AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
amd
Brand16GB GDDR6
Memory5120
Cores576 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 6950 XT
VS
nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6X
Memory5888
Cores504.2 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 4070
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
16GB GDDR6 335W $749.99 May 2022
Radeon RX 6950 XT
$1099 • May 2022
VS
GeForce RTX 4070
$599 • Apr 2023
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
12GB GDDR6X 200W $569.99 Apr 2023
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 16 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6X |
| TDP | 335 W | 200 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 2310 MHz | 2475 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 576 GB/s | 504.2 GB/s |
| Process Size | 7nm | 5nm |
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | Ada Lovelace |
| Shading Units | 5120 | 5888 |
| RT Cores | 80 | 46 |
| TMUs | 320 | 184 |
| ROPs | 128 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2250 MHz | 1313 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 295.7 GPixel/s | 158.4 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 576 GTexel/s | 504.2 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 23.65 GFLOPS | 29.15 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 4.00 MB | 36.00 MB |
| Die Size | 520 mm² | 294 mm² |
| Transistors | 26800 Million | 35800 Million |
| Required PSU | 700 W | 550 W |
| Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin | 1x 16-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 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 (+16%)
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
18116
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
189857 (+13%)
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
167522
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
305.6 FPS (+59%)
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
192 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
28129 (+4%)
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
26955
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
Game Benchmarks Comparison (591 benchmarks)
SILENT HILL: Townfall
7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure Screen Burn
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+1%)
AVG 96 FPS
MIN 88 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 95 FPS
MIN 84 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+7%)
AVG 65 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+13%)
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+1%)
AVG 96 FPS
MIN 88 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 95 FPS
MIN 84 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+7%)
AVG 65 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+13%)
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
Winner
Loser
CONTROL Resonant
7.2 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG Remedy Entertainment
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4070 (+3%)
AVG 78 FPS
MIN 70 FPS
Radeon RX 6950 XT
AVG 76 FPS
MIN 69 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4070 (+2%)
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
Radeon RX 6950 XT
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+7%)
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Winner
Loser
The Blood of Dawnwalker
7 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG Rebel Wolves
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+6%)
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+6%)
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+20%)
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
Onimusha: Way of the Sword
8 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+7%)
AVG 98 FPS
MIN 88 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 92 FPS
MIN 81 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+11%)
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+11%)
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
Winner
Loser
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy
7 2026 • Action, Adventure Asobo Studio
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+10%)
AVG 109 FPS
MIN 98 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 99 FPS
MIN 89 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+20%)
AVG 85 FPS
MIN 74 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 64 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+24%)
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
Winner
Loser
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta
8 2026 • Action Infinity Ward, Beenox, Digital Legends, Activision Shanghai, Raven Software, Treyarch, Sledgehammer Games, High Moon Studios
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4070 (+31%)
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
Radeon RX 6950 XT
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4070 (+35%)
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Radeon RX 6950 XT
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4070 (+20%)
AVG 12 FPS
MIN 11 FPS
Radeon RX 6950 XT
AVG 10 FPS
MIN 9 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT Wins!
Based on 591 benchmarks across 171 games
76
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 6950 XT
VS
+8.7%
70
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
AMD • 16GB GDDR6
418
Wins
76
Avg FPS
64
Min FPS
71%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6X
134
Wins
70
Avg FPS
59
Min FPS
23%
Win Rate
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