Switch GPU 20nm vs Radeon RX 6700 XT

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking50not rated
Place by popularity78not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation57.40no data
Power efficiency15.37no data
ArchitectureRDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameNavi 22GM20B
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date3 March 2021 (3 years ago)17 March 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$479 $299

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores2560256
Core clock speed2321 MHz384 MHz
Boost clock speed2581 MHz768 MHz
Number of transistors17,200 million2,000 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm20 nm
Power consumption (TDP)230 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate413.012.29
Floating-point processing power13.21 TFLOPS0.3932 TFLOPS
ROPs6416
TMUs16016
Ray Tracing Cores40no data

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16IGP
Length267 mm239 mm
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR6DDR4
Maximum RAM amount12 GB4 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth384.0 GB/s25.6 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.56.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.11.2
Vulkan1.21.1
CUDA-5.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 March 2021 17 March 2017
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 20 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 230 Watt 15 Watt

RX 6700 XT has an age advantage of 3 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.

Switch GPU 20nm, on the other hand, has 1433.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 6700 XT and Switch GPU 20nm. We've got no test results to judge.


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