AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
vs
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56


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 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.

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 Vega 56 is based on the GCN 5 architecture and is equipped with 56 execution units.
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Based on AMD RX Vega 56
Navi 22 XT GPU Chip Vega 10 XL
RDNA 2 Architecture GCN 5
40 Streaming Multiprocessors 56
2560 Shader 3584
64 Render Output Units 64
160 Texture Units 256
40 Raytracing Cores 0

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 Vega 56 has a 8 GB large HBM2 graphics memory and the memory clock is 0.800GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type HBM2
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 0.800 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 1.6 Gbps
384 GB/s Memory bandwidth 410 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 2048 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 Vega 56 is 1.471 GHz.

2.321 GHz Base Clock 1.156 GHz
2.581 GHz Boost Clock 1.471 GHz
2.42 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
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 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.

230 W TDP 210 W
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 100 °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 Vega 56 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
-- Fan 1 1 x 70 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 37 dB
-- Noise (Load) 49 dB

Connectivity

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.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version --
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4
-- 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 Vega 56 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

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 No
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
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 Vega 56 is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

-- Length 280 mm
-- Height 127 mm
-- Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1090 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

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.

-- Part-no --
Q1/2021 Release date Q3/2017
479 $ (Reference) Launch Price 399 $ (Reference)
7 nm Structure size 14 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
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
2968

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)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
43 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
144 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
80 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
194 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
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 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
96956
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
60539

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
108643
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
63794

Geekbench 6 - Metal

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
151246
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
71932

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 Vega 56 AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
10.54

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