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XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT vs MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G

XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT
XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB GDDR6 · 2.62 GHz · 230 W Speed index 11/100

The XFX 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 13.38 TFLOPS.

MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G
MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G 16 GB GDDR6 · 2.16 GHz · 250 W Speed index 14/100

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G has 3840 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.16 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 16.55 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G is 24 % faster than the XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT.

XFX Radeon RX 6700 XTMSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G
Speed index
11/100
14/100
FP32
13.38 TFLOPS
16.55 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.62 GHz
2.16 GHz
Memory Size
12 GB GDDR6
16 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
384 GB/s
512 GB/s
TDP
230 W
250 W
Launch Price
479 $
659 $
364 pts
431 pts

GPU

GPUXFX Radeon RX 6700 XTMSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G
Based onAMD Radeon RX 6700 XTAMD Radeon RX 6800
GPU ChipNavi 22 XTNavi 21
Streaming Multiprocessors4060
Shader25603840
Render Output Units6496
Texture Units160240
Raytracing Cores4060
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The XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 40 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 60 execution units.

Memory

MemoryXFX Radeon RX 6700 XTMSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G
Memory Size12 GB16 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR6
Memory Clock2.000 GHz2.000 GHz
Memory Speed16.0 Gbps16.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth384 GB/s512 GB/s
Memory Interface192 bit256 bit
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The XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT is equipped with a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G has a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsXFX Radeon RX 6700 XTMSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G
Base Clock2.330 GHz1.775 GHz
Boost Clock2.615 GHz2.155 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock2.43 GHz1.93 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT has a turbo clock of 2.615 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G is 2.155 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignXFX Radeon RX 6700 XTMSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G
TDP230 W250 W
TDP (up)--285 W
Tjunction max100 °C100 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin2 x 8-Pin
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The XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 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 MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansXFX Radeon RX 6700 XTMSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 12 x 90 mm3 x 100 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
Noise (Load)--34 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityXFX Radeon RX 6700 XTMSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.11x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort3x DP 1.4a3x DP 1.4a
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The XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetXFX Radeon RX 6700 XTMSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingYesYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNon addressable LEDMSI Mystic Light
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The XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsXFX Radeon RX 6700 XTMSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP9Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
AV1DecodeDecode
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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.

Dimensions

DimensionsXFX Radeon RX 6700 XTMSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G
Length267 mm324 mm
Height110 mm141 mm
Width40 mm55 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots3 Slots
Weight--1,521 g
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataXFX Radeon RX 6700 XTMSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 16
Release dateQ1/2021Q4/2020
Launch Price479 $659 $
Structure size7 nm7 nm
Part-noRX-67TMYDFD8--
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT was released in Q1/2021.

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G published in Q4/2020 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

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 MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G +29.5 %

  1. 5,993
  2. 7,761

Port Royal (Raytracing) MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G +31.6 %

  1. 6,047
  2. 7,959

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing) MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G +34.7 %

  1. 2,202
  2. 2,965

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 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G +26.8 %

  1. 41 fps (avg)
  2. 52 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G +20.0 %

  1. 50 fps (avg)
  2. 60 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G +18.7 %

  1. 75 fps (avg)
  2. 89 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)

  1. no data
  2. 31 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G +29.8 %

  1. 47 fps (avg)
  2. 61 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G +24.7 %

  1. 85 fps (avg)
  2. 106 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 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G +20.8 %

  1. 77 fps (avg)
  2. 93 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G +24.7 %

  1. 146 fps (avg)
  2. 182 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G +2.0 %

  1. 196 fps (avg)
  2. 200 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 MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G +31.7 %

  1. 98,204
  2. 129,334

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G +19.5 %

  1. 110,041
  2. 131,498

Geekbench 6 - Metal MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G +10.5 %

  1. 153,192
  2. 169,335

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