amd

Brand

16GB GDDR6

Memory

5120

Cores

576 GB/s

Bandwidth

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

$1099 May 2022 View Details

amd

Brand

16GB GDDR6

Memory

3584

Cores

644.6 GB/s

Bandwidth

AMD Radeon RX 9070

$549 Mar 2025 View Details

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

16GB GDDR6 335W $1099 May 2022

Radeon RX 6950 XT

$1099 • May 2022

Radeon RX 9070

$549 • Mar 2025

AMD Radeon RX 9070

16GB GDDR6 220W $549 Mar 2025

Specs Comparison

Specification	AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	AMD Radeon RX 9070
Memory Size	16 GB	16 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6
TDP	335 W	220 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2310 MHz	2520 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	576 GB/s	644.6 GB/s
Process Size	7nm	4nm
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	RDNA 4.0
Shading Units	5120	3584
RT Cores	80	56
TMUs	320	224
ROPs	128	128
Memory Bus	256-bit	256-bit
Memory Clock	2250 MHz	2518 MHz
Pixel Rate	295.7 GPixel/s	322.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	576 GTexel/s	564.5 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	23.65 GFLOPS	36.13 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	4.00 MB	8.00 MB
Die Size	520 mm²	357 mm²
Transistors	26800 Million	53900 Million
Required PSU	700 W	550 W
Power Connectors	2x 8-pin	2x 8-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 5.0 x16
DirectX	12.2	12.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	TSMC	TSMC

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

21011

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

22616 (+8%)

AMD Radeon RX 9070

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

189857 (+27%)

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

149949

AMD Radeon RX 9070

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

305.6 FPS

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

FPS

AMD Radeon RX 9070

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

28129 (+11%)

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

25414

AMD Radeon RX 9070

Game Benchmarks Comparison (213 benchmarks)

Where Winds Meet

8.2 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG, Free To Play • Everstone Studio

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 100 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

Radeon RX 9070 (+37%)

AVG 137 FPS

MIN 121 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 (+24%)

AVG 108 FPS

MIN 98 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 (+12%)

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assetto Corsa Rally

8.1 2025 • Racing • Supernova Games Studios

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 (+22%)

AVG 110 FPS

MIN 97 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 90 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 (+17%)

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 73 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 (+12%)

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

Winner

Loser

Anno 117 Pax Romana

7.5 2025 • Simulation, Strategy • Ubisoft Mainz

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 (+8%)

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 (+15%)

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 (+13%)

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 9070 (+20%)

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 9070 (+24%)

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 9070 (+20%)

AVG 24 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

Winner

Loser

Europa Universalis V

8.1 2025 • Strategy • Paradox Tinto

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 (+7%)

AVG 111 FPS

MIN 101 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 104 FPS

MIN 94 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 (+11%)

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 (+15%)

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

Winner

Loser

Jurassic World Evolution 3

8 2025 • Simulation, Strategy • Frontier Developments

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 (+19%)

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 70 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 (+22%)

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 56 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 (+18%)

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Outer Worlds 2

8 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Obsidian Entertainment

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 (+16%)

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 (+11%)

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 (+11%)

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 17 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 9070 (+28%)

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 9070 (+26%)

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 9070 (+17%)

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 18 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

AMD Radeon RX 9070 Wins!

Based on 213 benchmarks across 61 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

+16.2%

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 9070