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AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
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AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT. Specifications

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AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

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AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
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AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

What's the best choice AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT or AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT? Which graphics card is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XTMemory size 16 GB. Memory type GDDR6.

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT has a base frequency of 1.925 GHz. Memory size 16 GB. Memory type GDDR6. Released in Q2/2022.

Differences


Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT GPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

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Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT GPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Performance relative to other GPU chips
    38 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
General info

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT, chip, information processing units.

  • AI Accelerators
    128 left arrow -
  • Ray Accelerators
    64 left arrow -
  • Render Output Units
    128 left arrow 128
  • Shader
    4096 left arrow 5120
  • Compute Units
    64 left arrow -
  • Execution units
    64 left arrow 80
  • Architecture
    RDNA 4 left arrow -
  • Based on
    AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT left arrow AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
  • Raytracing Cores
    - left arrow 80
  • Texture Units
    - left arrow 320
  • Streaming Multiprocessors
    - left arrow 80
  • L3 Cache
    - left arrow 128 MB
  • L2 Cache
    - left arrow 4 MB
  • L1 Cache
    - left arrow 128 KB
Memory settings

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

  • Infinity Cache
    64 MB left arrow -
  • Memory Speed
    20 Gbps left arrow -
  • Memory Bandwidth
    640 GB/s left arrow -
  • Memory Bus
    256 bit left arrow -
  • Memory Type
    GDDR6 left arrow GDDR6
  • Memory Size
    16 GB left arrow 16 GB
  • Memory Interface
    - left arrow 256 bit
  • Memory bandwidth
    - left arrow 576 GB/s
  • Memory Bandwith
    - left arrow 576 GB/s
Clock frequency

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT. The higher the better.

  • Boost Clock
    2970 MHz left arrow -
  • Game Clock
    2400 MHz left arrow -
  • Overclocking
    - left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

  • Power Connectors
    2x8-Pin left arrow 2x 8-pin
  • Required System Power
    750 W left arrow -
  • TDP
    304 W left arrow 335 W
  • PCIe-Power
    - left arrow 2 x 8-Pin
  • Tjunction max
    - left arrow 100 °C
  • Suggested PSU
    - left arrow 700 W
Cooler & Fans type

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT.

  • Noise (Idle)
    - left arrow 0 dB / Silent
  • Cooler-Type
    - left arrow Air cooling
  • Fan-Type
    - left arrow Axial
Interfaces

Connectivity and connections.

  • USB-C Ports
    - left arrow 1
  • HDMI Ports
    - left arrow 1x HDMI v2.1
  • HDCP-Version
    - left arrow 2.3
  • Max. Displays
    - left arrow 4
Technical data

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

  • Peak FP32 (theoretical)
    48.7 TFLOPS left arrow -
  • LED
    - left arrow No LED lighting
  • Raytracing
    - left arrow Yes
  • Max. resolution
    - left arrow 7680x4320
  • Shader Model
    - left arrow 6.5
  • Vulkan
    - left arrow 1.3
  • OpenCL
    - left arrow 2.1
  • OpenGL
    - left arrow 4.6
  • Max. Displays
    - left arrow 4
Supported Video Codecs

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

  • AV1
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode
  • VP9
    - left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    - left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC
    - left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h264
    - left arrow Decode / Encode
Dimensions

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

  • Width (Slots)
    - left arrow 3 PCIe-Slots
More information

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT and AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT.

  • Verified on
    2026-09-30 left arrow -
  • Official source
    https://www.amd.com/en/products/graphics/desktops/radeon/9000-series/amd-radeon-rx-9070xt.html left arrow -
  • Documents
    - left arrow data sheet
  • Structure size
    - left arrow 7 nm
  • Launch Price
    - left arrow 1,099 $ (Reference)
  • Release date
    - left arrow Q2/2022
  • GPU Interface
    - left arrow PCIe 4.0 x 16
  • Architecture
    - left arrow RDNA 2
Theoretical Performance

  • FP64 (double)
    - left arrow 1,487 GFLOPS
  • FP32 (float)
    - left arrow 23.80 TFLOPS
  • FP16 (half)
    - left arrow 47.60 TFLOPS
  • Texture Rate
    - left arrow 743.7 GTexel/s
  • Pixel Rate
    - left arrow 297.5 GPixel/s

Benchmarks

Performance tests GPUs

No comparable benchmark results are available yet. Specifications alone do not determine which model is faster.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

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