AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
vs
MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G


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 MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G has 4096 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.68 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 13.73 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 MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G is based on the GCN 5 architecture and is equipped with 64 execution units.
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT GPU MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Based on AMD RX Vega 64
Navi 22 XT GPU Chip Vega 10 XT
RDNA 2 Architecture GCN 5
40 Streaming Multiprocessors 64
2560 Shader 4096
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 MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G has a 8 GB large HBM2 graphics memory and the memory clock is 0.945GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type HBM2
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 0.945 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 1.9 Gbps
384 GB/s Memory bandwidth 484 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 MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G is 1.677 GHz.

2.321 GHz Base Clock 1.272 GHz
2.581 GHz Boost Clock 1.677 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 MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G 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 295 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 MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G is cooled by a AIO water cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial (Radiator)
-- Fan 1 1 x 120 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type AIO water cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

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

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.2
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 MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G 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 MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

-- Length 283 mm
-- Height 130 mm
-- Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 2020 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 MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G 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 499 $ (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

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)
MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G
8 GB HBM2
69 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
144 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G
8 GB HBM2
100 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
194 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G
8 GB HBM2
139 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

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

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)

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