PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6700 XT
vs
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G SE


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6700 XT 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 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G SE has 2560 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.04 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 10.42 TFLOPS.

GPU

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6700 XT is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 40 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G SE is based on the RDNA 1 architecture and is equipped with 40 execution units.
PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6700 XT GPU Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G SE
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
Navi 22 XT GPU Chip Navi 10 XT
RDNA 2 Architecture RDNA 1
40 Streaming Multiprocessors 40
2560 Shader 2560
64 Render Output Units 64
160 Texture Units 160
40 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6700 XT is equipped with a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G SE has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.800GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.800 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.4 Gbps
384 GB/s Memory bandwidth 461 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6700 XT has a turbo clock of 2.622 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G SE is 2.035 GHz.

2.321 GHz Base Clock 1.840 GHz
2.622 GHz Boost Clock 2.035 GHz
2.51 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.97 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6700 XT has 2 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 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G SE is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 99 °C.

230 W TDP 285 W
-- TDP (up) 335 W
100 °C Tjunction max 99 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6700 XT are cooled with a Air cooling.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G SE is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 95 mm
1 x 90 mm Fan 2 1 x 87 mm
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 44 dB

Connectivity

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6700 XT supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G SE supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 2x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6700 XT supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G SE supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Addressable LED 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 No
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6700 XT is 50 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G SE is 50 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

320 mm Length 305 mm
130 mm Height 135 mm
50 mm Width 49 mm
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, PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6700 XT was released in Q1/2021.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G SE published in Q3/2019 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

AXRX 6700XT 12GBD6-3DHE/OC Part-no --
Q1/2021 Release date Q3/2019
479 $ (Reference) Launch Price 459 $
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)

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)

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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