GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6700 XT ELITE 12G
vs
EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 XC3 Gaming


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6700 XT ELITE 12G has 2560 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.62 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 13.42 TFLOPS.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 XC3 Gaming has 5888 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.73 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 20.31 TFLOPS.

GPU

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6700 XT ELITE 12G is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 40 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 XC3 Gaming is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 46 execution units.
GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6700 XT ELITE 12G GPU EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 XC3 Gaming
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Navi 22 XT GPU Chip GA104-300-A1
RDNA 2 Architecture Ampere
40 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
2560 Shader 5888
64 Render Output Units 96
160 Texture Units 184
40 Raytracing Cores 46

Memory

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6700 XT ELITE 12G is equipped with a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 XC3 Gaming has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
384 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6700 XT ELITE 12G has a turbo clock of 2.622 GHz. The turbo frequency of the EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 XC3 Gaming is 1.725 GHz.

2.321 GHz Base Clock 1.500 GHz
2.622 GHz Boost Clock 1.725 GHz
2.55 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6700 XT ELITE 12G 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 EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 XC3 Gaming is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

230 W TDP 220 W
-- TDP (up) 240 W
100 °C Tjunction max 93 °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 GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6700 XT ELITE 12G are cooled with a Air cooling.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 XC3 Gaming is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 80 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 41-43 dB

Connectivity

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6700 XT ELITE 12G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 XC3 Gaming supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
2x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
2x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6700 XT ELITE 12G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 XC3 Gaming supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
GIGABYTE RGB Fusion LED Addressable LED

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 Decode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6700 XT ELITE 12G is 56 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 XC3 Gaming is 56 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

296 mm Length 285 mm
114 mm Height 111 mm
56 mm Width --
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6700 XT ELITE 12G was released in Q1/2021.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 XC3 Gaming published in Q4/2020 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

GV-R67XTAORUS E-12GD Part-no 08G-P5-3753-KR
Q1/2021 Release date Q4/2020
479 $ (Reference) Launch Price 629 $
7 nm Structure size 8 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)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 XC3 Gaming EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 XC3 Gaming
8 GB GDDR6
22 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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