MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Z Trio 8G
vs
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Z Trio 8G and the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Z Trio 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 and has 5888 texture shaders and 46 execution units.

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G is based on AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT, which has 2560 shaders and 40 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Z Trio 8G GPU GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 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 MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Z Trio 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G can access 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 384 GB/s.

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 MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Z Trio 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.500 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G is 2.321 GHz.

1.500 GHz Base Clock 2.321 GHz
1.845 GHz Boost Clock 2.581 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.42 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Z Trio 8G is 240 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G has a TDP of 230 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

240 W TDP 230 W
250 W TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Z Trio 8G has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Z Trio 8G.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Z Trio 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 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 Non addressable LED

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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 Z Trio 8G is 323 mm long, 140 mm high and 56 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G is 267 mm long, 110 mm high and 40 mm wide.

323 mm Length 267 mm
140 mm Height 110 mm
56 mm Width 40 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1458 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Z Trio 8G was released in Q2/2021 at a price of 499 $ (Reference).

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G was introduced in Q1/2021 at a price of 479 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no GV-R67XT-12GD-B
Q2/2021 Release date Q1/2021
499 $ (Reference) 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)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Z Trio 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Z Trio 8G
8 GB GDDR6
48 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
12 GB GDDR6
40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Z Trio 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Z Trio 8G
8 GB GDDR6
58 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
12 GB GDDR6
49 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Z Trio 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Z Trio 8G
8 GB GDDR6
87 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Z Trio 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Z Trio 8G
8 GB GDDR6
53 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
12 GB GDDR6
46 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Z Trio 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Z Trio 8G
8 GB GDDR6
105 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
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)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Z Trio 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Z Trio 8G
8 GB GDDR6
83 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
12 GB GDDR6
76 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Z Trio 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Z Trio 8G
8 GB GDDR6
150 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
12 GB GDDR6
144 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Z Trio 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Z Trio 8G
8 GB GDDR6
199 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
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

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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