AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 570

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, vs AMD Radeon RX 570. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT and AMD Radeon RX 570
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
65
37
28
17
The Witcher 3
208
183
139
72
44
38
19
10
Counter-Strike 2
302
208
149
81
62
46
33
12
Far Cry 6
172
148
133
83
51
44
30
15
Hogwarts Legacy
130
105
83
46
27
20
15
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
183
177
130
84
44
38
24
15
Ghost of Tsushima
131
111
91
55
28
20
14
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
148
129
87
42
27
27
13
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
225
205
156
82
51
45
26
13
Avg FPS
1080p High19044
1080p Ultra15635
1440p Ultra12122
4K Ultra7011
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
20263
AMD Radeon RX 570
3694
Time Spy207813854
Solar Bay86741n/a
Port Royal10519n/a
Fire Strike5732313444
Night Raid15975950383
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
124121
AMD Radeon RX 570
37147
Background Blur231.6 frames/s55.7 frames/s
Face Detection152.5 frames/s31.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.26 Gpix/sec1.41 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.75 Gpix/sec2.82 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.87 Gpix/sec2.57 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.12 Gpix/sec0.31 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching618.7 Gpix/sec143.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics17973.9 fps5080.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
26727
AMD Radeon RX 570
7968
G2D Mark1051724
DirectX 11278 fps55 fps
DirectX 12113 fps39 fps
GPU Compute14962 Ops/s2965 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
305.2 fps
AMD Radeon RX 570
48.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1379.6 fps274.6 fps
Car Chase1317.5 fps259.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1205.3 fps219 fps
T-Rex4360 fps1018.3 fps
ALU 26645 fps1061.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2325.2 fps150.4 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation3954.8795.9

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced December, 8, 2020 April, 18, 2017
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 2.0 GCN 4.0
Codename Navi 21 Polaris 20
Price 999 169

GPU

GPU Frequency 1825 MHz 1168 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2250 MHz 1244 MHz
Shader Units 5120 2048
TMUs 320 128
ROPs 128 32
Ray Tracing Cores 80 No
Tensor Cores n/a No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 16 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 288 Gpix/sec 40 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 720 GTex/s 159 GTex/s
FLOPS 23 TFLOPS 5.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 300 W 150 W
Process TSMC GlobalFoundries
Process tech. 7 nm 14 nm
Transistor Size 520 mm² 232 mm²
Transistor count 26 billion 5 billion
Transistor density 50 MTr/mm² 21.55 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 7000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 4 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
512 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 570
224 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
10 (47.62%)
11 (52.38%)
Total Votes: 21

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