AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
vs
Apple M2 8-Core GPU


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 Apple M2 8-Core GPU has 1024 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.40 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 2.84 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 Apple M2 8-Core GPU is based on the M2 architecture and is equipped with 128 execution units.
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT GPU Apple M2 8-Core GPU
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Based on Apple M2 (8-GPU)
Navi 22 XT GPU Chip M2
RDNA 2 Architecture M2
40 Streaming Multiprocessors 128
2560 Shader 1024
64 Render Output Units 0
160 Texture Units 0
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 Apple M2 8-Core GPU has a 24 GB large LPDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 3.200GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 24 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type LPDDR5
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 3.200 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 0.0 Gbps
384 GB/s Memory bandwidth 102 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT has a turbo clock of 2.581 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Apple M2 8-Core GPU is .

2.321 GHz Base Clock 1.400 GHz
2.581 GHz Boost Clock
2.42 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking No

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 Apple M2 8-Core GPU is equipped with a PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is Unknown.

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

Cooler & Fans

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

The Apple M2 8-Core GPU is cooled by a Air cooling.

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

Connectivity

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

The Apple M2 8-Core GPU supports HDCP in version -- and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 2
2.3 HDCP-Version --
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports --
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports --
-- 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 Apple M2 8-Core GPU supports Microsoft's DirectX version 0.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 6016x3384
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 0
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 -- in the case.

The width of the Apple M2 8-Core GPU is -- and thus requires the space of -- in the PC case.

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

Additional data

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

The Apple M2 8-Core GPU published in Q2/2022 is manufactured with a structure width of 5 nanometers.

-- Part-no --
Q1/2021 Release date Q2/2022
479 $ (Reference) Launch Price --
7 nm Structure size 5 nm
data sheet Documents --

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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
Apple M2 8-Core GPU Apple M2 8-Core GPU
24 GB LPDDR5
23351

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
Apple M2 8-Core GPU Apple M2 8-Core GPU
24 GB LPDDR5
38062

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
Apple M2 8-Core GPU Apple M2 8-Core GPU
24 GB LPDDR5
2.84

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