Radeon RX 6700 XT vs RX Vega XTX

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated50
Place by popularitynot in top-10072
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data58.18
Power efficiencyno data16.16
ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameVega 10Navi 22
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date8 August 2017 (7 years ago)3 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$479

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 cores40962560
Core clock speed1500 MHz2321 MHz
Boost clock speed1630 MHz2581 MHz
Number of transistorsno data17,200 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt230 Watt
Texture fill rate417.3413.0
Floating-point processing powerno data13.21 TFLOPS
ROPs6464
TMUs256160
Ray Tracing Coresno data40

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 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin1x 6-pin + 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 typeHBM2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB12 GB
Memory bus width2048 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1890 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth483.8 GB/s384.0 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 DisplayPort1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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API compatibility

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

DirectX12.012 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.5
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL2.02.1
Vulkan-1.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 August 2017 3 March 2021
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 230 Watt

RX Vega XTX has 2.2% lower power consumption.

RX 6700 XT, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega XTX and Radeon RX 6700 XT. We've got no test results to judge.


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