | 6900 |
| 2160p OpenGL | 2548 | 3596 |
Tip: ▲ indicates a higher-is-better spec advantage, while ▼ indicates a lower-is-better advantage.
PERFORMANCE CHART COMPARISON OF Radeon RX 5700 XT AND Radeon RX 6700 XT
The charts below visualize how Radeon RX 5700 XT and Radeon RX 6700 XT stack up in key performance metrics.
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Release Timeline of Radeon RX 5700 XT and Radeon RX 6700 XT
Radeon RX 5700 XT was released 1 year, 7 months, 24 days earlier than Radeon RX 6700 XT.
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Our Verdict
In conclusion, the Radeon RX 6700 XT is slightly better overall compared to the Radeon RX 5700 XT. It comes out ahead across every comparable key area.
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