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AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

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 Vega 56
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 8 GB HBM2 · 1.47 GHz · 210 W Speed index 9/100

The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 has 3584 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.47 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 10.54 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT is 25 % faster than the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56.

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XTAMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Speed index
11/100
9/100
FP32
13.21 TFLOPS
10.54 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.58 GHz
1.47 GHz
Memory Size
12 GB GDDR6
8 GB HBM2
Memory bandwidth
384 GB/s
410 GB/s
TDP
230 W
210 W
Launch Price
479 $
399 $

GPU

GPUAMD Radeon RX 6700 XTAMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Based onAMD Radeon RX 6700 XTAMD RX Vega 56
GPU ChipNavi 22 XTVega 10 XL
Streaming Multiprocessors4056
Shader25603584
Render Output Units6464
Texture Units160256
Raytracing Cores40--
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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 Vega 56 is based on the GCN 5 architecture and is equipped with 56 execution units.

Memory

MemoryAMD Radeon RX 6700 XTAMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Memory Size12 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6HBM2
Memory Clock2.000 GHz0.800 GHz
Memory Speed16.0 Gbps1.6 Gbps
Memory bandwidth384 GB/s410 GB/s
Memory Interface192 bit2,048 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 Vega 56 has a 8 GB large HBM2 graphics memory and the memory clock is 0.800GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsAMD Radeon RX 6700 XTAMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Base Clock2.321 GHz1.156 GHz
Boost Clock2.581 GHz1.471 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock2.42 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 Vega 56 is 1.471 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignAMD Radeon RX 6700 XTAMD Radeon RX Vega 56
TDP230 W210 W
Tjunction max100 °C100 °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 Vega 56 is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansAMD Radeon RX 6700 XTAMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Fan-TypeAxialRadial
Fan 1--1 x 70 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB37 dB
Noise (Load)--49 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 Vega 56 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityAMD Radeon RX 6700 XTAMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.3--
HDMI1x HDMI 2.11x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort3x DP 1.4a3x DP 1.4
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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 Vega 56 supports HDCP in version -- and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetAMD Radeon RX 6700 XTAMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_1
RaytracingYesNo
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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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 Vega 56 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsAMD Radeon RX 6700 XTAMD Radeon RX Vega 56
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8Decode / EncodeDecode
VP9Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
AV1DecodeNo
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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 Vega 56
Length--280 mm
Height--127 mm
Width--40 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
Weight--1,090 g
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 Vega 56 is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataAMD Radeon RX 6700 XTAMD Radeon RX Vega 56
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ1/2021Q3/2017
Launch Price479 $399 $
Structure size7 nm14 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 Vega 56 published in Q3/2017 is manufactured with a structure width of 14 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 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT +100.6 %

  1. 5,955
  2. 2,968

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. 6,008
  2. no data

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. 2,188
  2. no data

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 +76.7 %

  1. 76 fps (avg)
  2. 43 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT +80.0 %

  1. 144 fps (avg)
  2. 80 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT +73.2 %

  1. 194 fps (avg)
  2. 112 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 +60.2 %

  1. 96,956
  2. 60,539

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT +70.3 %

  1. 108,643
  2. 63,794

Geekbench 6 - Metal AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT +110.3 %

  1. 151,246
  2. 71,932

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