GeForce RTX 4090 Ti vs Radeon RX 6950 XT

GeForce RTX 4090 Ti
Memory: 49152Mb GDDR6XDESKTOP
Release date: UNRELEASED
GeForce RTX 4090 Ti
Radeon RX 6950 XT
Memory: 16384Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 10 May 2022
Radeon RX 6950 XT

Summary

Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 4090 Ti

Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6950 XT

465 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce RTX 4090 Ti .
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)

GeForce RTX 4090 Ti

HWBench recommends GeForce RTX 4090 Ti

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce RTX 4090 TiRadeon RX 6950 XT
GPU NameAD102 (AD102-450-A1)vsNavi 21 (Navi 21 KXTX (215-121000289))
Fab Process4 nmvs7 nm
Die Size608 mm²vs520 mm²
Transistors76,300 millionvs26,800 million
Shaders18176vs5120
Tensor Cores568vsnone
Raytracing Cores142vs80
Compute Units142vs80
Core clock2355 MHzvs1925 MHz
ROPs192vs128
TMUs568vs320

Memory Configuration

GeForce RTX 4090 TiRadeon RX 6950 XT
Memory TypeGDDR6XvsGDDR6
Bus Width384 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1500 MHz
24 Gbps effective
vs2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective
Memory Size49152 Mbvs16384 Mb

Additional details

GeForce RTX 4090 TiRadeon RX 6950 XT
TDP800 wattsvs335 watts
Release DateUNRELEASEDvs10 May 2022

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 4090 Ti
    504.00 GP/s
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    297.50 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 4090 Ti
    1491.00 GT/s
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    743.70 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce RTX 4090 Ti
    1152.00 GB/s
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    576.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce RTX 4090 Ti
    95420.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    23800.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better