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 (510 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
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
PRAGMATA SKETCHBOOK - DEMO
8.2 2025 • Action, Adventure CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+7%)
AVG 90 FPS
MIN 81 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 84 FPS
MIN 72 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+9%)
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 64 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 65 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+14%)
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
Winner
Loser
Assassin's Creed Mirage Valley of Memories
8 2025 • Action, Adventure Ubisoft Bordeaux
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1.0
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+16%)
AVG 119 FPS
MIN 102 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 103 FPS
MIN 88 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1.0
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+18%)
AVG 100 FPS
MIN 88 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 85 FPS
MIN 75 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1.0
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+27%)
AVG 65 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
Winner
Loser
Company of Heroes 3: Endure & Defy
8.5 2025 • Action, Strategy Relic Entertainment
1080p
| high
GeForce RTX 4070 (+14%)
AVG 193 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
Radeon RX 6950 XT
AVG 169 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce RTX 4070 (+1%)
AVG 143 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
Radeon RX 6950 XT
AVG 142 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
2160p
| high
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+23%)
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Winner
Loser
Of Ash and Steel
8.7 2025 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG Fire & Frost
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT
AVG 159 FPS
MIN 142 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 (+7%)
AVG 170 FPS
MIN 134 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT
AVG 132 FPS
MIN 118 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 (+10%)
AVG 145 FPS
MIN 115 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+8%)
AVG 83 FPS
MIN 74 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 77 FPS
MIN 65 FPS
Winner
Loser
Where Winds Meet
8.2 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG, Free To Play Everstone Studio
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+9%)
AVG 100 FPS
MIN 90 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 92 FPS
MIN 82 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+19%)
AVG 87 FPS
MIN 80 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 67 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+34%)
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT Wins!
Based on 510 benchmarks across 151 games
79
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 6950 XT
VS
+8.9%
73
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
AMD • 16GB GDDR6
365
Wins
79
Avg FPS
66
Min FPS
72%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6X
113
Wins
73
Avg FPS
61
Min FPS
22%
Win Rate
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