AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
vs
AMD Radeon RX 9070


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT has 2560 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.58 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 13.21 TFLOPS.

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 has 3584 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.52 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 36.13 TFLOPS.

GPU

The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 40 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card AMD Radeon RX 9070 is based on the RDNA 4 architecture and is equipped with 56 execution units.
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT GPU AMD Radeon RX 9070
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 9070
Navi 22 XT GPU Chip Navi 48 XT
RDNA 2 Architecture RDNA 4
40 Streaming Multiprocessors 56
2560 Shader 3584
64 Render Output Units 128
160 Texture Units 224
40 Raytracing Cores 56

Memory

The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT is equipped with a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 has a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.518GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 2.518 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 20.1 Gbps
384 GB/s Memory bandwidth 645 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT has a turbo clock of 2.581 GHz. The turbo frequency of the AMD Radeon RX 9070 is 2.520 GHz.

2.321 GHz Base Clock 1.330 GHz
2.581 GHz Boost Clock 2.520 GHz
2.42 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.07 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 100 °C.

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 85 °C.

230 W TDP 220 W (Reference)
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 85 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT are cooled with a Air cooling.

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
-- Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1b
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v2.1a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED Non addressable LED

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the AMD Radeon RX 9070 is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

-- Length --
-- Height --
-- Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 5 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT was released in Q1/2021.

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 published in Q2/2025 is manufactured with a structure width of 4 nanometers.

-- Part-no --
Q1/2021 Release date Q2/2025
479 $ (Reference) Launch Price 549 $ (Reference)
7 nm Structure size 4 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
5955

Port Royal (Raytracing)

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
6008

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
2188

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
49 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
74 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
46 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
84 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
76 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
144 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
194 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
96956

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
108643

Geekbench 6 - Metal

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
151246

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
13.21
AMD Radeon RX 9070 AMD Radeon RX 9070
16 GB GDDR6
36.13

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