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Radeon RX 6700 XT

4.5 · 926 votes
Best for 1080p / 1440p gaming

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VRAM
12 GB
CUDA
2,560
FP32
13.21 TF
Bandwidth
384 GB/s
TDP
230W
Boost
2581 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 compute13.21 TFLOPS13%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth384 GB/s21%
vs RTX 5090 D: 1790 GB/s
VRAM capacity12 GB38%
vs RTX 5090 D: 32 GB
Shading units2,56012%
vs RTX 5090 D: 21,760
Power efficiency18/10031%
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 Spy16,920pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)7,200pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)2,184spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute88,800pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts

Performance breakdown

Gaming47
Ray tracing40
AI / Compute37
Creator / 3D42
Power efficiency18
Real-World Gaming

FPS Across Resolutions

1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 53 fps
1080p
82
1440p
54
4K
24
Counter-Strike 2avg 126 fps
1080p
200
1440p
122
4K
56
Fortniteavg 132 fps
1080p
199
1440p
131
4K
66
Battlefield 5avg 110 fps
1080p
141
1440p
112
4K
76
Far Cry 5avg 119 fps
1080p
154
1440p
133
4K
69
Valorantavg 273 fps
1080p
257
1440p
286
4K
276

Average FPS across all PC games

1080p
152fps
1440p
83fps
4K
49fps

Cost per frame

Launch MSRP ($479) ÷ average FPS — lower is better.

1080p
$3.54
1440p
$6.46
4K
$9.88
Community Feedback

What Owners Say

Owners love the smooth 1440p gaming and solid 12GB of memory for the price. The main gripes are the higher power draw and the card running a bit warmer than expected.

Pros
  • Plays modern games at high settings
  • Runs cool under heavy load
  • Great value for 1440p gaming
  • Handles ray tracing decently
Cons
  • Ray tracing performance is weak.
  • Drivers can be occasionally buggy.
  • No support for newer features.

Supported technologies

Ray TracingAV1 Encode

Full specifications

Graphics processor
Architecture
RDNA 2.0
Process node
7 nm
Transistors
17.2 B
Compute Units
40
Release date
2021
Launch price
$479
Core configuration
CUDA Cores
2,560
RT Cores
40
TMUs
160
ROPs
64
L2 cache
3 MB
Memory
Size
12 GB
Type
GDDR6
Bus width
192-bit
Bandwidth
384 GB/s
Memory clock
2000 MHz
Clocks & throughput
Base clock
2321 MHz
Boost clock
2581 MHz
FP32 (float)
13.21 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
13.21 TFLOPS
Pixel rate
165 GPixel/s
Texture rate
413 GTexel/s
Board & power
TDP
230W
Suggested PSU
450W
Power connectors
1x 6-pin + 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, 3x DisplayPort

API and SDK support

DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model
6.5
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
Verdict

Our verdict on the RX 6700 XT

The RX 6700 XT is a solid 1440p card that trades ray tracing performance for excellent value and power efficiency.

Get it if you want solid 1440p gaming without breaking the bank and don't mind last-gen architecture. Skip it if you need ray tracing performance or plan to run demanding games at high refresh rates.

Buy it if…

  • You want high-refresh 1440p gaming on a budget.
  • You play modded games that need extra video memory.
  • You are upgrading from an older card without breaking the bank.
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