AMD Radeon RX 7700 VS ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Steel Legend OC 16GB

The GPU clock speed for both the AMD Radeon RX 7700 and the ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Steel Legend OC 16GB is the same at 1900 MHz. However, the turbo speed differs: the RX 7700 boosts up to 2600 MHz, while the RX 9060 XT Steel Legend OC reaches a higher 3320 MHz.

In terms of pixel rate, the RX 7700 delivers 249.6 GPixel/s, whereas the RX 9060 XT Steel Legend OC has a lower pixel rate of 212.5 GPixel/s. For floating-point performance, the RX 9060 XT Steel Legend OC leads with 27.2 TFLOPS compared to the RX 7700′s 25.2 TFLOPS. The texture rate is also higher on the RX 9060 XT Steel Legend OC at 425 GTexels/s, while the RX 7700 achieves 416 GTexels/s.

When it comes to GPU memory speed, the RX 9060 XT Steel Legend OC is slightly faster at 2518 MHz compared to the RX 7700′s 2430 MHz. The RX 7700 has more shading units, with 2560 compared to the RX 9060 XT Steel Legend OC's 2048. The texture mapping units (TMUs) are more abundant in the RX 7700 with 160, while the RX 9060 XT Steel Legend OC has 128. Additionally, the RX 7700 has 96 render output units (ROPs), whereas the RX 9060 XT Steel Legend OC has 64. Both products support Double Precision Floating Point (DPFP) processing.

The AMD Radeon RX 7700 features an effective memory speed of 19500 MHz, while the ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Steel Legend OC 16GB has a slightly higher effective memory speed of 20000 MHz.

In terms of maximum memory bandwidth, the RX 7700 offers 624 GB/s, which is significantly higher than the RX 9060 XT Steel Legend OC’s 322.3 GB/s. Both products come with 16GB of VRAM and utilize GDDR6 memory, ensuring a high-speed memory interface. The memory bus width of the RX 7700 is 256-bit, whereas the RX 9060 XT Steel Legend OC has a narrower 128-bit memory bus width.

Both products support ECC memory, ensuring error-correction capabilities, a feature that enhances the reliability of the memory system.

Both the AMD Radeon RX 7700 and the ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Steel Legend OC 16GB support DirectX 12 Ultimate, OpenGL 4.6, and OpenCL 2.2, offering similar compatibility with modern APIs. They also both support multi-display technology, ray tracing, and 3D, providing advanced graphical features for gaming and professional applications.

Neither product includes XeSS (XMX) support. The AMD Radeon RX 7700 features AMD SAM (Smart Access Memory), while the ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Steel Legend OC 16GB also supports AMD SAM, ensuring compatibility with certain performance-boosting technologies when paired with supported AMD systems.

One notable difference is that the RX 7700 does not include RGB lighting, while the RX 9060 XT Steel Legend OC 16GB does. Additionally, the RX 7700 can support up to four displays, while the RX 9060 XT Steel Legend OC can support up to three displays.

Both the AMD Radeon RX 7700 and the ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Steel Legend OC 16GB feature an HDMI output with one HDMI port each. The RX 7700 uses HDMI 2.1, while the RX 9060 XT Steel Legend OC utilizes HDMI 2.1b, with the latter having a minor version difference.

Both cards are equipped with two DisplayPort outputs, and neither includes DVI or mini DisplayPort outputs, meaning the display connectivity options are quite similar between the two models.

The AMD Radeon RX 7700 is based on the RDNA 3.0 architecture, while the ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Steel Legend OC 16GB uses the newer RDNA 4.0 architecture, indicating a generation difference. The RX 7700 has a Thermal Design Power (TDP) of 200W, whereas the RX 9060 XT Steel Legend OC has a lower TDP of 160W, suggesting it may be more power-efficient.

Regarding PCIe support, the RX 7700 uses PCI Express version 4, while the RX 9060 XT Steel Legend OC supports the newer PCIe version 5. The semiconductor size is also different, with the RX 7700 using a 5 nm process and the RX 9060 XT Steel Legend OC using a more advanced 4 nm process. The RX 9060 XT Steel Legend OC has slightly more transistors, with 29,700 million compared to the RX 7700's 28,100 million.

In terms of physical dimensions, the RX 7700 is 267 mm in width and 135 mm in height, while the RX 9060 XT Steel Legend OC is slightly larger at 298 mm in width and 131 mm in height. Both cards do not include air-water cooling solutions.