Which is better, AMD Radeon 6000 RX 6800 XT or NVIDIA GeForce 50 RTX 5070?

The NVIDIA GeForce 50 RTX 5070 wins in 8 out of 10 comparable specs against the AMD Radeon 6000 RX 6800 XT.

RX 6800 XT vs RTX 5070

AMD

RX 6800 XT

NVIDIA

RTX 5070

Specifications

Spec	RX 6800 XT	RTX 5070
Performance
FP32 Performance	20.7 TFLOPS	30.9 TFLOPS+33%
Shader Units	4,608	6,144+25%
Boost Clock	2,250 MHz	2,512 MHz+10%
Base Clock	1,825 MHz	2,325 MHz+22%
Memory
VRAM	16 GB+33%	12 GB
VRAM Type	GDDR6	GDDR7
Memory Bus	256-bit+33%	192-bit
Memory Clock	2,000 MHz	3,500 MHz+43%
Memory Bandwidth	512	672+24%
Power
TDP	300W	250W+20%
Process Node	7 nm FF (TSMC N7)	4 nm (TSMC N4P)
Features
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Blackwell
GPU Chip	Navi 21 XT (Navi 21)	GB205
Ray Tracing	N/A	RT Cores (48)
Tensor Cores	N/A	192
Display Outputs	2x DisplayPort, 1x HDMI	3x DisplayPort, 1x HDMI
Price
MSRP	$649	$549+18%

Verdict

The NVIDIA GeForce 50 RTX 5070 wins in 8 out of 10 comparable specs. Its biggest advantage is Memory Clock (75% better). The RX 6800 XT wins in 2 specs, with its biggest advantage in VRAM (33% better).

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RX 6800 XT

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