AMD Radeon RX 6700 vs NVIDIA T1000 Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The recorded data shows a decisive performance gap between the NVIDIA T1000 and the AMD Radeon RX 6700 in the two shared benchmark tests. The AMD Radeon RX 6700 wins both head-to-head comparisons, leaving the NVIDIA T1000 without a single victory in the matching test suite.

In Geekbench OpenCL, the AMD Radeon RX 6700 scores 97,841 points against the NVIDIA T1000's 37,704 points. This represents a 61.5% advantage for the AMD card, a substantial margin that places the two products in entirely different performance tiers. The NVIDIA T1000 trails by nearly two-thirds of its rival's output, indicating that compute-heavy workloads would show a pronounced preference for the AMD solution.

The Geekbench Vulkan results follow a similar pattern, though with a slightly narrower gap. The AMD Radeon RX 6700 posts 83,974 points while the NVIDIA T1000 manages 34,874 points, giving AMD a 58.5% lead. Vulkan API performance is particularly relevant for modern game engines and cross-platform graphics workloads, and the data indicates the AMD architecture handles these tasks with significantly greater throughput.

Context from the database's broader benchmark pool reinforces this separation. The NVIDIA T1000's average benchmark score across all recorded tests is 36,289 points, placing it at the 80th percentile among all GPUs. Its nearest rivals in the database include the AMD Radeon RX 5300M at 36,529 points (0.7% ahead), the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X at 36,530 points (0.7% ahead), the AMD Radeon Pro Duo at 35,860 points (1.2% behind), and the NVIDIA Quadro GV100 at 35,520 points (2.2% behind). These tight margins show the T1000 sits in a crowded field where small score differences separate neighboring products.

The AMD Radeon RX 6700's average benchmark score is 30,433 points, which places it at the 75th percentile. Its nearest rivals include the NVIDIA CMP 70HX at 30,476 points (0.1% ahead), the NVIDIA Tesla M60 at 30,490 points (0.2% ahead), the AMD Radeon RX 6800 at 30,095 points (1.1% behind), and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti at 29,945 points (1.6% behind). The RX 6700's position among these competitors shows it competes with higher-tier products, despite its lower percentile ranking relative to the entire GPU population.

The divergence between the two cards' average scores and their percentile rankings is worth noting. The NVIDIA T1000 has a higher average score (36,289 vs 30,433) and a higher percentile (80th vs 75th), yet it loses decisively in the two direct comparisons. This apparent contradiction stems from the different benchmark sets recorded for each card. The T1000 has only two benchmark entries, both in Geekbench, while the RX 6700 has eleven entries spanning multiple test suites including Passmark and 3DMark. The RX 6700's average is pulled down by its Passmark DirectX 10 score of 115, Passmark DirectX 11 score of 166, Passmark DirectX 12 score of 71, and Passmark DirectX 9 score of 250, which are legacy API tests that do not reflect modern workload performance. In the tests where both cards were measured under identical conditions, the AMD card dominates.

The RX 6700 also demonstrates strong performance in its exclusive benchmark entries. The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 test yields a score of 2,014, while Geekbench Metal produces 122,223 points. Passmark G3D shows 18,931 points, Passmark G2D shows 936 points, and Passmark GPU Compute shows 8,240 points. These additional data points provide a fuller picture of the RX 6700's capabilities, particularly in DirectX 12 and compute-oriented workloads where the T1000 has no recorded measurements.

The Verdict

The benchmark data tells a straightforward story for compute and graphics throughput: the AMD Radeon RX 6700 is the superior performer in every shared test. Its 61.5% lead in Geekbench OpenCL and 58.5% lead in Geekbench Vulkan are not marginal differences; they represent a generational leap in raw processing capability. Users whose primary concern is maximum performance in OpenCL or Vulkan workloads should select the RX 6700 without hesitation.

The NVIDIA T1000, however, occupies a distinct niche that the raw scores do not fully capture. Its 50 W TDP against the RX 6700's 175 W TDP, combined with its single-slot form factor and absence of power connectors, makes it a viable option for constrained environments where physical space and power delivery are limiting factors. The T1000's suggested power supply of 250 W versus the RX 6700's 450 W requirement further highlights this operational difference. A system builder with a small form factor chassis or a limited power budget may find the T1000's efficiency profile more compatible with their constraints, even at the cost of substantial performance.

The memory configuration also differentiates the two products. The T1000 offers 4 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 160.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The RX 6700 provides 10 GB of GDDR6 on a 160-bit bus with 320.0 GB/s of bandwidth, doubling the memory bandwidth and providing 2.5 times the capacity. For workloads that exceed 4 GB of video memory, the T1000 will face hard limits regardless of its architectural efficiency.

The production status of both cards is end-of-life, so availability rather than purchase timing will likely determine real-world choices. The data suggests the RX 6700 for performance-driven users and the T1000 for power-constrained, space-constrained, or low-profile deployments.

FAQ

Q: Which card performs better in Geekbench OpenCL?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 6700 scores 97,841 points compared to the NVIDIA T1000's 37,704 points, a 61.5% advantage for the AMD card.

Q: How do the two cards compare in Vulkan performance?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 6700 scores 83,974 points in Geekbench Vulkan, while the NVIDIA T1000 scores 34,874 points, giving the RX 6700 a 58.5% lead.

Q: What is the average benchmark score for each card?

A: The NVIDIA T1000 has an average benchmark score of 36,289 points, while the AMD Radeon RX 6700 has an average of 30,433 points. However, this comparison is complicated by the different benchmark sets recorded for each card.

Q: How much memory does each card have?

A: The NVIDIA T1000 has 4 GB of GDDR6 memory with a 128-bit bus and 160.0 GB/s bandwidth. The AMD Radeon RX 6700 has 10 GB of GDDR6 memory with a 160-bit bus and 320.0 GB/s bandwidth.

Q: What are the power requirements for each card?

A: The NVIDIA T1000 has a 50 W TDP and a suggested power supply of 250 W, with no power connectors required. The AMD Radeon RX 6700 has a 175 W TDP and a suggested power supply of 450 W, requiring one 8-pin connector.

Q: Which card has a higher percentile ranking among all GPUs?

A: The NVIDIA T1000 ranks at the 80th percentile, while the AMD Radeon RX 6700 ranks at the 75th percentile. This ranking is based on each card's average benchmark score across its respective recorded test suite.

Specification Differences

The two cards diverge across nearly every specification category recorded in the database. The NVIDIA T1000 uses the TU117 chip with 4,700 million transistors on a 200 mm² die, while the AMD Radeon RX 6700 uses the Navi 22 chip with 17,200 million transistors on a 335 mm² die. The transistor density reflects this difference: 23.5 million transistors per mm² for the T1000 versus 51.3 million per mm² for the RX 6700.

Clock speeds show a significant gap. The T1000 has a base clock of 1065 MHz and a boost clock of 1395 MHz. The RX 6700 has a base clock of 1941 MHz, a game clock of 2174 MHz, and a boost clock of 2450 MHz. Memory clocks also differ, with the T1000 running at 1250 MHz (10 Gbps effective) and the RX 6700 at 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective).

The compute resources are heavily skewed toward the AMD card. The RX 6700 has 2,304 shading units, 144 texture mapping units, and 64 raster output pipelines, compared to the T1000's 896 shading units, 56 TMUs, and 32 ROPs. The RX 6700 also includes 36 ray tracing cores, which the T1000 lacks entirely. Neither card has tensor cores.

Pixel and texture rates follow the hardware resource distribution. The T1000 achieves 44.64 GPixel/s and 78.12 GTexel/s, while the RX 6700 reaches 156.8 GPixel/s and 352.8 GTexel/s. Floating point performance shows the largest relative gap: the T1000 delivers 2.500 TFLOPS FP32 and 5.000 TFLOPS FP16 (2:1), while the RX 6700 delivers 11.29 TFLOPS FP32 and 22.58 TFLOPS FP16 (2:1).

Physical specifications also differ substantially. The T1000 is single-slot with no power connectors, measuring 156 mm in length and 69 mm in height. The RX 6700 is dual-slot with one 8-pin power connector, measuring 267 mm in length, 110 mm in height, and 40 mm in width. The bus interfaces differ as well: PCIe 3.0 x16 for the T1000 versus PCIe 4.0 x16 for the RX 6700.

Display outputs favor the T1000 in quantity but not in type diversity. The T1000 offers four mini-DisplayPort 1.4a outputs, while the RX 6700 provides one HDMI 2.1 and three DisplayPort 1.4a outputs. Both cards support DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, though the T1000's DirectX support is version 12 (12_1) while the RX 6700 supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2).

Architecture Differences

The NVIDIA T1000 is built on the Turing architecture, marketed under the Quadro Turing generation. It uses a 12 nm process at TSMC. The RX 6700 uses the RDNA 2.0 architecture from the Navi II (RX 6000) generation, fabricated on a 7 nm process, also at TSMC. The smaller process node contributes to the RX 6700's higher transistor density despite its larger absolute transistor count.

The TU117 chip in the T1000 is a smaller, lower-power design optimized for professional workstation duties. Its 50 W TDP and lack of auxiliary power connectors reflect an emphasis on thermal and power efficiency. The Navi 22 chip in the RX 6700 is a larger, higher-performance design with a 175 W TDP and a single 8-pin power connector, indicating a focus on sustained throughput rather than minimal power draw.

Both architectures support FP16 at a 2:1 ratio relative to FP32, but the absolute throughput differs enormously. The RX 6700's 22.58 TFLOPS FP16 is more than four times the T1000's 5.000 TFLOPS. This makes the RX 6700 substantially better suited for machine learning inference and other workloads that leverage reduced-precision arithmetic.

The inclusion of 36 ray tracing cores in the RX 6700 marks a fundamental architectural capability that the T1000 does not possess. Ray tracing workloads, whether in real-time graphics or professional rendering, will only run on the AMD card. The T1000's Turing architecture does include some hardware acceleration features, but the database records no ray tracing cores for this specific implementation.

The memory subsystem architecture differs in bus width and bandwidth provisioning. The T1000's 128-bit bus with 160.0 GB/s bandwidth is adequate for its 4 GB frame buffer. The RX 6700's 160-bit bus with 320.0 GB/s bandwidth provides twice the memory bandwidth for its 10 GB frame buffer, a configuration better matched to higher-resolution textures and larger dataset processing.

The DirectX feature level difference (12_1 for the T1000, 12 Ultimate for the RX 6700) indicates that the AMD card supports the full DirectX 12 Ultimate feature set, including hardware ray tracing and variable rate shading, while the NVIDIA card supports only the base DirectX 12 feature level. Both cards support Vulkan 1.4 and OpenGL 4.6, so API-level compatibility in those environments is equivalent.

The production timeline shows the T1000 released on May 5, 2021, and the RX 6700 on June 8, 2021, roughly one month apart. Both are now end-of-life products. The T1000's predecessor is listed as Quadro Volta with a successor of Workstation Ampere, while the RX 6700's predecessor is Navi and its successor is Navi III, reflecting the different product evolution paths of the two manufacturers.