Radeon RX 6900 XTX vs 9700

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Rage 8 (2002−2006)	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2022)
GPU code name	R300	Navi 21
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	1 July 2002 (21 year ago)	28 October 2020 (3 years ago)
Current price	$7.52	no data

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	no data	5120
Core clock speed	275 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	2435 MHz
Number of transistors	110 million	26,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	37 Watt	330 Watt
Texture fill rate	2.200	779.2

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	AGP 8x	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	Floppy	2x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	DDR	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	16 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	540 MHz	18 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	17.28 GB/s	576.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	no data	+

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	9.0 (9_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.7
OpenGL	2.0	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	2.1
Vulkan	N/A	1.3

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 July 2002	28 October 2020
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	16 GB
Chip lithography	150 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	37 Watt	330 Watt

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