AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT. Specifications, performance, tests

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 -
• Architecture
  RDNA 4 RDNA 2
• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
• Compute Units
  64 80
• Execution Units
  64 80
• Ray Accelerators
  64 80
• Render Output Units
  128 128
• Shader
  4096 5120
• GPU Chip
  - Navi 21 KXTX
• L1 Cache
  - 128 KB
• L2 Cache
  - 4 MB
• L3 Cache
  - 128 MB
• RT Cores
  - 80
• Streaming Multiprocessors
  - 80
• Texture Units
  - 320

Video memory capacity, type, bus width and bandwidth describe different properties. These values alone do not determine graphics performance.

• Infinity Cache
  64 MB 128 MB
• Memory Bandwidth
  640 GB/s 576 GB/s
• Memory Bus
  256 bit 256 bit
• Memory Data Rate
  20 Gbps 18 Gbps
• Memory Size
  16 GB 16 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6
• Memory Clock
  - 2250 MHz

Published GPU clock frequencies describe different operating modes. Clock speed alone does not determine graphics performance.

• Boost Clock
  2970 MHz 2310 MHz
• Game Clock
  2400 MHz 2100 MHz
• Base Clock
  - 1890 MHz
• Overclocking
  - Yes

Graphics card power limits and recommended system power supply describe different specifications.

• System Power Supply
  750 W (System power requirement) Conflicting source values: 700 W (PSU recommendation) | 850 W (System power requirement)
• TDP
  304 W 335 W
• Typical Board Power
  304 W 335 W
• Maximum Junction Temperature
  - 100 °C
• TDP (up)
  - -

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

• Cooler-Type
  - Air cooling
• Fan-Type
  - Axial
• Fan 1
  - -
• Fan 2
  - -
• Noise (Idle)
  - 0 dB / Silent
• Noise (Load)
  - -

Connectivity and connections.

• DisplayPort Version
  2.1a -
• HDMI Version
  2.1b -
• PCIe Interface
  PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
• Power Connectors
  2x8-Pin 2x8-Pin
• DisplayPort Ports
  - 2 × DisplayPort 1.4a
• DVI Ports
  - -
• HDCP Version
  - 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  - 1 × HDMI 2.1
• Max. Displays
  - 4
• USB-C Ports
  - 1 × USB-C
• VGA Ports
  - -

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

• DirectX
  - Conflicting source values: 12.2 | 12_2 (Ultimate)
• DLSS / FSR
  - Conflicting source values: No | Yes
• LED
  - No LED lighting
• Max. resolution
  - 7680 × 4320
• OpenCL
  - 2.1
• OpenGL
  - 4.6
• Raytracing
  - Yes
• Shader Model
  - 6.5
• Vulkan
  - 1.3

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• AV1
  Decode / Encode Decode
• h264
  - Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC
  - Decode / Encode
• VP8
  - Decode / Encode
• VP9
  - Decode / Encode

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

• Height
  - -
• Length
  - -
• Slot Size
  - 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  - -
• Width
  - -

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

• Availability window (manufacturer)
  2025-03-06 -
• Date evidence scope
  Manufacturer-announced OEM/board availability window; exact first shipment is not established by this source. -
• Release date
  2025-03-06 2022-05-10
• Documents
  - data sheet
• Launch Price (historical)
  - 1,099 $ (Reference)
• Part Number
  - -
• Process Technology
  - 7 nm

• FP32 (theoretical)
  48.7 TFLOPS 23.8 TFLOPS
• FP16 (theoretical)
  - 47.6 TFLOPS
• FP64 (theoretical)
  - 1,487 GFLOPS
• Pixel Rate
  - 297.5 GPixel/s
• Texture Rate
  - 743.7 GTexel/s