Radeon RX 6700 vs RX Vega 7

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX Vega 7 with Radeon RX 6700, including specs and performance data.

RX Vega 7
2020
15 Watt
7.40

RX 6700 outperforms RX Vega 7 by a whopping 566% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking52863
Place by popularity12not in top-100
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2023)
GPU code nameVega Raven RidgeNavi 22
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2020 (4 years ago)9 June 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores4482304
Boost clock speed1800 MHz2450 MHz
Number of transistorsno data17,200 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt175 Watt
Texture fill rateno data352.8
Floating-point performanceno data11.29 gflops

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data10 GB
Memory bus widthno data160 Bit
Memory clock speedno data16 GB/s
Memory bandwidthno data320.0 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 Connectorsno data1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.1
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 HD23
−552%
150−160
+552%
1440p33
−536%
210−220
+536%
4K16
−525%
100−110
+525%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 18
−511%
110−120
+511%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21
−519%
130−140
+519%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 19
−532%
120−130
+532%
Battlefield 5 21−24
−536%
140−150
+536%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 17
−547%
110−120
+547%
Cyberpunk 2077 14
−543%
90−95
+543%
Far Cry 5 17
−547%
110−120
+547%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
−519%
130−140
+519%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
−512%
300−310
+512%
Hitman 3 14
−543%
90−95
+543%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
−551%
280−290
+551%
Metro Exodus 27
−530%
170−180
+530%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27
−530%
170−180
+530%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
−540%
160−170
+540%
Watch Dogs: Legion 95
−532%
600−650
+532%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35
−557%
230−240
+557%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 15
−533%
95−100
+533%
Battlefield 5 21−24
−536%
140−150
+536%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18
−511%
110−120
+511%
Cyberpunk 2077 10
−550%
65−70
+550%
Far Cry 5 16−18
−547%
110−120
+547%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
−519%
130−140
+519%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
−512%
300−310
+512%
Hitman 3 14
−543%
90−95
+543%
Horizon Zero Dawn 73
−516%
450−500
+516%
Metro Exodus 21
−519%
130−140
+519%
Red Dead Redemption 2 17
−547%
110−120
+547%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24
−525%
150−160
+525%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
−536%
140−150
+536%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80
−525%
500−550
+525%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
−511%
110−120
+511%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−11
−550%
65−70
+550%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
−533%
95−100
+533%
Cyberpunk 2077 9
−511%
55−60
+511%
Far Cry 5 16−18
−547%
110−120
+547%
Forza Horizon 4 27
−530%
170−180
+530%
Hitman 3 14−16
−543%
90−95
+543%
Horizon Zero Dawn 22
−536%
140−150
+536%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21
−519%
130−140
+519%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 13
−554%
85−90
+554%
Watch Dogs: Legion 55−60
−536%
350−400
+536%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 18
−511%
110−120
+511%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 14−16
−543%
90−95
+543%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−12
−536%
70−75
+536%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−543%
45−50
+543%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−500%
18−20
+500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−543%
45−50
+543%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−500%
18−20
+500%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−525%
50−55
+525%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
−530%
170−180
+530%
Hitman 3 10−12
−536%
70−75
+536%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−525%
100−105
+525%
Metro Exodus 8−9
−525%
50−55
+525%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−483%
35−40
+483%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
−543%
45−50
+543%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
−538%
300−310
+538%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
−554%
85−90
+554%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 6−7
−483%
35−40
+483%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−500%
30−33
+500%
Hitman 3 4−5
−500%
24−27
+500%
Horizon Zero Dawn 13
−554%
85−90
+554%
Metro Exodus 5−6
−500%
30−33
+500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
−500%
24−27
+500%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−500%
24−27
+500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−500%
18−20
+500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−500%
18−20
+500%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−500%
6−7
+500%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−500%
24−27
+500%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−525%
50−55
+525%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2−3
−500%
12−14
+500%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
−500%
12−14
+500%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−543%
45−50
+543%

This is how RX Vega 7 and RX 6700 compete in popular games:

  • RX 6700 is 552% faster in 1080p
  • RX 6700 is 536% faster in 1440p
  • RX 6700 is 525% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.40 49.28
Recency 7 January 2020 9 June 2021
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 175 Watt

RX Vega 7 has 1066.7% lower power consumption.

RX 6700, on the other hand, has a 565.9% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 1 year.

The Radeon RX 6700 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 7 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 7 is a notebook card while Radeon RX 6700 is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
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