The first AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT performance benchmarks show the gaming features, Vulkan and OpenCL of the GPU Navi 22. The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT was designed to deliver excellent 1440p performance and positioned to handle the RTX 3060 Ti and RTX 3070 based on the US $ 479 price tag.
Performance comparisons of the 12 GB AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT graphics card in AAA, Vulkan and OpenCL Leak Out games
In its official graphics, AMD showed the Radeon RX 6700 XT offering better performance than the RTX 3070 at 1440p in various AAA titles. We now have a set of new benchmarks published by Harukaze which is based on the performance results of several games, including Doom Eternal and Shadow of The Tomb Raider. The Radeon RX 6700 XT is reported to offer up to 5% better GPU performance on the Doom Eternal than the RTX 3060 Ti and 3% more FPS on the SOTR. Overall, the Radeon RX 6700 XT is up to 8% faster than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and 1% faster than the GeForce RTX 3070. The resolution and game settings used are not mentioned, so consider these benchmarks with a grain of salt.
Performance benchmarks for AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT games have leaked and show up to 8% faster performance than the RTX 3060 Ti (image credits: Harukaze5719)
Moving on to the Vulkan and OpenCL performance numbers identified by TUM_APISAK, we see that AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT scores 55278 points in the Vulkan benchmark and 102831 points within the OpenCL benchmark in Geekbench 5. If we compare these scores with NVIDIA GPUs, the Radeon RX 6700 XT is slower than the RTX 2080 SUPER in OpenCL and also slower than the Radeon RX 5700 XT in the OpenCL benchmark. This doesn’t make sense, however, the AMD RX 6000 series graphics cards perform worse than their predecessors based on Vega and Navi in both benchmarks.
Take for example the AMD Radeon RX 6800 which is only on par with the GeForce RTX 2080 in the Vulkan benchmark when, in reality, the video card competes with the GeForce RTX 3080 in several games. The same is the case in the OpenCL benchmark where the RX 6800 is only slightly faster than the RTX 3060 Ti.
Overall, the Radeon RX 6800 is about 24% faster than the RX 6700 XT in OpenCL, but 60% faster in the Vulkan benchmark. It seems that the performance of OpenCL and GPU Vulkan on the existing RDNA 2 graphics architecture still needs some time to mature, as this is a brand new architecture that was launched just a few months ago.
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB graphics card specifications
In terms of specifications, the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT packs the Navi 22 XT GPU which has 40 computing units that are equivalent to 2560 stream processors. The cores run at a clock speed of 2321 MHz, a game of 2424 MHz and an increase of 2581 MHz The graphics chip also has 40 Ray accelerators for raytracing capabilities on RDNA 2-based GPUs. The card will have an 11-phase PCB design that will be powered by an 8 + 6 pin connector configuration. As for TDP, the card is rated at 230W, which is close to what comes with the GeForce RTX 3070.
The graphics card will have a 12 GB GDDR6 memory buffer along with a 192-bit bus interface. AMD will likely use 16 Gbps arrays, which would generate a total bandwidth of 384 GB / s for the cards. The GPU additionally packs 96 MB of Infinity Cache. The GPU is fully compatible with Gen 4.0. The video outputs will include three DisplayPort 1.4 and a single HDMI 2.1 port.
Line of AMD Radeon RX 6000 Series “RDNA 2” graphics cards:
| Video card | AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT | AMD Radeon RX 6700 | AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT | AMD Radeon RX 6800 | AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT | AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPU | Navi 22? | Navi 22 (XL?) | Navi 22 (XT?) | Navi 21 XL | Navi 21 XT | Navi 21 XTX |
| Process Node | 7nm | 7nm | 7nm | 7nm | 7nm | 7nm |
| Transistors | TBA | TBA | TBA | 26.8 billion | 26.8 billion | 26.8 billion |
| Computing units | TBA | TBA | 40 | 60 | 72 | 80 |
| Flow processors | TBA | TBA | 2560 | 3840 | 4608 | 5120 |
| TMUs / ROPs | TBA | TBA | 160/64 | 240/96 | 288/128 | 320/128 |
| Game Clock | TBA | TBA | 2,424 MHz | 1815 MHz | 2015 MHz | 2015 MHz |
| Boost Clock | TBA | TBA | 2581 MHz | 2105 MHz | 2250 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| FP32 TFLOPs | TBA | TBA | 13.21 TFLOPs | 16.17 TFLOPs | 20.74 TFLOPs | 23.04 TFLOPs |
| Memory size | 12 GB GDDR6? | 6-12 GB GDDR6? | 12 GB GDDR6 + 96 MB Infinity Cache | 16 GB GDDR6 + 128 MB Infinity Cache | 16 GB GDDR6 + 128 MB Infinity Cache | 16 GB GDDR6 + 128 MB Infinity Cache |
| Memory Bus | 192 bits | 192 bits | 192 bits | 256 bits | 256 bits | 256 bits |
| Memory clock | 14 Gbps? | 14 Gbps? | 16 Gbps | 16 Gbps | 16 Gbps | 16 Gbps |
| Bandwidth | 320 GB / s | 320 GB / s | 384 GB / s | 512 GB / s | 512 GB / s | 512 GB / s |
| TDP | TBA | TBA | 230W | 250W | 300W | 300W |
| Price | TBA | TBA | $ 479 US | $ 579 US | $ 649 US | $ 999 US |
As for the launch, AMD confirmed that the Radeon RX 6700 XT will be released in customized and reference versions on March 18th, while GPU reviews are scheduled to go live on March 17th.