GeForce RTX 4070 vs Radeon RX 6950 XT

GeForce RTX 4070
Memory: 12288Mb GDDR6XDESKTOP
Release date: UNRELEASED
GeForce RTX 4070
Radeon RX 6950 XT
Memory: 16384Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 10 May 2022
Radeon RX 6950 XT

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    100%
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    119%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 4070

50 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon RX 6950 XT .

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6950 XT

19% higher gaming performance.
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Infinity Cache allows to deliver up to 3.25x the effective memory bandwidth
Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)

Radeon RX 6950 XT

HWBench recommends Radeon RX 6950 XT

The Radeon RX 6950 XT is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (12 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce RTX 4070Radeon RX 6950 XT
GPU NameAD104 (AD104)vsNavi 21 (Navi 21 KXTX (215-121000289))
Fab Process4 nmvs7 nm
Die Size295 mm²vs520 mm²
Transistors35,800 millionvs26,800 million
Shaders7680vs5120
Tensor Cores240vsnone
Raytracing Cores60vs80
Compute Units60vs80
Core clock2310 MHzvs1925 MHz
ROPs80vs128
TMUs240vs320

Memory Configuration

GeForce RTX 4070Radeon RX 6950 XT
Memory TypeGDDR6XvsGDDR6
Bus Width192 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1325 MHz
21.2 Gbps effective
vs2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective
Memory Size12288 Mbvs16384 Mb

Additional details

GeForce RTX 4070Radeon RX 6950 XT
TDP285 wattsvs335 watts
Release DateUNRELEASEDvs10 May 2022

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    208.80 GP/s
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    297.50 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    626.40 GT/s
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    743.70 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    508.80 GB/s
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    576.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    40090.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    23800.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    149
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    203

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    165
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    176

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    308
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    348

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    237
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    255

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    115
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    132

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    127
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    154

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    204
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    249

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    160
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    188

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    67
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    78

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    73
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    92

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    109
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    144

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    84
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    99

FPS (higher is better)