RTX 4000 Ada Generation vs Radeon RX 6700S

Place in the ranking	117	29
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	33.31	33.63
Architecture	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	Navi 23	AD104
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	4 January 2022 (2 years ago)	9 August 2023 (1 year 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	1792	6144
Core clock speed	1700 MHz	1500 MHz
Boost clock speed	2000 MHz	2175 MHz
Number of transistors	11,060 million	35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	130 Watt
Texture fill rate	224.0	417.6
Floating-point processing power	7.168 TFLOPS	26.73 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	80
TMUs	112	192
Tensor Cores	no data	192
Ray Tracing Cores	28	48

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).

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	245 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 16-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	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	20 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	160 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	360.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors

No outputs

4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.5	6.8
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.1	3.0
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
CUDA	-	8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RX 6700S 38.87

RTX 4000 Ada Generation 63.77
+64.1%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RX 6700S 14977

RTX 4000 Ada Generation 24572
+64.1%

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	117 −62.4%	190−200 +62.4%
1440p	64 −56.3%	100−110 +56.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

65−70
−61.8%

110−120

+61.8%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	80−85 −58.5%	130−140 +58.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	113 −59.3%	180−190 +59.3%
Battlefield 5	120−130 −60%	200−210 +60%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	75−80 −53.8%	120−130 +53.8%
Cyberpunk 2077	99 −61.6%	160−170 +61.6%
Far Cry 5	80−85 −54.8%	130−140 +54.8%
Far Cry New Dawn	95−100 −56.3%	150−160 +56.3%
Forza Horizon 4	190−200 −57.9%	300−310 +57.9%
Hitman 3	99 −61.6%	160−170 +61.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 −60.5%	260−270 +60.5%
Metro Exodus	120−130 −61.3%	200−210 +61.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	90−95 −53.8%	140−150 +53.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	140−150 −63.1%	230−240 +63.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 −56.3%	200−210 +56.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	80−85 −58.5%	130−140 +58.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	93 −61.3%	150−160 +61.3%
Battlefield 5	120−130 −60%	200−210 +60%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	75−80 −53.8%	120−130 +53.8%
Cyberpunk 2077	74 −62.2%	120−130 +62.2%
Far Cry 5	80−85 −54.8%	130−140 +54.8%
Far Cry New Dawn	95−100 −56.3%	150−160 +56.3%
Forza Horizon 4	190−200 −57.9%	300−310 +57.9%
Hitman 3	95 −57.9%	150−160 +57.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 −60.5%	260−270 +60.5%
Metro Exodus	120−130 −61.3%	200−210 +61.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	90−95 −53.8%	140−150 +53.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	183 −63.9%	300−310 +63.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	80−85 −62.5%	130−140 +62.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 −56.3%	200−210 +56.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	80−85 −58.5%	130−140 +58.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	79 −51.9%	120−130 +51.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	75−80 −53.8%	120−130 +53.8%
Cyberpunk 2077	60 −58.3%	95−100 +58.3%
Far Cry 5	80−85 −54.8%	130−140 +54.8%
Forza Horizon 4	190−200 −57.9%	300−310 +57.9%
Hitman 3	84 −54.8%	130−140 +54.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 −60.5%	260−270 +60.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	157 −59.2%	250−260 +59.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	84 −54.8%	130−140 +54.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion	59 −61%	95−100 +61%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

90−95
−53.8%

140−150

+53.8%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	70−75 −62.2%	120−130 +62.2%
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60 −61%	95−100 +61%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 −54.8%	65−70 +54.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	49 −63.3%	80−85 +63.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50 −55.6%	70−75 +55.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	31 −61.3%	50−55 +61.3%
Far Cry 5	45−50 −55.6%	70−75 +55.6%
Forza Horizon 4	210−220 −60.6%	350−400 +60.6%
Hitman 3	49 −63.3%	80−85 +63.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	80−85 −54.8%	130−140 +54.8%
Metro Exodus	70−75 −52.8%	110−120 +52.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	90−95 −61.3%	150−160 +61.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55−60 −60.7%	90−95 +60.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	190−200 −57.9%	300−310 +57.9%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

65−70
−51.5%

100−105

+51.5%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 −53.8%	60−65 +53.8%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35 −56.3%	50−55 +56.3%
Hitman 3	30−35 −61.3%	50−55 +61.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	180−190 −61.1%	290−300 +61.1%
Metro Exodus	45−50 −63.3%	80−85 +63.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50 −63%	75−80 +63%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 −53.8%	40−45 +53.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 −45.8%	35−40 +45.8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 −60%	40−45 +60%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 −61.5%	21−24 +61.5%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −52.2%	35−40 +52.2%
Forza Horizon 4	50−55 −57.4%	85−90 +57.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55 −60.4%	85−90 +60.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 −57.9%	30−33 +57.9%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−35

−61.8%

55−60
+61.8%

This is how RX 6700S and RTX 4000 Ada Generation compete in popular games:

RTX 4000 Ada Generation is 62% faster in 1080p
RTX 4000 Ada Generation is 56% faster in 1440p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	38.87	63.77
Recency	4 January 2022	9 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	20 GB
Chip lithography	7 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	130 Watt

RX 6700S has 62.5% lower power consumption.

RTX 4000 Ada Generation, on the other hand, has a 64.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 150% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX 4000 Ada Generation is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 6700S in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 6700S is a notebook card while RTX 4000 Ada Generation is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.