AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT VS AMD Radeon RX 9070

amd

Brand

16GB GDDR6

Memory

5120

Cores

576 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon RX 6950 XT

$749.99 May 2022 View Details

$829.99

$749.99

amd

Brand

16GB GDDR6

Memory

3584

Cores

644.6 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon RX 9070

$509.99 Mar 2025 View Details

$509.99

$539.99

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

16GB GDDR6 335W $749.99 May 2022

Radeon RX 6950 XT

$1099 • May 2022

Radeon RX 9070

$549 • Mar 2025

AMD Radeon RX 9070

16GB GDDR6 220W $509.99 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 (234 benchmarks)

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora From The Ashes

7.6 2025 • Action, Adventure • Massive Entertainment – A Ubisoft Studio, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Toronto, Ubisoft Düsseldorf, Ubisoft Reflections

1080p

| high

Radeon RX 9070 (+28%)

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 73 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

1440p

| high

Radeon RX 9070 (+30%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

2160p

| high

Radeon RX 9070 (+10%)

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

Winner

Loser

PRAGMATA SKETCHBOOK - DEMO

8.2 2025 • Action, Adventure • CAPCOM Co., Ltd.

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 (+18%)

AVG 106 FPS

MIN 96 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 90 FPS

MIN 81 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 (+21%)

AVG 86 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 9070 (+32%)

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assassin's Creed Mirage Valley of Memories Background

Assassin's Creed Mirage Valley of Memories

8 2025 • Action, Adventure • Ubisoft Bordeaux

1080p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

Radeon RX 9070 (+18%)

AVG 140 FPS

MIN 124 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 119 FPS

MIN 102 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

Radeon RX 9070 (+19%)

AVG 119 FPS

MIN 106 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 100 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

Radeon RX 9070 (+20%)

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

Winner

Loser

Company of Heroes 3: Endure & Defy Background

Company of Heroes 3: Endure & Defy

8.5 2025 • Action, Strategy • Relic Entertainment

1080p

| high

Radeon RX 9070 (+4%)

AVG 176 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 169 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

1440p

| high

Radeon RX 9070 (+2%)

AVG 145 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 142 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

2160p

| high

Radeon RX 9070 (+7%)

AVG 80 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 75 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

Winner

Loser

Of Ash and Steel

8.7 2025 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG • Fire & Frost

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6950 XT (+9%)

AVG 159 FPS

MIN 142 FPS

Radeon RX 9070

AVG 146 FPS

MIN 120 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6950 XT (+14%)

AVG 132 FPS

MIN 118 FPS

Radeon RX 9070

AVG 116 FPS

MIN 96 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6950 XT (+15%)

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 74 FPS

Radeon RX 9070

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

Winner

Loser

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

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

AMD Radeon RX 9070 Wins!

Based on 234 benchmarks across 66 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

+15.7%

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 9070