Radeon RX 6700 XT VS Radeon RX 7700 XT
We are comparing the Radeon RX 6700 XT (AMD) with the Radeon RX 7700 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 6700 XT AND Radeon RX 7700 XT
Here’s how Radeon RX 6700 XT and Radeon RX 7700 XT stack up against each other in their most impactful areas.
Why Radeon RX 7700 XT is the best choice:
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33% higher 4K Ultra FPS (57 vs 43)
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29% higher 1440p Ultra FPS (98 vs 76)
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26% higher 1080p Ultra FPS (132 vs 105)
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33% higher 3DMark Time Spy score (17097 vs 12813)
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47% higher 3DMark Port Royal score (9109 vs 6190)
SPECIFICATION TABLE COMPARISON OF Radeon RX 6700 XT AND Radeon RX 7700 XT
Below is the detailed specification table comparing Radeon RX 6700 XT and Radeon RX 7700 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 XT | Radeon RX 7700 XT |
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General Info
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| GPU Name: | Radeon RX 6700 XT | Radeon RX 7700 XT |
| GPU Type: | Discrete | Discrete |
| Codename: | Navi 22 | Navi 32 |
| Vendor: | AMD | AMD |
| Foundry: | TSMC | TSMC |
| Architecture: | RDNA 2.0 | RDNA 3.0 |
| Generation: | Navi II (RX 6000) | Navi III (RX 7000) |
| Release Date: | March 3, 2021 | August 25, 2023 |
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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 | x16 |
| Process Size: | 7 nm | 5 nm |
| Transistors: | 17 billion | 28.1 billion |
| Density: | 50.75 MTr/mm² | 81.2 MTr/mm² |
| Die Size: | 335 mm² | 346 mm² |
| Board Length: | 267 mm | 267 mm |
| Board Width: | 40 mm | 50 mm |
| Board Height: | 110 mm | 135 mm |
| Total Graphics Power (TGP): | 230 W | 245 W |
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Graphics Processor
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| Compute Units: | 40 | 54 |
| Shading Units: | 2560 | 3456 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs): | 160 | 216 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs): | 64 | 96 |
| Tensor Cores: | — | 108 |
| Ray Tracing Cores: | 40 | 54 |
| Base Clock: | 2321 MHz | 1435 MHz |
| Boost Clock: | 2581 MHz | 2544 MHz |
| L1 Cache: | 128 KB per Array | 128 KB per Array |
| L2 Cache: | 3 MB | 2 MB |
| L3 Cache: | 96 MB | 48 MB |
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Raw Performance
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| Pixel Fill Rate: | 165.2 GPixel/s | 244.2 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate: | 413.0 GTexel/s | 549.5 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance: | 13.21 TFLOPs | 35.17 TFLOPs |
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Memory
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| Memory Type: | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size: | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Bus Width: | 192-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Clock: | 2000 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed: | 16000 Mbps | 18000 Mbps |
| Bandwidth: | 384 GB/s | 432.0 GB/s |
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APIs
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| DirectX: | 12 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan: | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| OpenGL: | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL: | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| Ray Tracing: | 1 | Yes |
| FSR: | — | FSR |
| DisplayPort: | 1.4a | 2.1 |
| HDMI: | 2.1 | 2.1a |
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Gaming FPS
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| 1080p Ultra (FPS): | 105 | 132 |
| 1440p Ultra (FPS): | 76 | 98 |
| 4K Ultra (FPS): | 43 | 57 |
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Benchmarks
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3D Mark
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| Steel Nomad Lite | 11432 | 14951 |
| Time Spy | 12813 | 17097 |
| Solar Bay | 50228 | 64396 |
| Port Royal | 6190 | 9109 |
| Fire Strike | 35839 | 42698 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 22915 | 29981 |
| Night Raid | 130531 | 146678 |
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GeekBench 6 OpenCL
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| Compute Score | 110742 | 132843 |
| Background Blur | 245.8 img/sec | 285.8 |
| Face Detection | 153.3 img/sec | 181.6 |
| Horizon Detection | 3.99 Gpixels/sec | 4.9 |
| Edge Detection | 5.82 Gpixels/sec | 6.66 |
| Gaussian Blur | 4.37 Gpixels/sec | 5.68 |
| Feature Matching | 1.01 Gpixels/sec | 1.18 |
| Stereo Matching | 474.4 Gpixels/sec | 493 |
| Particle Physics | 13872.6 | 19410.5 |
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Passmark Graphics
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| G3D Mark | 19742 | 22633 |
| G2D Mark | 953 | 1162 |
| DirectX 11 | 173 | 232 |
| DirectX 12 | 77 | 81 |
| GPU Compute | 9278 | 12960 |
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GFXBench 5
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| Aztec Ruins High (4K) | 173.60 | 174.90 |
| Aztec Ruins Normal | 943.90 | 1178.60 |
| Car Chase | 840.00 | 1007.50 |
| Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p) | 743.30 | 806.10 |
| T-Rex | 2906.30 | 3466.60 |
| Tessellation | 2414.40 | 4717.00 |
| ALU 2 | 3886.30 | 5953.90 |
| Driver Overhead 2 | 290.80 | 280.30 |
| API | OpenGL | OpenGL |
| OS | Windows | Windows |
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Blender (Rendering)
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| Blender Score | 1518 | 2101 |
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GeekBench 6 ML
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| Single Precision | 21026 | 25719 |
| Half Precision | 21983 | 30075 |
| Quantized | 16106 | 19789 |
| Image Classification | 9076 | 11284 |
| Image Segmentation | 10972 | 14150 |
| Image Super Resolution | 24228 | 27972 |
| Face Detection | 32365 | 35311 |
| Pose Estimation | 100249 | 142235 |
| Text Classification | 2204 | 3836 |
| Machine Translation | 4803 | 4471 |
| Object Detection | 9882 | 12084 |
| Depth Estimation | 37762 | 49197 |
| Style Transfer | 210688 | 301429 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
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FurMark
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| 1080p Vulkan | 9153 | 11349 |
| 1440p Vulkan | 6300 | 8332 |
| 2160p Vulkan | 3237 | 4160 |
| 1080p OpenGL | 10146 | 11363 |
| 1440p OpenGL | 6900 | 8623 |
| 2160p OpenGL | 3596 | 4547 |
Tip: ▲ indicates a higher-is-better spec advantage, while ▼ indicates a lower-is-better advantage.
PERFORMANCE CHART COMPARISON OF Radeon RX 6700 XT AND Radeon RX 7700 XT
The charts below visualize how Radeon RX 6700 XT and Radeon RX 7700 XT stack up in key performance metrics.
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Release Timeline of Radeon RX 6700 XT and Radeon RX 7700 XT
Radeon RX 6700 XT was released 2 years, 5 months, 22 days earlier than Radeon RX 7700 XT.
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Our Verdict
In conclusion, the Radeon RX 7700 XT is clearly better overall compared to the Radeon RX 6700 XT. It comes out ahead across every comparable key area.
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