AMD RX 6700 XT vs RTX 3060 Ti vs RTX 3070, Which is Better?

There is always more to scratch, every single performance gap of any component can be analyzed to the extreme. We know that the review of the RX 6700 XT has left many with a bad taste in their mouths, and it is really difficult to explain what happened beyond the fact that the driver does not perform what it should (strange thing being continuous with the architecture). Therefore, we are going to get into the resolution that AMD has advertised and three different games to understand what’s going on.

AMD RX 6700 XT 12 GB, just a bad driver or something else?

The three games used have been: Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey, Battlefield V and Shadow of the Tomb Raider. The reasons are simple, in the first one the driver has clear problems and we are going to try to see what happens while the game is running. In Battlefield V AMD has a substantial advantage for the game engine, while in Shadow of the Tomb Raider NVIDIA has an advantage for the same reason as AMD in BFV.

Therefore, it is to be expected that we will find benefits and losses in three reference games, settled, with enough tables to rule out errors in them and more on the GPU side. The parameters to be analyzed will be:

• FrameTime
• FrameRate
• Percentiles
• 0.1% and 1%
• Minimums and maximums
• Variability and stuttering.

Having seen the tests, we go with the equipment destined for the three graphics cards, which you are sure to know:

• Intel Core i7-8700K (stock, no delid)
• ASUS Maximus X Formula
• CORSAIR Vengeance RGB 2 X 8 DDR4-3200 MHz Cas 16 (XMP ON)
• CORSAIR AX1200i Platinum
• CORSAIR MP510 960 GB
• ASUS STRIX Helios
• EK Vardar EVO RGB (x 7)
• Tacklif HM02
• Ckeyin DNM-51
• Aquaero 6 PRO

Likewise, we have a second AMD-based test team, where we have also tested the graphics and it consists of:

• AMD Ryzen 9 5900X (Stock, PBO OFF)
• ASUS Strix X570-F Gaming
• CORSAIR Vengeance Pro RGB 2 X 8 DDR4-3200 MHz Cas 16 (XMP ON)
• CORSAIR CF750F RGB
• CORSAIR MP510 960 GB
• ASUS STRIX Helios
• EK Vardar EVO RGB (x 7)
• Tacklif HM02
• Ckeyin DNM-51
• Aquaero 6 PRO

In any case, the data that we are going to see has been those that correspond to the Intel team, mainly because the performance is extremely similar between both configurations and secondly, the problems in ACO are not reproducible in the 5900X, since apparently the driver and the game do not end up being well in the i7-8700K even when going over resources.

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Battlefield v

The BFV Frame Rate is quite favorable to the RX 6700 XT 12 GB, but not too much. It was at the beginning of the shot where the framerate is highest where it takes almost all the advantage, which is curiously where there are fewer graphic elements on the screen.

Once the load arrives, it is quite equal to its rivals, although it always remains above as a general rule.

The frametime is equally enlightening, where curiously the most stable and smoothest of the three cards is the RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, possibly the most balanced model between performance, consumption and VRAM.

The stability of the three opponents is very high, although the RTX 3070 has three micro jumps, a product of point stuttering. The RX 6700 XT 12 GB matches the numbers in this regard, with three small occasional micro-jerks, but overall all three cards perform flawlessly.

The percentiles show the differences in milliseconds very clearly, although then the means are so tight that they are barely 1 ms apart, really equalizing everything.

The minimum, maximum and average FPS of the three cards are shown here. As can be seen, the RTX 3070 is the one that achieves the worst minimums, while the minimums of its younger sister are very even compared to the AMD card. The latter, on the other hand, achieves the maximums easily for the aforementioned.

In the percentages, the consistency of the RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB is perfectly visible, practically unchanged between 1% and 0.1%, the FPS is very stable. In contrast, the RTX 3070 and RX 6700 XT are tremendously close at 1% and somewhat further away at 0.1%, which should show more stuttering and FPS variability in both cases.

Here it is perfectly appreciated that the deviation in milliseconds is much smaller in the RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, with just 2.12, but the cat to the water is taken by the RTX 3070 with 2.03 and finally the RX 6700 XT with 2 , 22 milliseconds, close numbers yes, but different experiences when playing.

Mainly because the sttutering suffered by the RTX 3070 is more than four times higher than that of the RTX 3060 Ti, and the latter almost triples that of the RX 6700 XT. Of course, we are talking about a little more than 1 millisecond between the three models, something that surely not even a professional in the game can appreciate, but the differences are there and indicate that although percentage is high, in real life this is minimal and the three models perform at a great level.

If we combine FPS and stuttering there, the smartest eyes will notice a better gaming experience in the smallest of the three, with the RX 6700 XT right in the middle and the RTX 3070 as the worst option with a total deviation of 3.39 ms. Difficult to appreciate, but it already falls within the realm of the professional in gaming.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

In this game we enter in theory in a field where NVIDIA moves better. Here the tables are turned and the RTX 3070 achieves a substantial difference with its rivals, it is also less erratic in its FPS. The RTX 3060 Ti and RX 6700 XT are very similar, it is really difficult to discern which is the better option, perhaps the NVIDIA for the minimum and the advantage of the beginning of the sample, but in general terms they are only separated by 2 FPS.

Here, in the frametime, the problems of the three models can be perfectly seen. The upper graph, although it is extrapolated from second to second, does not show so well. Although the RTX 3070 8 GB achieves a higher framerate, its frametime is less constant, that is, the feeling when playing is not that smooth, although we are talking about really small numbers that only a professional could notice and perhaps not even then.

The two remaining GPUs almost nail their paths, but again among the three we speak of an average that slightly exceeds a millisecond, with very even minimum and maximum, which makes it difficult to discern the winner, so the FPS in this case would command and the RTX would prevail because the smoothness is almost identical in all three.

The percentiles show that the RX 6700 XT 12 GB does not really compete against the RTX 3070 8 GB, but against its lower sister. The distance is considerable and although the averages in milliseconds are very similar and less than a millisecond, the amount of time spent below 10 ms of the largest of the RTX gives it as a clear winner.

Here we have the minimums and maximums achieved, along with the averages, which in this case are 12 FPS in total between the three. Even so and with this difference that is quite a lot, the RTX 3060 Ti and RX 6700 XT achieve much tighter minimums compared to the RTX 3070.

The maximums are still high between the three, especially the difference between the two NVIDIA, which increases considerably. In contrast, the RX 6700 XT closes the gap, but stays far.

In the minimum percentages we see that the 1% are equal in the NVIDIA and that the 0.1% are tremendously similar between the three, obtaining more stability the RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, really surprising.

The AMD figures are not bad at all, but it really takes a back seat to green cards.

Again in a section as important as the variation of FPS and stuttering we have the RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB as the first and best option, although this time the differences are less than minimal.

Between the three there are barely 0.19 milliseconds, impossible for the human eye to notice such differences, which indicates that with less than 2 milliseconds in all cases the stability and smoothness is excellent in the three GPUs.

Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey

Here comes the problems, and that is that while the two NVIDIA cards show a more or less solid performance, the AMD card is totally erratic. The FPS do not stop alternating, the card tries to increase the frequency and the load, but it fails constantly and loudly, the FPS jumps are abrupt, the gaming experience is disastrous and this is something that we will see in its frametime.

Impossible to play ACO that way, the frametime is a roller coaster of more than 10 milliseconds, while its rivals remain fairly constant, smooth, with hardly any alteration despite the variation of FPS.

So what is happening? Let’s see it from the point of view of the frequency and the load of the GPU itself.

The GPU does not stop lowering its load or frequency in Boost, sometimes both at the same time, where it tries unsuccessfully to mitigate the diminishing performance by overloading the CPU. This is a recurring problem, which although it is exacerbated here and that is why we have selected this game, to a lesser extent it happens in others.

Maybe the load percentage drops less, or the frequency, but losing 5% of both means achieving less performance and a worse gaming experience in general terms.

Given this, it stands to reason that the percentiles skyrocket to stratospheric levels, where as the percentile is increased the further the RX 6700 XT finds itself from NVIDIA’s options.

It is surprising how even the two NVIDIA cards are in minimum and maximum, the fight is fierce for the difference in price they have. Instead, the RX 6700 XT 12 GB shows the problems in this game.

Too much difference between minimums and maximums, with an average more pulling the former than the latter.

More of the same in the lower percentages, where NVIDIA GPUs show how even the contest is to everyone’s surprise (here the RTX 3070 pales a bit), while the RX 6700 XT leaves performance at a minimum to call itself playing in PC.

Finally and to finish, perhaps the most important section. The AMD GPU goes to a total variance that almost reaches 5 ms, a real barbarity that makes the game unplayable, where it also almost nails the variance with stuttering, without a doubt the worst possible scenario that AMD has to urgently look at.

NVIDIA in the meantime, nailing the two GPUs with the RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB ahead and showing once again that in performance / smoothness / price it is a better option than the RTX 3070 8 GB, although it achieves less FPS.

Conclusion of the AMD RX 6700 XT 12 GB

After so much data and so specific there is not much to tell. Is the RX 6700 XT 12 GB bad graphics card? No, obviously not, it has problems, the performance is not adequate for the range and price they have, but it is not a bad card.

However, if we make a general calculation of the two new series that have been launched, one by NVIDIA (RTX 3000) and another by AMD (RX 6000), this RX 6700 XT 12 GB is the worst launch for now of the anus.

Outside of the fight for the upper-middle range, out of price, hotter, louder as seen in its corresponding review, and except for highly optimized titles, it does not beat NVIDIA’s options in other areas, although it is really close. .

The RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB is without a doubt the candy to get. It performs a little less than the RTX 3070, yes, but the price is lower, it has the same GB of VRAM, it is more stable in FPS, better Frametime and therefore smoother, it consumes less, it heats up less …

For us it is currently the queen of 1080p and 2K resolution, at least in the absence of AMD launching the RX 6600 XT or the RX 6700 to dry, where we will return to analyze them thoroughly.