AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6700 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
158
91
74
53
151
98
85
64
The Witcher 3
146
120
87
44
171
141
104
55
Counter-Strike 2
226
160
112
58
241
195
134
78
Far Cry 6
123
110
83
48
131
119
95
56
Hogwarts Legacy
85
72
54
27
97
81
60
33
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
113
74
47
120
116
81
53
Ghost of Tsushima
93
73
55
31
88
74
57
31
Cyberpunk 2077
88
77
50
24
105
93
60
26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
149
135
98
49
164
151
112
59
Avg FPS
1080p High132141
1080p Ultra106119
1440p Ultra7688
4K Ultra4251
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
11451
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
14125
Time Spy1280713641
Solar Bay5015764184
Port Royal61628309
Fire Strike3584434034
Night Raid130743120956
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
110742
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
126195
Background Blur245.8 frames/s161.6 frames/s
Face Detection153.3 frames/s117.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.99 Gpix/sec5.89 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.82 Gpix/sec8.05 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.37 Gpix/sec6.65 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.01 Gpix/sec1.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching474.4 Gpix/sec550.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics13872.6 fps17613.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
19820
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
22252
G2D Mark946998
DirectX 11174 fps181 fps
DirectX 1277 fps85 fps
GPU Compute9584 Ops/s11282 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
173.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
170.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)943.9 fps856 fps
Car Chase840 fps668 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)743.3 fps592.9 fps
T-Rex2906.3 fps3078.4 fps
ALU 23886.3 fps4531.5 fps
Driver Overhead 2290.8 fps283 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2414.44563.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced March, 3, 2021 October, 22, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ampere
Codename Navi 22 GA104
Price 479 499

GPU

GPU Frequency 2321 MHz 1500 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2581 MHz 1725 MHz
Shader Units 2560 5888
TMUs 160 184
ROPs 64 96
Execution Units n/a 46
Ray Tracing Cores 40 46
Tensor Cores n/a 184
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 165 Gpix/sec 166 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 413 GTex/s 317 GTex/s
FLOPS 13.2 TFLOPS 20.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 230 W 220 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 7 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 335 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 17 billion 17 billion
Transistor density 50.75 MTr/mm² 43.37 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 192 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
384 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

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