AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT vs Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro OC. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT and Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro OC, chip, information processing units.

• GPU Chip
  Navi 21 KXTX (RDNA 2) AD104-250 / AD104-251 (Ada Lovelace)
• Shader
  5120 5888
• Render Output Units
  128 64
• Texture Units
  320 184
• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
• Streaming Multiprocessors
  80 46
• Raytracing Cores
  80 46

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

• Memory Size
  16 GB 12 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6X
• Memory Clock
  2.250 GHz 1.313 GHz
• Memory Speed
  18.0 Gbps 21 Gbps
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 192 bit
• Memory bandwidth
  576 GB/s 504 GB/s

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT and Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro OC. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.890 GHz-2 % 1.920 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.310 GHz-1 % 2.595 GHz+ 5 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.100 GHz-1 % --
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  335 W 215 W+ 8 %
• TDP (up)
  -- --
• Tjunction max
  100 °C 90 °C
• PCIe-Power
  2 x 8-Pin 1 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT and Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro OC.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Fan 1
  -- 3 x 100 mm
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Noise (Load)
  -- --

Connectivity and connections.

• DP Ports
  2x DP v1.4a 3x DP v1.4a
• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.3 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.1 1x HDMI v2.1a
• DVI Ports
  -- --
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  1 --

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

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_2 (Ultimate) 12_2 (Ultimate)
• Raytracing
  Yes Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  Yes Yes
• LED
  No LED lighting Addressable LED

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

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

• Length
  -- 329 mm
• Height
  -- 133 mm
• Width
  -- 64 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 4 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro OC and AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Structure size
  7 nm 4 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2022 Q2/2023
• Launch Price
  1,099 $ (Reference) 599 $ (Reference)
• Part-no
  -- NED4070H19K9-1043A
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet