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Radeon RX 6700 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is ahead of the Radeon RX 6700 XT on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 11% to 61%, including 33% in 3DMark Time Spy (14,354 vs 10,779). On qwen3:8b, the Radeon RX 6700 XT generates 711.0 tokens/s (per LocalLLaMA) against 78.0 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti (per TechReviewer), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 6700 XT and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti. Both released in 2021. MSRP range: $479 · $599. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

SpecRadeon RX 6700 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
vram gb 128
vram type —GDDR6X
tdp w —290
cuda cores —6144

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Digital Trends, Wccftech, The FPS Review, Beebom, 3DMark, Notebookcheck, HWBOT, CpuTronic and TechPowerUp; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkRadeon RX 6700 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: Digital Trends		 —26,516 points
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (Graphics score, reported rounded) (higher is better)
Source: Wccftech		 17,400 points—
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (Graphics score, reported rounded) (higher is better)
Source: Wccftech		 8,500 points—
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: The FPS Review, Beebom, 3DMark		 5,839 points8,717 points
3DMark Port Royal (reported rounded) (higher is better)
Source: Wccftech		 5,800 points—
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck, 3DMark		 2,311 points3,710 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck, HWBOT, 3DMark, CpuTronic		 2,546 points3,552 points
3DMark Steel Nomad Light (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 —15,570 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: The FPS Review, TechPowerUp, Beebom, Digital Trends		 10,779 points14,354 points
3DMark Time Spy (Graphics score, reported rounded) (higher is better)
Source: Wccftech		 12,000 points—
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: Beebom		 —7,526 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (Graphics score, reported rounded) (higher is better)
Source: Wccftech		 5,600 points—

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

Radeon RX 6700 XT

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the Radeon RX 6700 XT or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is ahead of the Radeon RX 6700 XT on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 11% to 61%, including 33% in 3DMark Time Spy (14,354 vs 10,779).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On qwen3:8b, the Radeon RX 6700 XT generates 711.0 tokens/s (per LocalLLaMA) against 78.0 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti (per TechReviewer), best community run on file for each.

What did the Radeon RX 6700 XT and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti cost at launch?

The Radeon RX 6700 XT launched at a $479 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti at $599. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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