amd
Brand16GB GDDR6
Memory5120
Cores576 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
VS
nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6X
Memory5888
Cores504.2 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
16GB GDDR6 335W $1099 May 2022
Radeon RX 6950 XT
$1099 • May 2022
VS
GeForce RTX 4070
$599 • Apr 2023
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
12GB GDDR6X 200W $599 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 (78 benchmarks)
Battlefield 6
8.2 2025 • Action Battlefield Studios
1080p
| high
| Patch: vBeta 0.17.0
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+12%)
AVG 131 FPS
MIN 114 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 117 FPS
MIN 102 FPS
1440p
| high
| Patch: vBeta 0.17.0
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+18%)
AVG 106 FPS
MIN 93 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 90 FPS
MIN 79 FPS
2160p
| high
| Patch: vBeta 0.17.0
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+24%)
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
Winner
Loser
Mafia The Old Country
7.1 2025 • Action, Adventure Hangar 13
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+9%)
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+12%)
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+21%)
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
Winner
Loser
The Callisto Protocol
7.3 2022 • Action, Adventure Striking Distance Studios
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+16%)
AVG 119 FPS
MIN 70 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 103 FPS
MIN 70 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+15%)
AVG 82 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+21%)
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Winner
Loser
Cities Skylines II
7.8 2023 • Simulation Colossal Order Ltd.
1080p
| high
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+24%)
AVG 83 FPS
MIN 73 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+19%)
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
2160p
| high
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+82%)
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 17 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
Winner
Loser
Assassin's Creed Mirage
8 2023 • Action, Adventure Ubisoft Bordeaux
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+30%)
AVG 162 FPS
MIN 131 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 125 FPS
MIN 108 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+37%)
AVG 133 FPS
MIN 112 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 97 FPS
MIN 84 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+42%)
AVG 78 FPS
MIN 69 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
Winner
Loser
FINAL FANTASY XVI
7.7 2024 • Action, RPG Square Enix
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+26%)
AVG 91 FPS
MIN 81 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 72 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+48%)
AVG 74 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+32%)
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT Wins!
Based on 78 benchmarks across 23 games
91
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 6950 XT
VS
+14.8%
79
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
AMD • 16GB GDDR6
63
Wins
91
Avg FPS
77
Min FPS
81%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6X
13
Wins
79
Avg FPS
68
Min FPS
17%
Win Rate
Most Compared GPUs
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