amd

Brand

16GB GDDR6

Memory

5120

Cores

576 GB/s

Bandwidth

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

$1099 May 2022 View Details

nvidia

Brand

16GB GDDR6X

Memory

9728

Cores

716.8 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

$1199 Sep 2022 View Details

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

16GB GDDR6 335W $1099 May 2022

Radeon RX 6950 XT

$1099 • May 2022

GeForce RTX 4080

$1199 • Sep 2022

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

16GB GDDR6X 320W $1199 Sep 2022

Specs Comparison

Specification	AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
Memory Size	16 GB	16 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6X
TDP	335 W	320 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2310 MHz	2505 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	576 GB/s	716.8 GB/s
Process Size	7nm	5nm
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Ada Lovelace
Shading Units	5120	9728
RT Cores	80	76
TMUs	320	304
ROPs	128	112
Memory Bus	256-bit	256-bit
Memory Clock	2250 MHz	1400 MHz
Pixel Rate	295.7 GPixel/s	280.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	576 GTexel/s	716.8 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	23.65 GFLOPS	48.74 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	4.00 MB	64.00 MB
Die Size	520 mm²	379 mm²
Transistors	26800 Million	45900 Million
Required PSU	700 W	700 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

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

30216 (+44%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

189857

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

217712 (+15%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

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

320.9 FPS (+5%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

28129

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

34519 (+23%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Game Benchmarks Comparison (527 benchmarks)

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

GeForce RTX 4080 (+58%)

AVG 158 FPS

MIN 143 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+44%)

AVG 125 FPS

MIN 114 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+31%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assetto Corsa Rally

8.1 2025 • Racing • Supernova Games Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+53%)

AVG 138 FPS

MIN 117 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 90 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+46%)

AVG 102 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+45%)

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

Winner

Loser

Anno 117 Pax Romana

7.5 2025 • Simulation, Strategy • Ubisoft Mainz

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+52%)

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 56 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+57%)

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+55%)

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4080 (+71%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4080 (+76%)

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4080 (+70%)

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

Winner

Loser

Europa Universalis V

8.1 2025 • Strategy • Paradox Tinto

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+26%)

AVG 131 FPS

MIN 118 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 104 FPS

MIN 94 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+23%)

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+9%)

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

Winner

Loser

Jurassic World Evolution 3

8 2025 • Simulation, Strategy • Frontier Developments

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+50%)

AVG 117 FPS

MIN 94 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+56%)

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+59%)

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Outer Worlds 2

8 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Obsidian Entertainment

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+38%)

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+36%)

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+53%)

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 17 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4080 (+47%)

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4080 (+52%)

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4080 (+56%)

AVG 28 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 18 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Wins!

Based on 527 benchmarks across 152 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

+36.8%

108

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4080