AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT GPU Reportedly Faster Than RX 6800 In 3DMark Time Spy Benchmark

AMD's upcoming Radeon RX 7700 XT GPU is reportedly going to be faster than the Radeon RX 6800 in 3DMark Time Spy.

AMD's $449 US Radeon RX 7700 XT "RDNA 3" GPU Faster Than RX 6800 "RDNA 2" GPU In 3DMark Benchmark

AMD announced its Radeon RX 7700 XT graphics card last week, featuring the brand new Navi 32 GPU core based on the RDNA 3 architecture. During the launch presentation, AMD compared the Radeon RX 7700 XT against the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti but didn't show the performance that it's capable of offering versus its RDNA 2 predecessors.

Well, it looks like HXL (@9550pro) has managed to get some early information about the synthetic performance within 3DMark Time Spy and it looks surprisingly good. It is claimed that the Radeon RX 7700 XT scores around 17,000 points within the graphics test in 3DMark Time Spy. If we were to compare this score against the RDNA 2 cards, then the card would comfortably sit faster than the Radeon RX 6800 graphics card which was an enthusiast-grade product during its launch, based on the Navi 21 GPU.

In addition to the alleged performance number, we also get to see the GPU-z screenshot of AMD's Radeon RX 7700 XT graphics card. Do note that this is the unsupported version so certain metrics may not be correct such as ROPs which are confirmed to be 96. Interestingly, the GPU die size has been listed at 346mm2 which if correct should be just slightly bigger than the Navi 22 GPU which measured at 335mm2. That's a 3% bigger die size but we should also remember that the die size counts the entire die area which also includes the MCDs so the GCD area should be much smaller than the Navi 22 die.

• RX 7700 XT - Navi 32 XL / 3456 Cores / 12 GB GDDR6 / 245W / $449 US
• RX 6700 XT - Navi 22 XT / 2560 Cores / 12 GB GDDR6 / 230W / $479 US

While synthetic performance isn't an actual representation of gaming performance, the 3DMark Time Spy score against the RX 6800 shows that the card is a very formidable option with its price category. If the card truly ends up faster than the RX 6800, then the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB and 16 GB cards are in for a major knockout as AMD can easily win the performance/$ game here.

Furthermore, for people suggesting that the RX 6800 16 GB itself might be a better buy over the RX 7700 XT, it should be remembered that the card is no longer a mass-produced variant so the existing inventories should be very limited. The card does cost $500 US with some deals bringing it down to $450 US but the RX 7700 XT supports HYPR-RX with Anti-Lag+ plus FSR 3 with Anti-Lag+ is also said to work great with RDNA 3 GPUs so that's something to keep in mind. Plus, you'll also be getting the efficiency advantage as the RX 7700 XT should consume around 100W less since the RX 6800 custom cards (which are the ones you can buy right now) come with higher TDPs out of the box.

Overall, the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT should be a great buy for RX 5700 XT and even RX 6700 XT GPU owners but an even better deal exists in the form of the RX 7800 XT which costs just $50 US more and will potentially eat up the sales of the 7700 XT due to very close pricing. AMD's Radeon RX 7700 XT & RX 7800 XT GPUs launch on the 6th of September so reviews will be out very soon.

AMD Radeon RX 7000 RDNA 3 GPU Lineup:

Graphics Card	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT	AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE	AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT	AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT	AMD Radeon RX 7700 (NEW)	AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT	AMD Radeon RX 7600
GPU	Navi 31 XTX	Navi 31 XT	Navi 31 LE	Navi 32	Navi 32	Navi 32	Navi 32	Navi 33 XL
Process Node	5nm+6nm	5nm+6nm	5nm+6nm	5nm+6nm	5nm+6nm	5nm+6nm	5nm+6nm	6nm
Die Size	300mm2 (Only GCD) 522mm2 (with MCDs)	300mm2 (Only GCD) 522mm2 (with MCDs)	300mm2 (Only GCD) 522mm2 (with MCDs)	~200mm2(Only GCD) 150mm2(with MCDs)	~200mm2(Only GCD) 150mm2(with MCDs)	~200mm2(Only GCD) 150mm2(with MCDs)	204mm2	204mm2
Transistors	58 Billion	58 Billion	58 Billion	28.1 Billion	28.1 Billion	28.1 Billion	13.3 Billion	13.3 Billion
GPU WGPs	48	42	40	30	27	20	16	16
Stream Processors	6144	5376	5120	3840	3456	2560	2048	2048
TMUs/ROPs	384 / 192	384 / 192	320 / 160	240 / 96	216 / 96	160/64	128 / 32	128 / 32
Game Clock	2.3 GHz	2.0 GHz	1.9 GHz	2.2 GHz	2.1 GHz	2.0 GHz?	2.47	2.2 GHz
Boost Clock	2.5 GHz	2.4 GHz	2.2 GHz	2.5 GHz	2.4 GHz	2.45 GHz?	2.76	2.6 GHz
FP32 TFLOPs	61 TFLOPs	52 TFLOPs	46 TFLOPs	37 TFLOPs	35 TFLOPs	25 TFLOPS	23 TFLOPs	22 TFLOPs
Memory Size	24 GB GDDR6	20 GB GDDR6	16 GB GDDR6	16 GB GDDR6	12 GB GDDR6	16 GB GDDR6	16 GB GDDR6	8 GB GDDR6
Infinity Cache	96 MB	80 MB	64 MB	64 MB	48 MB	40 MB	32 MB	32 MB
Memory Bus	384-bit	320-bit	256-bit	256-bit	192-bit	256-bit	128-bit	128-bit
Memory Clock	20 Gbps	20 Gbps	18 Gbps	19.5 Gbps	18 Gbps	19.5 Gbps	18 Gbps	18 Gbps
Bandwidth	960 GB/s	800 GB/s	576 GB/s	624 GB/s	432 GB/s	624 GB/s	288 GB/s	288 GB/s
Effective Bandwidth	3.5 TB/s	3.5 TB/s	2.2 TB/s	2.7 TB/s	2.0 TB/s	1.9 TB/s	476.9 GB/s	476.9 GB/s
TBP	355W	315W	260W	263W	245W	263W	190W	165W
PCIe Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x8
Price	$999 US	$899 US	$549 US	$499 US	$419 US	TBD	$329 US	$269 US
Launch	Dec, 2022	Dec, 2022	July, 2023	September, 2023	September, 2023	September, 2025	January, 2024	May, 2023

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