AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
84
46
33
20
156
102
93
68
The Witcher 3
60
46
27
16
177
148
105
59
Counter-Strike 2
96
67
46
19
261
198
140
81
Far Cry 6
65
55
40
19
134
124
102
64
Hogwarts Legacy
38
29
20
10
104
85
65
36
COD Modern Warfare 3
51
45
29
19
133
120
93
60
Ghost of Tsushima
37
28
21
10
94
79
63
36
Cyberpunk 2077
36
33
19
n/a
115
102
63
29
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
69
61
36
18
178
165
125
68
Avg FPS
1080p High60150
1080p Ultra46125
1440p Ultra3094
4K Ultra1556
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
4786
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
15403
Time Spy495114873
Solar Bay1997969827
Port Royal3678880
Fire Strike1557737227
Night Raid65281133622
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
53081
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
136096
Background Blur130.3 frames/s197 frames/s
Face Detection70.1 frames/s128.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.59 Gpix/sec6.56 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.21 Gpix/sec8.81 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.02 Gpix/sec6.47 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.65 Gpix/sec1.26 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching223 Gpix/sec609.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics7470.5 fps18205 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
9578
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
23425
G2D Mark8101051
DirectX 1190 fps192 fps
DirectX 1238 fps91 fps
GPU Compute4502 Ops/s11708 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
52.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
194.1 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)360.9 fps865.5 fps
Car Chase373.9 fps699.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)278.5 fps610.7 fps
T-Rex1305.6 fps3191.9 fps
ALU 21331.2 fps4526.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2259.2 fps288.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1300.54520.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 19, 2022 June, 10, 2021
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ampere
Codename Navi 24 GA104
Price 199 599

GPU

GPU Frequency 2310 MHz 1575 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2815 MHz 1770 MHz
Shader Units 1024 6144
TMUs 64 192
ROPs 32 96
Execution Units n/a 48
Ray Tracing Cores 16 48
Tensor Cores No 192
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 1024 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 90 Gpix/sec 170 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 180 GTex/s 340 GTex/s
FLOPS 5.8 TFLOPS 21.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x4 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 107 W 290 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 6 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 107 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 5 billion 17 billion
Transistor density 46.73 MTr/mm² 43.37 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 2248 MHz 1188 MHz
Bus 64 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 18000 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
143.9 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
608.3 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 8.6
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti the clear winner in this comparison.

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