AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

amd

Brand

16GB GDDR6

Memory

5120

Cores

576 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon RX 6950 XT

$749.99 May 2022 View Details

$749.99

nvidia

Brand

24GB GDDR6X

Memory

16384

Cores

1010 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 4090

$2,591.99 Sep 2022 View Details

$2,591.99

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

16GB GDDR6 335W $749.99 May 2022

Radeon RX 6950 XT

$1099 • May 2022

GeForce RTX 4090

$1599 • Sep 2022

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

24GB GDDR6X 450W $2,591.99 Sep 2022

Specs Comparison

Specification	AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Memory Size	16 GB	24 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6X
TDP	335 W	450 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2310 MHz	2520 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	576 GB/s	1010 GB/s
Process Size	7nm	5nm
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Ada Lovelace
Shading Units	5120	16384
RT Cores	80	128
TMUs	320	512
ROPs	128	176
Memory Bus	256-bit	384-bit
Memory Clock	2250 MHz	1313 MHz
Pixel Rate	295.7 GPixel/s	443.5 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	576 GTexel/s	1.01 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	23.65 GFLOPS	82.58 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	4.00 MB	72.00 MB
Die Size	520 mm²	609 mm²
Transistors	26800 Million	76300 Million
Required PSU	700 W	850 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

42193 (+101%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

189857

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

316301 (+67%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

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

615.9 FPS (+102%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

28129

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

38309 (+36%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Game Benchmarks Comparison (630 benchmarks)

SILENT HILL: Townfall

7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure • Screen Burn

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+66%)

AVG 159 FPS

MIN 133 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 96 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+78%)

AVG 116 FPS

MIN 100 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+94%)

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+66%)

AVG 159 FPS

MIN 133 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 96 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+78%)

AVG 116 FPS

MIN 100 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+94%)

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Winner

Loser

CONTROL Resonant

7.2 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Remedy Entertainment

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+101%)

AVG 153 FPS

MIN 136 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 76 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+100%)

AVG 110 FPS

MIN 101 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+106%)

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Blood of Dawnwalker

7 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Rebel Wolves

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+51%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+71%)

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+75%)

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 24 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

Winner

Loser

Onimusha: Way of the Sword

8 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • CAPCOM Co., Ltd.

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+65%)

AVG 162 FPS

MIN 146 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 98 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+71%)

AVG 125 FPS

MIN 109 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+97%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

Winner

Loser

Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy Background

Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy

7 2026 • Action, Adventure • Asobo Studio

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+78%)

AVG 194 FPS

MIN 173 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 109 FPS

MIN 98 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+69%)

AVG 144 FPS

MIN 129 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 85 FPS

MIN 74 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+85%)

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

Winner

Loser

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta Background

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta

8 2026 • Action • Infinity Ward, Beenox, Digital Legends, Activision Shanghai, Raven Software, Treyarch, Sledgehammer Games, High Moon Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+153%)

AVG 81 FPS

MIN 73 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+175%)

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 17 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+190%)

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 10 FPS

MIN 9 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Wins!

Based on 630 benchmarks across 177 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

+66.5%

128

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4090