AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, vs AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT and AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
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
181
118
100
73
The Witcher 3
208
183
139
72
179
153
116
58
Counter-Strike 2
302
208
149
81
274
195
134
76
Far Cry 6
172
148
133
83
150
129
109
64
Hogwarts Legacy
130
105
83
46
109
91
69
39
COD Modern Warfare 3
183
177
130
84
147
139
99
66
Ghost of Tsushima
131
111
91
55
108
90
73
42
Cyberpunk 2077
148
129
87
42
115
101
68
29
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
225
205
156
82
191
175
128
64
Avg FPS
1080p High190162
1080p Ultra156132
1440p Ultra121100
4K Ultra7057
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
20263
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
14982
Time Spy2078117110
Solar Bay8674163280
Port Royal105199055
Fire Strike5732342666
Night Raid159759144957
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
124121
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
132843
Background Blur231.6 frames/s285.8 frames/s
Face Detection152.5 frames/s181.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.26 Gpix/sec4.9 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.75 Gpix/sec6.66 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.87 Gpix/sec5.68 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.12 Gpix/sec1.18 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching618.7 Gpix/sec493 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics17973.9 fps19410.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
26727
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
22467
G2D Mark10511150
DirectX 11278 fps233 fps
DirectX 12113 fps77 fps
GPU Compute14962 Ops/s13108 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
305.2 fps
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
174.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1379.6 fps1178.6 fps
Car Chase1317.5 fps1007.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1205.3 fps806.1 fps
T-Rex4360 fps3466.6 fps
ALU 26645 fps5953.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2325.2 fps280.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation3954.84717

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced December, 8, 2020 September, 6, 2023
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 2.0 RDNA 3.0
Codename Navi 21 Navi 32
Price 999 449

GPU

GPU Frequency 1825 MHz 1435 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2250 MHz 2544 MHz
Shader Units 5120 3456
TMUs 320 216
ROPs 128 96
Ray Tracing Cores 80 54
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 288 Gpix/sec 244 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 720 GTex/s 550 GTex/s
FLOPS 23 TFLOPS 35.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 300 W 245 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 520 mm² 346 mm²
Transistor count 26 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 50 MTr/mm² 80.92 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 2250 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 18000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
512 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
432 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No

Results

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