Radeon RX 6500 XT vs GeForce RTX 3070
Summary
Radeon RX 6500 XT
100%
GeForce RTX 3070
383%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6500 XT |
| 113 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce RTX 3070 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Infinity Cache allows to deliver up to 3.25x the effective memory bandwidth |
| Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR) |
Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 3070 |
| 283% higher gaming performance. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR) |
| Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS) |
HWBench recommends GeForce RTX 3070
The GeForce RTX 3070 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (14 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | GeForce RTX 3070 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 24 (Navi 24 XT) | vs | GA104 (GA104-300-A1) |
| Fab Process | 6 nm | vs | 8 nm |
| Die Size | 107 mm² | vs | 392 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,400 million | vs | 17,400 million |
| Shaders | 1024 | vs | 5888 |
| Compute Units | 16 | vs | 46 |
| Core clock | 2200 MHz | vs | 1500 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 184 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | GeForce RTX 3070 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR6 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective | vs | 1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 8192 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | GeForce RTX 3070 | |
|---|
| TDP | 107 watts | vs | 220 watts |
| Release Date | 19 Jan 2022 | vs | 1 Sep 2020 |
Radeon RX 6500 XT
90.08 GP/s
GeForce RTX 3070
110.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
180.20 GT/s
GeForce RTX 3070
317.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
144.00 GB/s
GeForce RTX 3070
448.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
5765.00 GFLOPs
GeForce RTX 3070
20310.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
40
GeForce RTX 3070
93
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
74
GeForce RTX 3070
201
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
17
GeForce RTX 3070
106
FPS (higher is better)
Extreme Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
23
GeForce RTX 3070
98
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
105
GeForce RTX 3070
212
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
64
GeForce RTX 3070
161
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6500 XT
67
GeForce RTX 3070
186
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
21
GeForce RTX 3070
76
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
55
GeForce RTX 3070
151
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
13
GeForce RTX 3070
95
FPS (higher is better)
Extreme Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
10
GeForce RTX 3070
85
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
64
GeForce RTX 3070
152
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
40
GeForce RTX 3070
122
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6500 XT
44
GeForce RTX 3070
140
FPS (higher is better)