The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT is just a week away from launch and our sources have provided us with a list of gaming and raytracing performance benchmarks for the upcoming RDNA 2 graphics card. The results consist of various AAA gaming titles which were tested at 1440p which the card is primarily being positioned at.

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Gaming & Raytracing Performance Benchmarks Leak Out - Faster Than RTX 3070 In DX12 Titles at 1440p But Slower in RT

The AMD Radeon RX 6700 series lineup including the RX 6700 and RX 6600 XT is going to be what most gamers will be getting for their gaming PCs. They will have an MSRP of less than $500 US but we are hearing reports of custom models going on sale for $600 US. That's still less than the $1000 US+ prices for the RX 6800 and RX 6900 series graphics cards that you are paying. If availability is there, then there's no doubt that gamers who have been waiting for months to buy a new graphics card will be purchasing them, even at such insane prices.

The benchmarks we received consist of two charts that show the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT against the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 and the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. These are the main competitors of the RX 6700 XT graphics card. The RTX 3060 Ti has an MSRP of $399 US while the RTX 3070 has a $499 US MSRP. Both cards feature 8 GB memory compared to 12 GB on the RDNA 2 offering. Several DX 11 and 12 titles were tested which can be seen below:

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 1440P Gaming Performance Benchmarks

RX 6700 XT

RTX 3070

RTX 3060 Ti

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Assassin`s Creed Odyssey - dx11 Ultra High 81

69

69

Assassin`s Creed Valhalla - dx12 Ultra High 83

67

63

Battlefield 5 - dx11 Ultra 149

136

126

Borderlands 3 - dx12 Badass 86

81

73

Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War - dx12 Ultra 96

94

88

Cyberpunk 2077 - dx12 Ultra 71

73

66

Death Stranding - dx12 Very High 121

129

118

Dirt 5 - dx12 Ultra High 70

55

50

DOOM Eternal - Vulkan Ultra Nightmare 159

168

151

F1 2020 - dx12 Ultra High 150

158

142

Far Cry 5 - dx11 Ultra 135

135

126

Fortnite - dx12 Epic 126

93

80

Gears 5 - dx12 Ultra 89

93

84

Godfall - dx12 High 104

101

92

Hitman 2 - dx12 Ultra 135

129

123

Hitman 3 - dx12 Ultra 118

112

109

Immortals Fenyx Rising - dx11 Very High 104

94

89

Metro Exodus - dx12 Ultra 88

94

86

Red Dead Redemption 2 - Vulkan High 94

97

88

Resident Evil 3 - dx12 Ultra 169

173

159

Shadow of the Tomb Raider - dx12 Highest 119

126

116

The Division 2 - dx12 Ultra 97

110

99

Tom Clancy`s Ghost Recon Breakpoint Vulkan Ultimate 94

102

94

Watch Dogs Legion - dx12 Ultra 62

76

69

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 1080p Raytracing Performance Benchmarks

RX 6700 XT

RTX 3070

RTX 3060 Ti

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Battlefield 5 - dx12 Ultra 96

115

107

Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War - dx12 Ultra 54

80

74

Control - dx12 High 47

71

65

Dirt 5 - dx12 Ultra High 74

55

50

Fortnite - dx12 Epic 67

64

56

Godfall - dx12 Epic 107

112

102

Metro Exodus - dx12 Ultra 64

91

82

Shadow of the Tomb Raider - dx12 Highest 89

118

107

The Riftbreaker - dx12 Ultra 176

220

200

Watch Dogs Legion - dx12 Ultra 35

56

51

World of Warcraft 148

96

96

As you can see, the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT is definitely faster than the RTX 3060 Ti and also the RTX 3070 in several titles. When it comes to raytracing performance, the benchmarks show the RX 6700 XT losing against the RTX 3060 Ti in several titles while only showing gains in titles that are optimized around the RDNA 2 architecture such as Dirt 5, Fortnite, Godfall, and World of Warcraft: Shadowlands.

Update: We just got even more benchmarks of the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT with comparisons against the Radeon RX 5700 XT and GeForce GTX 1070 Ti. These benchmarks show what users could expect in terms of performance improvement when moving from a generation or two old graphics card. Also, we must point out that all of the benchmarks reported here are with SAM (Smart Access Memory) enabled.

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Generational 1440p Performance Benchmarks

RX 6700 XT

RX 5700 XT

GTX 1070 Ti

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Assassin's Creed Valhalla - dx12 Ultra High 83

60

43

Borderlands 3 - dx12 Badass 86

61

44

Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War - dx12 Ultra 96

70

50

Cyberpunk 2077 - dx12 High 83

57

38

Dirt 5 - dx12 Ultra High 70

52

27

Gears 5 - dx2 Ultra 89

71

59

Godfall - dx12 High 104

72

44

Horizon Zero Dawn - dx12 Ultimate 94

73

56

Immortals Fenyx Rising - dx11 Very High 104

75

58

Metro Exodus - dx12 Ultra 88

69

52

Red Dead Redemption 2 - Vulkan High 94

66

46

Shadow of the Tomb Raider - dx12 Highest 119

84

64

STAR WARS Jedi Fallen Order - dx11 Epic 91

70

61

The Division 2 - dx12 Ultra 97

76

55

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint Vulkan Ultimate 94

73

54

Total War Saga 69

54

45

The test system for all benchmarks comprised of:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900XMotherboard: ASRock X570 TaichiMemory: 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX (2x8GB) DDR4-3200MHzHDD: Sabrent Rocket Q 4TB NVMeDisplay: Samsung U28D590D 3840x2160 DisplayDisplay: Driver Version 20.50-210215n, NVIDIA Driver 461.40 WHQLOperating System: Windows 10 64-bit Version 20H2 (19042.804)

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Graphics Card Specifications

In terms of specifications, the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT packs the Navi 22 XT GPU that features 40 compute units which equal to 2560 stream processors. The cores run at a clock speed of 2321 MHz base, 2424 MHz Game, and 2581 MHz boost. The graphics chip also features 40 Ray accelerators for raytracing capabilities on the RDNA 2 based GPUs. The card will feature an 11 phase PCB design which will be powered by an 8+6 pin connector configuration. As for TDP, the card is rated at 230W which is close to what the GeForce RTX 3070 comes with.

The graphics card will feature a 12 GB GDDR6 memory buffer along with a 192-bit bus interface. AMD is using 16 Gbps dies which would net a total bandwidth of 384 GB/s for the cards. The GPU additionally packs 96 MB of Infinity Cache. The GPU is fully Gen 4.0 compliant. Display outputs will include a three DisplayPort 1.4 and a single HDMI 2.1 port.

AMD Radeon RX 6000 Series "RDNA 2" Graphics Card Lineup: