MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G
vs
PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G and the PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT and has 2560 texture shaders and 40 execution units.

PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT is based on AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, which has 4608 shaders and 72 execution units.
MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G GPU PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Navi 22 XT GPU Chip Navi 21 XT
RDNA 2 Architecture RDNA 2
40 Streaming Multiprocessors 72
2560 Shader 4608
64 Render Output Units 128
160 Texture Units 288
40 Raytracing Cores 72

Memory

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G has 12 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 384 GB/s.

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT can access 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

12 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
384 GB/s Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G clocks in the base with up to 2.321 GHz. The base frequency of the PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT is 1.900 GHz.

2.321 GHz Base Clock 1.900 GHz
2.615 GHz Boost Clock 2.310 GHz
2.43 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.07 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G is 230 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT has a TDP of 300 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

230 W TDP 300 W
-- TDP (up) 345 W
100 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 1 x 90 mm
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 36-37 dB

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 Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G.

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT 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 Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT 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 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 / Encode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G is 279 mm long, 131 mm high and 58 mm wide.

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT is 310 mm long, 135 mm high and 54 mm wide.

279 mm Length 310 mm
131 mm Height 135 mm
58 mm Width 54 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1179 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

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

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT was introduced in Q1/2021 at a price of 729 $.

-- Part-no AXRX 6800XT 16GBD6-3DHR/OC
Q1/2021 Release date Q1/2021
479 $ (Reference) Launch Price 729 $
7 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)

MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G
12 GB GDDR6
75 fps (avg)
PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
105 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)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G
12 GB GDDR6
85 fps (avg)
PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
115 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 MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G
12 GB GDDR6
77 fps (avg)
PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
108 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G
12 GB GDDR6
146 fps (avg)
PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
185 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G
12 GB GDDR6
196 fps (avg)
PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
205 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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