AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT vs MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT $1,099
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio $640
5120 Shaders
16GB GDDR6
2324MHz
5888 Shaders
8GB GDDR6
1830MHz
Peak AI Performance
47.6 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
689.6 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
FP32
23.8 TFLOPS
FP32
21.55 TFLOPS
FP16
47.6 TFLOPS
FP16
21.55 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.5-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.8-Slots
TDP
335W
TDP
220W
Power Connectors
2x 8-Pin
Power Connectors
2x 8-Pin

Peak AI Performance

  • 93% slower vs GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio
  • 14.49x faster vs Radeon RX 6950 XT
Radeon RX 6950 XT - 47.6 TFLOPS FP16
x1
GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio - 689.6 TOPS INT4 Tensor Sparse
x14.49

FP32

  • 10% faster vs GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio
  • 9% slower vs Radeon RX 6950 XT
Radeon RX 6950 XT - 23.8 TFLOPS FP32
x1.1
GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio - 21.55 TFLOPS FP32
x1

FP16

  • 2.21x faster vs GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio
  • 55% slower vs Radeon RX 6950 XT
Radeon RX 6950 XT - 47.6 TFLOPS FP16
x2.21
GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio - 21.55 TFLOPS FP16
x1
  • 29% faster vs GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio
  • 22% slower vs Radeon RX 6950 XT
Radeon RX 6950 XT - 576GB/s
x1.29
GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio - 448GB/s
x1
  • 52% higher vs GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio
  • 34% lower vs Radeon RX 6950 XT
Radeon RX 6950 XT - 335W
x1.52
GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio - 220W
x1
GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL 170,545
56%
GB5 OpenCL 143,235
47%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA 158,955
45%
GB5 Metal 167,895
93%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 117,795
57%
GB5 Vulkan 106,320
52%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 430
57%
OCT Metal 345
59%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
MSI
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
RDNA 2
Architecture
Ampere
Family
Radeon RX 6000
Family
GeForce 30
Codename
Sienna Cichlid
Navi 21
Variant
Navi 21 KXTX
Codename
NV174
GA104
Variant
GA104-300-A1
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
5/10/2022
Release Date
10/29/2020
Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
Samsung
Fabrication Node
N7
Fabrication Node
8N
Die Size
520 mm²
Die Size
393 mm²
Transistor Count
26.8 Billion
Transistor Count
17.4 Billion
Transistor Density
51.56M/mm²
Transistor Density
44.33M/mm²
Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
5120 Shaders
Shading Units
5888 Shaders
Texture Mapping Units
320 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
184 TMUs
Render Output Units
128 ROPs
Render Output Units
96 ROPs
-
-
Tensor Cores
184 T-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
80 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
46 RT-Cores
-
-
Streaming Multiprocessors
46 SMs
Compute Units
80 CUs
-
-
Graphics Processing Clusters
4 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
6 GPCs
1925MHz Base
2324MHz
1500MHz Base
1830MHz
Peak AI Performance
47.6 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
689.6 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
FP16
47.6 TFLOPS
-
-
-
-
FP16
21.55 TFLOPS
86.2 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
172.4 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
43.1 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
86.2 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP32
23.8 TFLOPS
FP32
21.55 TFLOPS
FP64
1.49 TFLOPS
FP64
340 GFLOPS
-
-
-
-
BF16
21.55 TFLOPS
43.1 TFLOPS Tensor
86.2 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
-
-
-
TF32
21.55 TFLOPS Tensor
43.1 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
-
-
-
INT4
344.8 TOPS Tensor
689.6 TOPS Tensor Sparse
-
-
-
INT8
172.4 TOPS Tensor
344.8 TOPS Tensor Sparse
-
-
INT32
10.78 TOPS
-
-
Ray Tracing
42.1 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
297.472 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
175.68 GPixel/s
Texture Fillrate
743.68 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
336.72 GTexel/s
L0
32KB/WGP
-
-
L1
-
-
128KB/Array
L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
-
L2
4MB Shared
L2
4MB Shared
L3
128MB Shared
1.66TB/s
-
-
-
16GB
GDDR6
8GB
GDDR6
Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
2250MHz
Transfer Rate
18GT/s
Bandwidth
576GB/s
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
14GT/s
Bandwidth
448GB/s
TDP
335W
TDP
220W
Temp
110°C Max
Temp
93°C Max
2x DisplayPort 1.4
1x HDMI 2.1
1x USB-C + DP
3x DisplayPort 1.4
1x HDMI 2.1
-
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
4
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Model
VCN 3.0
Model
NVENC 7
Codec
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
Codec
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
Model
VCN 3.0
Model
NVDEC 5
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
-
VP9
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
AV1
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
-
VC-1
VP8
VP9
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
AV1
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.5
-
-
GFX
10.3
-
-
-
-
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
-
-
PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
3x Fans
3x Fans
Power Connectors
2x 8-Pin
Power Connectors
2x 8-Pin
Slots Required
2.5
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.8
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Bridgeless
-
-
-
-
Height
120 mm (4.72 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
50 mm (1.97 in)
Height
140 mm (5.51 in)
Width
323 mm (12.72 in)
Depth
56 mm (2.2 in)
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