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AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 9070

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB GDDR6 · 2.58 GHz · 230 W Speed index 11/100

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.

AMD Radeon RX 9070
AMD Radeon RX 9070 16 GB GDDR6 · 2.52 GHz · 220 W Speed index 30/100

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.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon RX 9070 is 174 % faster than the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT.

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XTAMD Radeon RX 9070
Speed index
11/100
30/100
FP32
13.21 TFLOPS
36.13 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.58 GHz
2.52 GHz
Memory Size
12 GB GDDR6
16 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
384 GB/s
645 GB/s
TDP
230 W
220 W
Launch Price
479 $
549 $
314 pts
721 pts

GPU

GPUAMD Radeon RX 6700 XTAMD Radeon RX 9070
Based onAMD Radeon RX 6700 XTAMD Radeon RX 9070
GPU ChipNavi 22 XTNavi 48 XT
Streaming Multiprocessors4056
Shader25603584
Render Output Units64128
Texture Units160224
Raytracing Cores4056
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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.

Memory

MemoryAMD Radeon RX 6700 XTAMD Radeon RX 9070
Memory Size12 GB16 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR6
Memory Clock2.000 GHz2.518 GHz
Memory Speed16.0 Gbps20.1 Gbps
Memory bandwidth384 GB/s645 GB/s
Memory Interface192 bit256 bit
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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.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsAMD Radeon RX 6700 XTAMD Radeon RX 9070
Base Clock2.321 GHz1.330 GHz
Boost Clock2.581 GHz2.520 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock2.42 GHz2.07 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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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.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignAMD Radeon RX 6700 XTAMD Radeon RX 9070
TDP230 W220 W
Tjunction max100 °C85 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin2 x 8-Pin
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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.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansAMD Radeon RX 6700 XTAMD Radeon RX 9070
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 1--2 x 90 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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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.

Connectivity

ConnectivityAMD Radeon RX 6700 XTAMD Radeon RX 9070
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.11x HDMI 2.1b
DisplayPort3x DP 1.4a3x DP 2.1a
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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.

Featureset

FeaturesetAMD Radeon RX 6700 XTAMD Radeon RX 9070
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingYesYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingNon addressable LED
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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).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsAMD Radeon RX 6700 XTAMD Radeon RX 9070
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP9Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
AV1DecodeDecode / Encode
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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.

Dimensions

DimensionsAMD Radeon RX 6700 XTAMD Radeon RX 9070
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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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.

Additional data

Additional dataAMD Radeon RX 6700 XTAMD Radeon RX 9070
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 16PCIe 5 x 16
Release dateQ1/2021Q2/2025
Launch Price479 $549 $
Structure size7 nm4 nm
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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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.

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

  1. 5,955
  2. no data

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. 6,008
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Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. 2,188
  2. no data

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

  1. 96,956
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Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

  1. 108,643
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Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. 151,246
  2. no data

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