AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

amd

Brand

16GB GDDR6

Memory

5120

Cores

576 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon RX 6950 XT

$749.99 May 2022 View Details

$829.99

$749.99

nvidia

Brand

16GB GDDR6X

Memory

9728

Cores

716.8 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 4080

$959.00 Sep 2022 View Details

$1,311.38

$959.00

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

16GB GDDR6 335W $749.99 May 2022

Radeon RX 6950 XT

$1099 • May 2022

GeForce RTX 4080

$1199 • Sep 2022

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

16GB GDDR6X 320W $959.00 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 (548 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 4080 (+65%)

AVG 107 FPS

MIN 91 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 4080 (+65%)

AVG 76 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 4080 (+69%)

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

Winner

Loser

PRAGMATA SKETCHBOOK - DEMO

8.2 2025 • Action, Adventure • CAPCOM Co., Ltd.

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+34%)

AVG 121 FPS

MIN 109 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 90 FPS

MIN 81 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+39%)

AVG 99 FPS

MIN 91 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+56%)

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assassin's Creed Mirage Valley of Memories Background

Assassin's Creed Mirage Valley of Memories

8 2025 • Action, Adventure • Ubisoft Bordeaux

1080p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

GeForce RTX 4080 (+30%)

AVG 155 FPS

MIN 132 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 119 FPS

MIN 102 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

GeForce RTX 4080 (+35%)

AVG 135 FPS

MIN 120 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 100 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

GeForce RTX 4080 (+37%)

AVG 89 FPS

MIN 81 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

Winner

Loser

Company of Heroes 3: Endure & Defy Background

Company of Heroes 3: Endure & Defy

8.5 2025 • Action, Strategy • Relic Entertainment

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 4080 (+63%)

AVG 276 FPS

MIN 68 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 169 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 4080 (+56%)

AVG 222 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 142 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 4080 (+37%)

AVG 103 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 75 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

Winner

Loser

Of Ash and Steel

8.7 2025 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG • Fire & Frost

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+58%)

AVG 252 FPS

MIN 197 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 159 FPS

MIN 142 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+64%)

AVG 216 FPS

MIN 170 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 132 FPS

MIN 118 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+57%)

AVG 130 FPS

MIN 111 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 74 FPS

Winner

Loser

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

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Wins!

Based on 548 benchmarks across 157 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

+37.4%

108

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4080