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SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB Review

Keith May

SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6700 XT 1440p Gaming Benchmarks Performance

Forza Horizon 4

Forza Horizon 4 carries on the open-world racing tradition of the Horizon series.  The latest DX12 powered entry is beautifully crafted and amazingly well executed and is a great showcase of DX12 games.  We use the benchmark run while having all of the settings set to non-dynamic with an uncapped framerate to gather these results.

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Forza Horizon 4 1440p Ultra
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
RX 6800
200
171
Nitro+ RX 6700 XT
188
165
RX 6700 XT
188
161
RTX 3070
168
145
RTX 3060 Ti
155
135
RX 5700XT
117
100
RTX 2060 SUPER
111
93

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Shadow of the Tomb Raider, unlike its predecessor, does a good job putting DX12 to use and results in higher performance than the DX11 counterpart in this title and because of that, we test this title in DX12.  I do use the second segment of the benchmark run to gather these numbers as it is more indicative of in-game scenarios where the foliage is heavy.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1440p DX12 Highest
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
RX 6800
128
119
Nitro+ RX 6700 XT
111
103
RX 6700 XT
110
103
RTX 3070
113
106
RTX 3060 Ti
102
95
RX 5700XT
79
74
RTX 2060 SUPER
72
67

DOOM Eternal

DOOM Eternal brings hell to earth with the Vulkan powered idTech 7.  We test this game using the Ultra Nightmare Preset and follow our in-game benchmarking to stay as consistent as possible.

DOOM Eternal 1440p Ultra Nightmare
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
RX 6800
256
179
Nitro+ RX 6700 XT
212
158
RX 6700 XT
210
156
RTX 3070
240
173
RTX 3060 Ti
212
149
RX 5700XT
156
112
RTX 2060 SUPER
137
100

Watchdogs Legion

Watchdogs Legions sees a return of the Disrupt Engine they've been using since the early days with the original Watchdogs but this time it has been updated to next-generation feature support. Dropping DX11 for DX12 we see much better utilization than in the past. Being one of the recent top sellers it earned a place in our test suite.

Watchdogs Legion 1440p Very High
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
RX 6800
97
77
Nitro+ RX 6700 XT
85
67
RX 6700 XT
83
66
RTX 3070
87
71
RTX 3060 Ti
78
62
RX 5700XT
67
56
RTX 2060 SUPER
59
47

Call of Duty Modern Black Ops Cold War

Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War is the latest installment of the Call of Duty Series. Returning with DX12 support just like the Modern Warfare remake we tested this game during the opening of the Fractured Jaw level with the highest settings selected.

Call of Duty Cold War 1440p Highest
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
RX 6800
115
89
Nitro+ RX 6700 XT
93
73
RX 6700 XT
92
71
RTX 3070
98
76
RTX 3060 Ti
88
66
RX 5700XT
70
55
RTX 2060 SUPER
63
48

Horizon Zero Dawn

 

Horizon Zero Dawn is one of the two major PS4 exclusives that rocked their way onto the PC scene with massive acceptance and sales. Horizon Zero Dawn is powered by the Decima Engine and has been ported to DX12. We used the in-game benchmark to account for performance.

Horizon Zero Dawn 1440p DX11 Maximum
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
RX 6800
102
78
Nitro+ RX 6700 XT
95
75
RX 6700 XT
94
75
RTX 3070
97
73
RTX 3060 Ti
96
72
RX 5700XT
66
52
RTX 2060 SUPER
68
55

Borderlands 3

Borderlands 3 has made its way into the test lineup thanks to strong demand by gamers and simply delivering MORE Borderlands. This game is rather intensive after the Medium preset but since we're testing the 'Ultimate UW 1440p' card, High it is. We tested using the built-in benchmark utility

Borderlands 3 1440p High
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
RX 6800
124
106
Nitro+ RX 6700 XT
110
96
RX 6700 XT
108
94
RTX 3070
103
77
RTX 3060 Ti
92
72
RX 5700XT
65
52
RTX 2060 SUPER
62
51

Total War Saga: Troy

Total War Saga: Troy is powered by their TW Engine 3 (Total War Engine 3) and in this iteration, they have stuck to a strictly DX11 release. We tested the game using the built-in benchmark using the Dynasty model that represents a battle with many soldiers interacting at once and is more representative of normal gameplay.

Total War Saga - Troy 1440p Ultra
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
RX 6800
87
67
Nitro+ RX 6700 XT
72
58
RX 6700 XT
70
55
RTX 3070
82
65
RTX 3060 Ti
74
59
RX 5700XT
50
39
RTX 2060 SUPER
54
42

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