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
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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 (531 benchmarks)
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH
8 2026 • Action, Adventure KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS, Nixxes Software
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+29%)
AVG 84 FPS
MIN 77 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 65 FPS
MIN 55 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+21%)
AVG 64 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+28%)
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 4070 (+10%)
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
Radeon RX 6950 XT
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 4070 (+12%)
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
Radeon RX 6950 XT
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+0%)
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 (+0%)
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+12%)
AVG 114 FPS
MIN 105 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 102 FPS
MIN 92 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+12%)
AVG 93 FPS
MIN 83 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 83 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+9%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
Winner
Loser
Crimson Desert
7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure Pearl Abyss
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4070 (+5%)
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
Radeon RX 6950 XT
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+5%)
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+5%)
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
Winner
Loser
Resident Evil Requiem
8.7 2026 • Action, Adventure CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+24%)
AVG 134 FPS
MIN 99 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 108 FPS
MIN 90 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+20%)
AVG 95 FPS
MIN 77 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 68 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+16%)
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
Winner
Loser
Styx: Blades of Greed
7.2 2026 • Action, Adventure Cyanide Studio
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+2%)
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+11%)
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+20%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
Winner
Loser
CODE VEIN II DEMO
7.8 2026 • Action, RPG Bandai Namco Studios Inc.
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+14%)
AVG 90 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 68 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+13%)
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+24%)
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
Winner
Loser
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
GeForce RTX 4070 (+6%)
AVG 69 FPS
MIN 57 FPS
Radeon RX 6950 XT
AVG 65 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce RTX 4070 (+9%)
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
Radeon RX 6950 XT
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
2160p
| high
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+4%)
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT Wins!
Based on 531 benchmarks across 156 games
79
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 6950 XT
VS
+9%
72
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
AMD • 16GB GDDR6
382
Wins
79
Avg FPS
66
Min FPS
72%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6X
116
Wins
72
Avg FPS
61
Min FPS
22%
Win Rate
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