Radeon RX 6700 VS Radeon RX 9070 XT

We are comparing the Radeon RX 6700 (AMD) with the Radeon RX 9070 XT (AMD). Scroll down to the pros and cons of each graphics card, in-depth specs, and gaming benchmarks.

Last Updated: September 10, 2026

KEY DIFFERENCES OF Radeon RX 6700 AND Radeon RX 9070 XT

Here’s how Radeon RX 6700 and Radeon RX 9070 XT stack up against each other in their most impactful areas.

Radeon RX 9070 XT: 5 advantages

Why Radeon RX 9070 XT is the best choice:

5
  • 21% higher Boost Clock (2970 MHz vs 2450 MHz)
  • 167% higher 3DMark Time Spy score (29803 vs 11159)
  • 266% higher 3DMark Port Royal score (18556 vs 5073)
  • 42% higher PassMark G3D Mark score (26866 vs 18919)
  • 106% higher Geekbench 6 OpenCL score (182816 vs 88771)

SPECIFICATION TABLE COMPARISON OF Radeon RX 6700 AND Radeon RX 9070 XT

Below is the detailed specification table comparing Radeon RX 6700 and Radeon RX 9070 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 6700 Radeon RX 9070 XT
General Info
GPU Name: Radeon RX 6700 Radeon RX 9070 XT
GPU Type: Discrete Discrete
Codename: Navi 22
Vendor: AMD AMD
Foundry: TSMC TSMC
Architecture: RDNA 2.0 RDNA 4.0
Generation: Navi II (RX 6000) Navi IV (RX 9000)
Release Date: June 9, 2021 March 6, 2025
Board Design
Bus Interface: PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
PCIe Version: 4.0 5.0
PCIe Lanes: 16 x16
Process Size: 7 nm 4 nm
Transistors: 17.2 billion 53.9 billion
Density: 51.3 MTr/mm² 151.19 MTr/mm²
Die Size: 335 mm² 356.5
Board Length: 267 mm
Board Width: 40 mm
Board Height: 110 mm
Total Graphics Power (TGP): 175 W 304 W
Graphics Processor
Compute Units: 36 64
Shading Units: 2304 4096
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs): 144 256
Render Output Units (ROPs): 64 128
Tensor Cores: 128
Ray Tracing Cores: 36 64
Base Clock: 1941 MHz 1660
Boost Clock: 2450 MHz 2970
L1 Cache: 128 KB per Array 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache: 3 MB 4MB shared
L3 Cache: 80 MB
Raw Performance
Pixel Fill Rate: 156.8 GPixel/s 380.2 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate: 352.8 GTexel/s 760.3 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance: 11.29 TFLOPs 48.66 TFLOPs
Memory
Memory Type: GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Size: 10 GB 16 GB
Memory Bus Width: 160-bit 256-bit
Memory Clock: 2000 MHz 2518
Effective Memory Speed: 16000 Mbps 20100
Bandwidth: 320 GB/s 640
APIs
DirectX: 12 12.2
Vulkan: 1.4 1.3
OpenGL: 4.6 4.6
OpenCL: 2.1 2.2
CUDA: No
Ray Tracing: 1 Yes
DLSS: 0 No
DisplayPort: 1.4a 2.1a
HDMI: 2.1
Gaming FPS
1080p Ultra (FPS): 193
1440p Ultra (FPS): 151
4K Ultra (FPS): 89
Benchmarks
3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite 26116
Time Spy 11159 29803
Solar Bay 120093
Port Royal 5073 18556
Fire Strike 31687 66408
Wild Life Extreme 54361
Night Raid 196877
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
Compute Score 88771 182816
Background Blur 210.1 img/sec 427.4 img/sec
Face Detection 117.2 img/sec 251 img/sec
Horizon Detection 3.25 Gpixels/sec 6.77 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 4.94 Gpixels/sec 9.42 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 3.70 Gpixels/sec 9.35 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 916.0 Mpixels/sec 1.42 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 338.8 Gpixels/sec 651.4 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 9496.3 23630 FPS
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark 18919 26866
G2D Mark 940 1320
DirectX 11 166 294
DirectX 12 71 77
GPU Compute 8215 15958 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins High (4K) 313.30
Aztec Ruins Normal 1794.90
Car Chase 1498.00
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p) 1199.30
T-Rex 5080.10
Tessellation 6928.50
ALU 2 9196.70
Driver Overhead 2 339.10
API OpenGL
OS Windows
Blender (Rendering)
Blender Score 3116
GeekBench 6 ML
Single Precision 39190
Half Precision 55727
Quantized 33599
Image Classification 18001
Image Segmentation 25174
Image Super Resolution 45714
Face Detection 74776
Pose Estimation 196137
Text Classification 5163
Machine Translation 8677
Object Detection 19602
Depth Estimation 74879
Style Transfer 411302
Framework ONNX
Backend DirectML
FurMark
1080p Vulkan 7940 19161
1440p Vulkan 5346 14200
2160p Vulkan 2464 7713
1080p OpenGL 8984 20135
1440p OpenGL 5922 14412
2160p OpenGL 2943 7754

Tip: indicates a higher-is-better spec advantage, while indicates a lower-is-better advantage.

PERFORMANCE CHART COMPARISON OF Radeon RX 6700 AND Radeon RX 9070 XT

The charts below visualize how Radeon RX 6700 and Radeon RX 9070 XT stack up in key performance metrics.

Radar Chart Comparison

Category scores overview (0 to 100)
Radeon RX 6700
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Bullet Chart Comparison

Market Top is the best score found. Colored bars are % of market top (0 to 100).
Market Top
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Release Timeline of Radeon RX 6700 and Radeon RX 9070 XT

Radeon RX 6700
1366 days
Radeon RX 9070 XT

Radeon RX 6700 was released 3 years, 8 months, 25 days earlier than Radeon RX 9070 XT.

Value For Money Calculator

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Radeon RX 6700

10 GB GDDR6
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Radeon RX 9070 XT

16 GB GDDR6
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Domain Score Summary

Scores are generated by Comparigon's scoring algorithm and are intended as a high-level guide. They may not map 1-to-1 with the individual spec-by-spec comparisons shown in the table.

Radeon RX 6700 Radeon RX 9070 XT
ALL
Overall
Difference: 16
Leads
Radeon RX 6700
69
Radeon RX 9070 XT
85
Gaming Performance
Difference: 24
Leads
Radeon RX 6700
54
Radeon RX 9070 XT
78
AI & Machine Learning
Difference: 11
Leads
Radeon RX 6700
63
Radeon RX 9070 XT
74
Hardware Architecture
Difference: 13
Leads
Radeon RX 6700
72
Radeon RX 9070 XT
85
Workstation
Difference: 18
Leads
Radeon RX 6700
56
Radeon RX 9070 XT
74
Energy Efficiency
Difference: 58
Leads
Radeon RX 6700
42
Radeon RX 9070 XT
100

Our Verdict

In conclusion, the Radeon RX 9070 XT dominates overall compared to the Radeon RX 6700. It comes out ahead across every comparable key area.

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