SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT vs MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING X TRIO 12G. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT and MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING X TRIO 12G, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
• GPU Chip
  Navi 22 XT AD104-250 / AD104-251 (Ada Lovelace)
• Shader
  2560 5888
• Render Output Units
  64 64
• Texture Units
  160 184

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

• Memory Size
  12 GB 12 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6X
• Memory Speed
  2 GHz 21 Gbps
• Memory Interface
  192 bit 192 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT and MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING X TRIO 12G. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  2.321 GHz 1.920 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.581 GHz 2.625 GHz+ 6 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.424 GHz --
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  230 W 215 W+ 8 %
• TDP (up)
  -- --
• Tjunction max
  -- 90 °C
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin 1 x 16-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT and MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING X TRIO 12G.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  2 x 90 mm 3 x 95 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Noise (Load)
  -- --

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.3 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.1 1x HDMI v2.1a
• 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 (Ultimate)
• Raytracing
  Yes Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  No Yes
• LED
  Non addressable LED MSI Mystic Light

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
  267 mm 338 mm
• Height
  110 mm 141 mm
• Width
  40 mm 52 mm
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING X TRIO 12G and SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q2/2023
• Structure size
  7 nm 4 nm
• Part-no
  21306-01-20G --
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet