AMD · Radeon
Radeon RX 6700 XT
A 2021 RDNA 2 graphics card with 12 GB of GDDR6 memory, hardware ray tracing and 96 MB of Infinity Cache.
- Memory
- 12 GB
- Shaders
- 2,560
- Boost clock
- 2,581 MHz
- Bandwidth
- 384 GB/s
- Power
- 230 W
What reviewers say
Reviewers find strong 1080p and 1440p performance but question the launch price against the RTX 3060 Ti and RTX 3070. They find weaker ray tracing and note AMD's upscaling alternative was unavailable at launch. PCWorld praises the quiet reference cooler and finds Smart Access Memory helpful in some games; results against competitors vary by title.
From pcgamer.com, techradar.com and pcworld.com
Specifications
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- Chip maker
- AMD
- Architecture
- RDNA 2
- Shader cores
- 2,560
- Boost clock
- 2,581 MHz
- Architecture
- AMD reference specification; 40 compute units and 17.2 billion transistors. AMD's current product table labels 1 March 2021 as the launch date, but its announcement specifies 18 March as the first on-sale date used here.
- Manufacturing process
- 7 nm
- Ray tracing
- 40 Ray Accelerators; DirectX Raytracing support
- Upscaling and frame generation
- AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR); AMD Radeon Super Resolution
- Base clock
- 2321 MHz base, 2424 MHz game frequency and up to 2581 MHz boost; AMD defines boost for bursty workloads rather than sustained gaming
- Cache
- 96 MB AMD Infinity Cache
Memory
- Video memory
- 12 GB GDDR6
- Memory bus
- 192-bit
- Memory bandwidth
- 384 GB/s
- Memory detail
- Up to 16 Gbps GDDR6; 384 GB/s physical memory bandwidth. AMD separately claims up to 1278 GB/s effective bandwidth including Infinity Cache; this is not used as the physical bandwidth figure.
Connections and power
- Board power
- 230 W
- Interface
- PCIe 4.0
- Display outputs
- DisplayPort 1.4a and HDMI 2.1 supporting 4K 120 Hz or 8K 60 Hz with VRR
- Power connector
- 1 × PCIe 8-pin and 1 × PCIe 6-pin
- Recommended power supply
- 650 W
- Slot width
- 2-slot (AMD reference)
- Size (reference card)
- 267 mm long (AMD reference); no reference width or height verified
- Video encode and decode
- Hardware AV1 decoding; H.264 and H.265/HEVC encode and decode
Pros and cons
Pros
- 12 GB of video memory
- Hardware ray tracing with 40 Ray Accelerators
- Two-slot reference cooler
Cons
- 230 W typical board power
- DisplayPort 1.4a rather than DisplayPort 2.1
- Reference length is 267 mm
Closest rivals
Model | Memory | Shaders | Boost clock | Bandwidth | Power | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 GB or 8 GB | 3,584 | 1,780 MHz | 360 GB/s or 240 GB/s | 170 W | Feb 2021 | |
| 8 GB | 2,560 | 1,770 MHz | 448 GB/s | 215 W | Jul 2019 | |
| 12 GB | 2,560 | – | 456 GB/s | 190 W | Dec 2024 |
Sources
- amd.com/en/products/graphics/desktops/radeon/6000-series/amd-radeon-rx-6700-xt.…
- d1io3yog0oux5.cloudfront.net/_0b16da28dc74037fcf1099f6199a5ae5/amd/news/2021-03…
- pcworld.com/article/394249/amd-radeon-rx-6700-xt-review.html
Photo: amd.com
