AMD ’s xx00 cards have always been defined by mid-range prices with performance that knocks on the door of high-end graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the RDNA 2.0 graphics card inside the RX 6700 XT, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend. The RX 6700 XT is much more expensive than the RX 5700 as it costs a whopping $ 479. Compare this to the RX 5700, AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT, which came originally at a price of $ 349, $ 399. Meanwhile, the NVIDIA closest equivalent card is the RTX 3070 which costs $ 499.
Spec for spec, this RX 6700 XT leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the RX 5700, by boasting 44.8 % more fps. The RX 6700 XT has 12 GB RAM compared to the RX 5700 's 8 GB video memory.
Fortunately, gaming performance was quite impressive. The RX 6700 XT consistently delivers great frame rate increases over the RX 5700, AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT and it really justifies an upgrade. Compared to its NVIDIA 's closest rival, RTX 3070, the RX 6700 XT was -8.7 % slower.
For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Forspoken, Halo Infinite, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Atomic Heart, Assassin's Creed Valhalla at 69 fps to 74 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 71 fps. For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play Red Dead Redemption 2, Halo Infinite, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, A Plague Tale: Requiem, F1 22 at 62 fps to 65 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 64 fps.
For 2160p 4K, we were able to play God of War, Forza Horizon 5, Hitman 2, Far Cry New Dawn, Resident Evil 2 at 61 fps to 65 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 63 fps.
AMD ’s xx00 cards have always been defined by mid-range prices with performance that knocks on the door of high-end graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the RDNA 1.0 graphics card inside the RX 5700 XT, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend. Spec for spec, this RX 5700 XT leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the RX Vega 56, by boasting 28.1 % more fps.
In our synthetic benchmarks, the RX 5700 XT blows past the RX Vega 56 and, amazingly, even the RX Vega 64 as well. Compared to its NVIDIA 's closest rival, RTX 2070, the RX 5700 XT was 1.7 % faster.
Fortunately, gaming performance was quite impressive. The RX 5700 XT consistently delivers great frame rate increases over the RX Vega 56 and it really justifies an upgrade. For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play A Plague Tale: Requiem, Dead Space, Metro Exodus, God of War, Forza Horizon 5 at 67 fps to 69 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 68 fps.
For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play Battlefield 2042, Baldur's Gate 3, Armored Core VI, Anthem, Final Fantasy XV at 64 fps to 68 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 66 fps. For 2160p 4K, we were able to play Forza Horizon 4, Spider-Man Remastered, Call of Duty Modern Warfare, Fallout 76, Battlefield V at 62 fps to 64 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 63 fps.
| RX 6700 XT | RX 5700 XT | |
|---|---|---|
| Board Number | - | - |
| Length | 267 mm 10.5 inches | 12 inches 305 mm |
| Outputs | 1x HDMI 2x DisplayPort 1x USB Type-C | 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Slot Width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
| TDP | 230 W | 225 W |
| RX 6700 XT | RX 5700 XT | |
|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 2424 MHz | 1755 MHz |
| GPU Clock | 2321 MHz | 1605 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective | 1750 MHz |
| RX 6700 XT | RX 5700 XT | |
|---|---|---|
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Generation | Navi II | Navi |
| Launch Price | 479 USD | 399 USD |
| Production | Active | Unreleased |
| Release Date | Mar 18th, 2021 | Jul 7th, 2019 |
| RX 6700 XT | RX 5700 XT | |
|---|---|---|
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12.0 (12_1) |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 2 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 6.4 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.1.108 |
| RX 6700 XT | RX 5700 XT | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | RDNA 1.0 |
| Die Size | 335 mm² | 251 mm² |
| GPU Name | Navi 22 | Navi 10 |
| GPU Variant | Navi 22 XT | Navi 10 XT |
| Process Size | 7 nm | 7 nm |
| Transistors | unknown | 10,300 million |
| RX 6700 XT | RX 5700 XT | |
|---|---|---|
| Bandwidth | 384.0 GB/s | 448.0 GB/s |
| Memory Bus | 192 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory Size | 12288 MB | 8192 MB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| RX 6700 XT | RX 5700 XT | |
|---|---|---|
| Compute Units | 40 | 40 |
| ROPs | 64 | 64 |
| Shading Units | 2560 | 2560 |
| TMUs | 192 | 160 |
| RX 6700 XT | RX 5700 XT | |
|---|---|---|
| FP16 (half) performance | 26.43 TFLOPS (2:1) | 17,970 GFLOPS (2:1) |
| FP32 (float) performance | 13.21 TFLOPS | 8,986 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 825.9 GFLOPS (1:16) | 561.6 GFLOPS (1:16) |
| Pixel Rate | 165.2 GPixel/s | 112.3 GPixel/ |
| Texture Rate | 495.6 GTexel/s | 280.8 GTexel/s |
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