MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio 8G
vs
MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X 12G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (Ampere) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X 12G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (RDNA 2) and has 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 384 GB/s.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio 8G has the GA104-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X 12G is based on the graphics chip Navi 22 XT, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio 8G GPU MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X 12G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Based on AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
GA104-300-A1 GPU Chip Navi 22 XT
Ampere Architecture RDNA 2
46 Streaming Multiprocessors 40
5888 Shader 2560
96 Render Output Units 64
184 Texture Units 160
46 Raytracing Cores 40

Memory

The graphics memory of the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio 8G clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X 12G is 16.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

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

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.500 GHz Base Clock 2.321 GHz
1.830 GHz Boost Clock 2.622 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.51 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio 8G is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 240 W.

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X 12G has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 230 W.

240 W TDP 230 W
250 W TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio 8G is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X 12G has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
35-37 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio 8G.

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X 12G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio 8G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X 12G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
MSI Mystic Light LED MSI Mystic Light

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio 8G is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X 12G needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

323 mm Length 279 mm
140 mm Height 131 mm
56 mm Width 58 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1441 g Weight 1179 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio 8G has been manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers since Q4/2020.

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X 12G came on the market in Q1/2021 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no --
Q4/2020 Release date Q1/2021
699 $ Launch Price 479 $ (Reference)
8 nm Structure size 7 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)

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)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio 8G
8 GB GDDR6
149 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X 12G MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X 12G
12 GB GDDR6
146 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio 8G
8 GB GDDR6
197 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X 12G MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X 12G
12 GB GDDR6
197 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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