Radeon RX 6700 XT and Radeon RX 5900 XT - video card comparison
Radeon RX 6700 XT
Radeon RX 5900 XT
Architecture
Navi / RDNA2 (2020−2022)
RDNA 2.0 (2020−2022)
GPU code name
Navi 22
Navi 21
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
March 2021
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Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
2x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
2581 MHz
1735 MHz
Core clock speed
2321 MHz
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Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
7 nm
Number of transistors
17,200 million
21,000 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
4352
Power consumption (TDP)
230 Watt
300 Watt
Texture fill rate
413.0
471.9
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
16000 MHz
14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
384.0 GB/s
672.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_1)
OpenCL
2.1
-
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
-
Vulkan
1.2
-