Radeon RX 6700 vs RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

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Aggregate performance score

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
2017
15 Watt
4.49

RX 6700 outperforms RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) by a whopping 994% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking62154
Place by popularity42not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data27.71
ArchitectureVega (2017−2021)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2022)
GPU code nameVega Raven RidgeNavi 22
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date26 October 2017 (6 years ago)9 June 2021 (3 years ago)
Current priceno data$551

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores5122304
Boost clock speed1200 MHz2450 MHz
Number of transistorsno data17,200 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt175 Watt
Texture fill rateno data352.8

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) and Radeon RX 6700 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data10 GB
Memory bus widthno data160 Bit
Memory clock speedno data16 GB/s
Memory bandwidthno data320.0 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 Connectorsno data1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
HDMIno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.1
Vulkanno data1.3

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD18
−956%
190−200
+956%
4K10
−900%
100−110
+900%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 9
−956%
95−100
+956%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 15
−967%
160−170
+967%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10
−900%
100−105
+900%
Battlefield 5 18
−956%
190−200
+956%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10
−900%
100−105
+900%
Cyberpunk 2077 9
−956%
95−100
+956%
Far Cry 5 18
−956%
190−200
+956%
Far Cry New Dawn 18
−956%
190−200
+956%
Forza Horizon 4 26
−977%
280−290
+977%
Hitman 3 10−11
−900%
100−105
+900%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27
−974%
290−300
+974%
Metro Exodus 22
−991%
240−250
+991%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16
−963%
170−180
+963%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 22
−991%
240−250
+991%
Watch Dogs: Legion 12
−983%
130−140
+983%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 11
−991%
120−130
+991%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−900%
30−33
+900%
Battlefield 5 10−12
−991%
120−130
+991%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 11
−991%
120−130
+991%
Cyberpunk 2077 6
−983%
65−70
+983%
Far Cry 5 17
−959%
180−190
+959%
Far Cry New Dawn 12
−983%
130−140
+983%
Forza Horizon 4 30
−900%
300−310
+900%
Hitman 3 10−11
−900%
100−105
+900%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21
−948%
220−230
+948%
Metro Exodus 14
−971%
150−160
+971%
Red Dead Redemption 2 11
−991%
120−130
+991%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 13
−977%
140−150
+977%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 13
−977%
140−150
+977%
Watch Dogs: Legion 6−7
−983%
65−70
+983%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8
−963%
85−90
+963%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−900%
30−33
+900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7
−971%
75−80
+971%
Cyberpunk 2077 5
−900%
50−55
+900%
Far Cry 5 7
−971%
75−80
+971%
Forza Horizon 4 23
−987%
250−260
+987%
Horizon Zero Dawn 15
−967%
160−170
+967%
Metro Exodus 14
−971%
150−160
+971%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8
−963%
85−90
+963%
Watch Dogs: Legion 6−7
−983%
65−70
+983%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10
−900%
100−105
+900%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
−963%
85−90
+963%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−983%
65−70
+983%
Hitman 3 3−4
−900%
30−33
+900%
Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−900%
30−33
+900%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−950%
21−24
+950%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−971%
75−80
+971%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−950%
21−24
+950%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−971%
75−80
+971%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
−971%
75−80
+971%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−11
−900%
100−105
+900%
Metro Exodus 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
−900%
40−45
+900%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
−950%
21−24
+950%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5 13
−977%
140−150
+977%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−950%
21−24
+950%
Hitman 3 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
−900%
50−55
+900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 3
−900%
30−33
+900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4
−900%
40−45
+900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−950%
21−24
+950%
Battlefield 5 6
−983%
65−70
+983%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−950%
21−24
+950%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 9
−956%
95−100
+956%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
−900%
50−55
+900%
Metro Exodus 6−7
−983%
65−70
+983%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−900%
50−55
+900%

This is how RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) and RX 6700 compete in popular games:

  • RX 6700 is 956% faster in 1080p
  • RX 6700 is 900% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.49 49.10
Recency 26 October 2017 9 June 2021
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 175 Watt

The Radeon RX 6700 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) is a notebook card while Radeon RX 6700 is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
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