AMD RX 6700 XT Review

1. Introduction2. AMD RX 6700 XT3. Testing Methodology4. 3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy5. 3DMark DirectX Raytracing6. Assassin's Creed Valhalla7. Control8. Cyberpunk 20779. Dirt 510. The Division 211. F1 202012. Gears 513. Hitman 314. Metro Exodus15. Red Dead Redemption 216. Total War Saga: Troy17. Watch Dogs: Legion18. Performance Summary (12 Game Average)19. Cost Per Frame Analysis20. Ray Tracing - Control21. Ray Tracing - Metro Exodus22. Ray Tracing - Watch Dogs: Legion23. Smart Access Memory (SAM) Tested24. Blender25. Clock Speed26. Temperatures27. Acoustics28. Noise-Normalised Temperatures29. Power Consumption30. Performance Per Watt31. Overclocking32. Closing Thoughts33. View All Pages

Here we revisit Control, this time testing with the in-game ray tracing effects set to their highest values.

Looking now at ray tracing performance for the RX 6700 XT, we'll start with Control. Here, the 6700 XT only delivers a playable frame rate at 1080p, offering 49FPS on average with ray tracing set to High. That's a huge frame rate drop compared to playing with ray tracing disabled however, as we're looking at a 55% hit. The 6700 XT is only just faster than the RTX 2060 Super here, a £379 GPU from mid-2019.

Nvidia GPUs do have the option of DLSS in Control as well, something AMD currently has no answer for. At 1080p, we can see the RTX 3060 Ti is able to hit 109FPS on average using DLSS quality mode with ray tracing set to high. That's the same level of performance as the RX 6700 XT running with no ray tracing at all, so it's a clear advantage for Nvidia in this title.

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