AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
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
133
73
58
38
151
98
85
64
The Witcher 3
121
96
68
34
171
141
104
55
Counter-Strike 2
185
128
93
49
241
195
134
78
Far Cry 6
104
90
65
35
131
119
95
56
Hogwarts Legacy
68
59
40
23
97
81
60
33
COD Modern Warfare 3
93
86
60
38
120
116
81
53
Ghost of Tsushima
74
61
42
23
88
74
57
31
Cyberpunk 2077
73
64
37
18
105
93
60
26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
124
107
76
37
164
151
112
59
Avg FPS
1080p High108141
1080p Ultra85119
1440p Ultra6088
4K Ultra3351
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
9026
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
14125
Time Spy965213641
Solar Bay3750364184
Port Royal46038309
Fire Strike2866834034
Night Raid114842120956
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
84088
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
126195
Background Blur208 frames/s161.6 frames/s
Face Detection114.6 frames/s117.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.91 Gpix/sec5.89 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.71 Gpix/sec8.05 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.38 Gpix/sec6.65 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.94 Gpix/sec1.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching306 Gpix/sec550.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics11198.1 fps17613.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
16471
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
22252
G2D Mark911998
DirectX 11163 fps181 fps
DirectX 1261 fps85 fps
GPU Compute7706 Ops/s11282 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
116.8 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
170.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)690.3 fps856 fps
Car Chasen/a668 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)525.1 fps592.9 fps
T-Rex2173.5 fps3078.4 fps
ALU 22886.2 fps4531.5 fps
Driver Overhead 2487.2 fps283 fps
APIMetalOpenGL
OSOS XWindows
Tessellationn/a4563.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced July, 30, 2021 October, 22, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ampere
Codename Navi 23 GA104
Price 379 499

GPU

GPU Frequency 1968 MHz 1500 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2589 MHz 1725 MHz
Shader Units 2048 5888
TMUs 128 184
ROPs 64 96
Execution Units n/a 46
Ray Tracing Cores 32 46
Tensor Cores No 184
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 166 Gpix/sec 166 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 331 GTex/s 317 GTex/s
FLOPS 10.6 TFLOPS 20.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 160 W 220 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 7 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 237 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 11 billion 17 billion
Transistor density 46.41 MTr/mm² 43.37 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 128 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
256 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
448 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 the clear winner in this comparison.

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