Radeon RX 6700 vs R4 (Stoney Ridge)
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge) with Radeon RX 6700, including specs and performance data.
RX 6700 outperforms R4 (Stoney Ridge) by a whopping 4126% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1139 | 93 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 5.48 | 19.86 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016) | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | Stoney Ridge | Navi 22 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 June 2016 (9 years ago) | 9 June 2021 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 192 | 2304 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 1941 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 600 MHz | 2450 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 17,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 175 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 352.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 11.29 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 64 |
| TMUs | no data | 144 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 36 |
| L0 Cache | no data | 576 KB |
| L1 Cache | no data | 512 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 3 MB |
| L3 Cache | no data | 80 MB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | no data | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 8-pin |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | no data | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 10 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 160 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 320.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | no data | 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (FL 12_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.3 |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 9
−3789%
| 350−400
+3789%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−3900%
|
80−85
+3900%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 6−7
−4067%
|
250−260
+4067%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Battlefield 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−3900%
|
80−85
+3900%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3
−3900%
|
80−85
+3900%
|
| Fortnite | 2−3
−3900%
|
80−85
+3900%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 7−8
−4043%
|
290−300
+4043%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 1−2
−3900%
|
40−45
+3900%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 6−7
−4067%
|
250−260
+4067%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 9−10
−3789%
|
350−400
+3789%
|
| Valorant | 30−35
−4119%
|
1350−1400
+4119%
|
Full HD
High
| Battlefield 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 24−27
−3938%
|
1050−1100
+3938%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−3900%
|
80−85
+3900%
|
| Dota 2 | 14−16
−3900%
|
600−650
+3900%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3
−3900%
|
80−85
+3900%
|
| Fortnite | 2−3
−3900%
|
80−85
+3900%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 7−8
−4043%
|
290−300
+4043%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 1−2
−3900%
|
40−45
+3900%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 6−7
−4067%
|
250−260
+4067%
|
| Metro Exodus | 1−2
−3900%
|
40−45
+3900%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 9−10
−3789%
|
350−400
+3789%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
−4067%
|
250−260
+4067%
|
| Valorant | 30−35
−4119%
|
1350−1400
+4119%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−3900%
|
80−85
+3900%
|
| Dota 2 | 14−16
−3900%
|
600−650
+3900%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3
−3900%
|
80−85
+3900%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 7−8
−4043%
|
290−300
+4043%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 6−7
−4067%
|
250−260
+4067%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 9−10
−3789%
|
350−400
+3789%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
−4067%
|
250−260
+4067%
|
| Valorant | 30−35
−4119%
|
1350−1400
+4119%
|
Full HD
Epic
| Fortnite | 2−3
−3900%
|
80−85
+3900%
|
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 4−5
−3900%
|
160−170
+3900%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 7−8
−4043%
|
290−300
+4043%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 10−12
−3991%
|
450−500
+3991%
|
| Valorant | 1−2
−3900%
|
40−45
+3900%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2
−3900%
|
40−45
+3900%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4
−3900%
|
120−130
+3900%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 1−2
−3900%
|
40−45
+3900%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 2−3
−3900%
|
80−85
+3900%
|
1440p
Epic
| Fortnite | 2−3
−3900%
|
80−85
+3900%
|
4K
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
−3829%
|
550−600
+3829%
|
| Valorant | 5−6
−4100%
|
210−220
+4100%
|
4K
Ultra
| Dota 2 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 2−3
−3900%
|
80−85
+3900%
|
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 2−3
−3900%
|
80−85
+3900%
|
This is how R4 (Stoney Ridge) and RX 6700 compete in popular games:
- RX 6700 is 3789% faster in 1080p
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.07 | 45.22 |
| Recency | 1 June 2016 | 9 June 2021 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 175 Watt |
R4 (Stoney Ridge) has 1066.7% lower power consumption.
RX 6700, on the other hand, has a 4126.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.
The Radeon RX 6700 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge) in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge) is a notebook graphics card while Radeon RX 6700 is a desktop one.
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