GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6 vs Radeon RX 6950 XT

#ad 
Buy on Amazon
VS

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking17not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation27.10no data
Power efficiency15.03no data
ArchitectureRDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameNavi 21AD104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date10 May 2022 (2 years ago)20 August 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,099 $599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores51205888
Core clock speed1925 MHz1920 MHz
Boost clock speed2324 MHz2475 MHz
Number of transistors26,800 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)335 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate743.7455.4
Floating-point processing power23.8 TFLOPS29.15 TFLOPS
ROPs12864
TMUs320184
Tensor Coresno data184
Ray Tracing Cores8046

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm240 mm
Width3-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin1x 16-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB12 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed2250 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth576.0 GB/s480.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI++

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.13.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA-8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 May 2022 20 August 2024
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 335 Watt 200 Watt

RX 6950 XT has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 4070 GDDR6, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 67.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 6950 XT and GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6. We've got no test results to judge.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
Radeon RX 6950 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6
GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


3.5 2722 votes

Rate Radeon RX 6950 XT on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
3.6 30 votes

Rate GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.