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Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 vs ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB

ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB
ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB 12 GB GDDR6 · 2.58 GHz · 230 W Speed index 11/100
In the gpu comparison between the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 and the ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB is 19 % faster than the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56.

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB
Speed index
9/100
11/100
FP32
11.11 TFLOPS
13.21 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.55 GHz
2.58 GHz
Memory Size
8 GB HBM2
12 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
410 GB/s
384 GB/s
TDP
325 W
230 W
Launch Price
399 $
479 $

GPU

GPUSapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB
Based onAMD RX Vega 56AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
GPU ChipVega 10 XLNavi 22 XT
Streaming Multiprocessors5640
Shader35842560
Render Output Units6464
Texture Units256160
Raytracing Cores--40
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The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 is based on the AMD RX Vega 56 and has 3584 texture shaders and 56 execution units.

ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB is based on AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT, which has 2560 shaders and 40 execution units.

Memory

MemorySapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB
Memory Size8 GB12 GB
Memory TypeHBM2GDDR6
Memory Clock0.800 GHz2.000 GHz
Memory Speed1.6 Gbps16.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth410 GB/s384 GB/s
Memory Interface2,048 bit192 bit
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The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type HBM2 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 410 GB/s.

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

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsSapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB
Base Clock1.266 GHz2.321 GHz
Boost Clock1.550 GHz2.581 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock--2.42 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 clocks in the base with up to 1.266 GHz. The base frequency of the ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB is 2.321 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignSapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB
TDP325 W230 W
Tjunction max100 °C100 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 8-Pin1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 is 325 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB 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.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansSapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 12 x 92 mm2 x 90 mm
Fan 21 x 80 mm--
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)--0 dB
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The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 has a total of 3 Axial fans.

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

Connectivity

ConnectivitySapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB
Max. Displays44
HDCP--2.3
HDMI2x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort2x DP 1.43x DP 1.4a
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB supports a maximum of 4 screens.

Featureset

FeaturesetSapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_112_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingNoYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingNon addressable LED
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The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB is 7680x4320 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsSapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode / Encode
VP9Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
AV1NoDecode
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Dimensions

DimensionsSapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB
Length310 mm267 mm
Height133 mm110 mm
Width54 mm40 mm
Width (Slots)3 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 is 310 mm long, 133 mm high and 54 mm wide.

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

Additional data

Additional dataSapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 16
Release dateQ3/2017Q1/2021
Launch Price399 $479 $
Structure size14 nm7 nm
Part-no11276-01-40GRX6700XT 12G
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 56 was released in Q3/2017 at a price of 399 $.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB was introduced in Q1/2021 at a price of 479 $.

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 ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB +95.4 %

  1. 3,048
  2. 5,955

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 6,008

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 2,188

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)

  1. no data
  2. 40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 49 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 74 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) ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB +68.9 %

  1. 45 fps (avg)
  2. 76 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB +71.4 %

  1. 84 fps (avg)
  2. 144 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB +64.4 %

  1. 118 fps (avg)
  2. 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 ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB +51.9 %

  1. 63,813
  2. 96,956

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB +61.6 %

  1. 67,244
  2. 108,643

Geekbench 6 - Metal ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB +99.5 %

  1. 75,822
  2. 151,246

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