GeForce RTX 3070 and Radeon RX 6950 XT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce RTX 3070 vs Radeon RX 6950 XT
GeForce RTX 3070
23060
Radeon RX 6950 XT
29146
GeForce RTX 3070
Radeon RX 6950 XT
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Navi / RDNA2 (2020−2022)
GPU code name
Ampere GA104
Navi
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2020
May 2022
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
2x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
1725 MHz
2324 MHz
Core clock speed
1500 MHz
1925 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
7 nm
Number of transistors
17,400 million
26,800 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
5888
5120
Power consumption (TDP)
220 Watt
335 Watt
Texture fill rate
317.4
743.7
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
16 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
18000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
448.0 GB/s
576.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.5
-
OpenCL
2.0
2.1
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.5
Vulkan
1.2
1.3