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Radeon RX 6700

4.4 · 151 votes
Best for 1080p / 1440p gaming

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VRAM
10 GB
CUDA
2,304
FP32
11.29 TF
Bandwidth
320 GB/s
TDP
175W
Boost
2450 MHz
Strengths at a Glance

How it stacks up to the flagship

Each metric is shown as a percentage of the GeForce RTX 5090 D, the strongest card we track.

FP32 compute11.29 TFLOPS11%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth320 GB/s18%
vs RTX 5090 D: 1790 GB/s
VRAM capacity10 GB31%
vs RTX 5090 D: 32 GB
Shading units2,30411%
vs RTX 5090 D: 21,760
Power efficiency21/10036%
vs RTX 5090 D: 58/100
Synthetic Benchmarks

Estimated benchmark results

Each result is shown as a share of the RTX 5090 D's score in the same test.

3DMark Time Spy16,560pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)7,200pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)2,132spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute86,400pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts

Performance breakdown

Gaming46
Ray tracing40
AI / Compute36
Creator / 3D41
Power efficiency21
Real-World Gaming

FPS Across Resolutions

1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 40 fps
1080p
54
1440p
40
4K
25
Call of Duty: MW IIIavg 56 fps
1080p
76
1440p
56
4K
35
Alan Wake 2avg 32 fps
1080p
44
1440p
33
4K
20
Forza Horizon 5avg 58 fps
1080p
79
1440p
59
4K
36
Baldur's Gate 3avg 47 fps
1080p
64
1440p
48
4K
30
Community Feedback

What Owners Say

Owners praise it for solid 1440p gaming and good power efficiency. The usual gripe is the 10GB VRAM feels tight in newer, demanding titles.

Pros
  • Great for high-refresh 1080p gaming
  • Runs cool and quiet under load
  • Solid performance without breaking the bank
  • Plenty of VRAM for modern textures
Cons
  • VRAM size limits high resolution gaming
  • Ray tracing performance is underwhelming
  • No support for newer upscaling tech

Supported technologies

Ray TracingAV1 Encode

Full specifications

Graphics processor
Architecture
RDNA 2.0
Process node
7 nm
Transistors
17.2 B
Compute Units
36
Release date
2021
Core configuration
CUDA Cores
2,304
RT Cores
36
TMUs
144
ROPs
64
L2 cache
3 MB
Memory
Size
10 GB
Type
GDDR6
Bus width
160-bit
Bandwidth
320 GB/s
Memory clock
2000 MHz
Clocks & throughput
Base clock
1941 MHz
Boost clock
2450 MHz
FP32 (float)
11.29 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
11.29 TFLOPS
Pixel rate
157 GPixel/s
Texture rate
352.8 GTexel/s
Board & power
TDP
175W
Suggested PSU
350W
Power connectors
1x 8-pin
Bus interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
Length
267 mm
Slot width
2-slot
Display & outputs
Max resolution
7680×4320
Outputs
1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C

API and SDK support

DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model
6.5
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.3
Verdict

Our verdict on the RX 6700

A capable 1080p card that runs cool and efficient, but its memory bus is too narrow for higher resolutions.

Get it if you want a solid 1440p card that handles modern games without breaking the bank or the power bill. Skip it if you need top-tier ray tracing or plan to run heavy creative apps that want more than 10 GB of memory.

Buy it if…

  • You want 1440p gaming without breaking the bank.
  • You need a quiet card that sips power in a small case.
  • You play older or less demanding titles at high frame rates.
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