AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6900 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
213
142
118
87
156
102
93
68
The Witcher 3
208
183
139
72
177
148
105
59
Counter-Strike 2
302
208
149
81
261
198
140
81
Far Cry 6
172
148
133
83
134
124
102
64
Hogwarts Legacy
130
105
83
46
104
85
65
36
COD Modern Warfare 3
183
177
130
84
133
120
93
60
Ghost of Tsushima
131
111
91
55
94
79
63
36
Cyberpunk 2077
148
129
87
42
115
102
63
29
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
225
205
156
82
178
165
125
68
Avg FPS
1080p High190150
1080p Ultra156125
1440p Ultra12194
4K Ultra7056
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
20263
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
15403
Time Spy2078114873
Solar Bay8674169827
Port Royal105198880
Fire Strike5732337227
Night Raid159759133622
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
124121
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
136096
Background Blur231.6 frames/s197 frames/s
Face Detection152.5 frames/s128.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.26 Gpix/sec6.56 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.75 Gpix/sec8.81 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.87 Gpix/sec6.47 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.12 Gpix/sec1.26 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching618.7 Gpix/sec609.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics17973.9 fps18205 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
26727
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
23425
G2D Mark10511051
DirectX 11278 fps192 fps
DirectX 12113 fps91 fps
GPU Compute14962 Ops/s11708 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
305.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
194.1 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1379.6 fps865.5 fps
Car Chase1317.5 fps699.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1205.3 fps610.7 fps
T-Rex4360 fps3191.9 fps
ALU 26645 fps4526.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2325.2 fps288.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation3954.84520.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced December, 8, 2020 June, 10, 2021
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ampere
Codename Navi 21 GA104
Price 999 599

GPU

GPU Frequency 1825 MHz 1575 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2250 MHz 1770 MHz
Shader Units 5120 6144
TMUs 320 192
ROPs 128 96
Execution Units n/a 48
Ray Tracing Cores 80 48
Tensor Cores n/a 192
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 288 Gpix/sec 170 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 720 GTex/s 340 GTex/s
FLOPS 23 TFLOPS 21.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 300 W 290 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 7 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 520 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 26 billion 17 billion
Transistor density 50 MTr/mm² 43.37 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1188 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
512 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

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