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GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 vs MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G

GALAX GeForce RTX 2070
GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB GDDR6 · 1.62 GHz · 175 W Speed index 6/100

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 has 2304 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.62 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 7.46 TFLOPS.

MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G
MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G 12 GB GDDR6 · 2.62 GHz · 230 W Speed index 11/100

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G has 2560 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.62 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 13.38 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G is 79 % faster than the GALAX GeForce RTX 2070.

GALAX GeForce RTX 2070MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G
Speed index
6/100
11/100
FP32
7.46 TFLOPS
13.38 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.62 GHz
2.62 GHz
Memory Size
8 GB GDDR6
12 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
448 GB/s
384 GB/s
TDP
175 W
230 W
Launch Price
499 $
479 $
304 pts
309 pts

GPU

GPUGALAX GeForce RTX 2070MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G
Based onNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
GPU ChipTU106Navi 22 XT
Streaming Multiprocessors3640
Shader23042560
Render Output Units6464
Texture Units144160
Raytracing Cores3640
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The GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Turing architecture, which has 36 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 40 execution units.

Memory

MemoryGALAX GeForce RTX 2070MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G
Memory Size8 GB12 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR6
Memory Clock1.750 GHz2.000 GHz
Memory Speed14.0 Gbps16.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth448 GB/s384 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit192 bit
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The GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G has a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsGALAX GeForce RTX 2070MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G
Base Clock1.410 GHz2.321 GHz
Boost Clock1.620 GHz2.615 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock--2.43 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 has a turbo clock of 1.620 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G is 2.615 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignGALAX GeForce RTX 2070MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G
TDP175 W230 W
Tjunction max89 °C100 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin2 x 8-Pin
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The GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 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 89 °C.

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G 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 & FansGALAX GeForce RTX 2070MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G
Fan-TypeRadialAxial
Fan 11 x 65 mm2 x 100 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityGALAX GeForce RTX 2070MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort3x DP 1.4a3x DP 1.4a
USB-C1--
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The GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetGALAX GeForce RTX 2070MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingYesYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingMSI Mystic Light
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The GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsGALAX GeForce RTX 2070MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode / Encode
VP9DecodeDecode / Encode
AV1NoDecode
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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

DimensionsGALAX GeForce RTX 2070MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G
Length283 mm279 mm
Height139 mm131 mm
Width41 mm58 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots3 Slots
Weight--1,179 g
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 is 41 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G is 41 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataGALAX GeForce RTX 2070MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 16
Release dateQ4/2018Q1/2021
Launch Price499 $479 $
Structure size12 nm7 nm
Part-no27NSL6UCV2SW--
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 12 nanometer process, GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 was released in Q4/2018.

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G published in Q1/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 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 MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G +38.2 %

  1. 4,337
  2. 5,993

Port Royal (Raytracing) MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G +13.5 %

  1. 5,327
  2. 6,047

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing) MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G +17.6 %

  1. 1,873
  2. 2,202

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) MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G +36.7 %

  1. 30 fps (avg)
  2. 41 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G +38.9 %

  1. 36 fps (avg)
  2. 50 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G +38.9 %

  1. 54 fps (avg)
  2. 75 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) MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G +42.6 %

  1. 54 fps (avg)
  2. 77 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G +53.7 %

  1. 95 fps (avg)
  2. 146 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G +48.5 %

  1. 132 fps (avg)
  2. 196 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 MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G +8.9 %

  1. 90,143
  2. 98,204

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G +27.7 %

  1. 86,141
  2. 110,041

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. no data
  2. 153,192

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