ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT Challenger Pro 12GB OC vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT Challenger Pro 12GB OC and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
• GPU Chip
  Navi 22 XT GA104-300-A1
• Execution units
  40 46
• Shader
  2560 5888
• Render Output Units
  64 96
• Texture Units
  160 184

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  12 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  2 GHz 1.75 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  384 GB/s 448 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  192 bit 256 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT Challenger Pro 12GB OC and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  2.375 GHz+ 2 % 1.500 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.620 GHz+ 2 % 1.725 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.474 GHz+ 2 %
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  230 W 220 W
• TDP (up)
  -- 240 W
• Tjunction max
  -- 93 °C
• PCIe-Power
  2 x 8-Pin 1 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT Challenger Pro 12GB OC and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  3 x 90 mm 2 x 85 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Noise (Load)
  -- 37 dB

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.3 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.1 1x HDMI v2.1
• DP Ports
  3x DP v1.4a 3x DP v1.4a
• DVI Ports
  -- --
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  -- --

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_2 12_2
• Raytracing
  Yes Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  No Yes
• LED
  Addressable LED No LED lighting

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode
• AV1
  Decode Decode

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Length
  303 mm 242 mm
• Height
  131 mm 112 mm
• Width
  45 mm --
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  890 g 1034 g

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition and ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT Challenger Pro 12GB OC.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q4/2020
• Release price
  -- 499 $
• Structure size
  7 nm 8 nm
• Part-no
  RX6700XT CLP 12GO --
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet