MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC
vs
Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC 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.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (Ampere) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

GPU

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC has the Navi 22 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 2 architecture.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock is based on the graphics chip GA104-300-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC GPU Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock
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 graphics memory of the MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 16.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

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

2.321 GHz Base Clock 1.500 GHz
2.620 GHz Boost Clock 1.725 GHz
2.47 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 230 W.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 250 W.

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

Cooler & Fans

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 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

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock 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 Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED Addressable LED

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 / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

247 mm Length 304 mm
131 mm Height 136 mm
51 mm Width 60 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
921 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q1/2021.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock came on the market in Q4/2020 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no NE63070019P2-1040G
Q1/2021 Release date Q4/2020
479 $ (Reference) Launch Price 659 $
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)

MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC
12 GB GDDR6
41 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock
8 GB GDDR6
45 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC
12 GB GDDR6
50 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock
8 GB GDDR6
54 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC
12 GB GDDR6
75 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock
8 GB GDDR6
81 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)

Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock
8 GB GDDR6
22 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC
12 GB GDDR6
47 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock
8 GB GDDR6
50 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC
12 GB GDDR6
85 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock
8 GB GDDR6
98 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 MECH 2X 12G OC MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC
12 GB GDDR6
77 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock
8 GB GDDR6
78 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC
12 GB GDDR6
146 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock
8 GB GDDR6
140 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC
12 GB GDDR6
197 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock
8 GB GDDR6
186 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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