NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 vs AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 $549
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT $1,099
6144 Shaders
12GB GDDR7
2512MHz
5120 Shaders
16GB GDDR6
2324MHz
Peak Performance
987.76 TFLOPS
FP4 Tensor Sparse
Peak Performance
47.6 TFLOPS
FP16
FP32
30.87 TFLOPS
FP32
23.8 TFLOPS
FP16
30.87 TFLOPS
FP16
47.6 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.1-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.5-Slots
TDP
250W
TDP
335W
Power Connectors
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1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL 170,545
56%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal 167,895
93%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 117,795
57%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal 345
59%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
Blackwell
Architecture
RDNA 2
Family
GeForce 50
Family
Radeon RX 6000
Codename
NV195
GB205
Variant
GB205-300-A1
Codename
Sienna Cichlid
Navi 21
Variant
Navi 21 KXTX
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
1/6/2025
Release Date
5/10/2022
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
4NP
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Fabrication Node
N7
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Die Size
263 mm²
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Die Size
520 mm²
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Transistor Count
31.1 Billion
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Transistor Count
26.8 Billion
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Transistor Density
118.25M/mm²
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Transistor Density
51.56M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
6144 Shaders
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Shading Units
5120 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
192 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
320 TMUs
Render Output Units
64 ROPs
Render Output Units
128 ROPs
Tensor Cores
192 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
48 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
80 RT-Cores
Streaming Multiprocessors
48 SMs
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Compute Units
80 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
4 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
4 GPCs
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2160MHz Base
2512MHz
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1925MHz Base
2324MHz
Peak Performance
987.76 TFLOPS
FP4 Tensor Sparse
Peak Performance
47.6 TFLOPS
FP16
FP4
493.88 TFLOPS Tensor
987.76 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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FP8
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246.94 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
493.88 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
123.47 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
246.94 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
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FP16
30.87 TFLOPS
123.47 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
246.94 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
61.74 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
123.47 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP16
47.6 TFLOPS
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FP32
30.87 TFLOPS
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FP32
23.8 TFLOPS
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-
FP64
0.48 TFLOPS
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FP64
1.49 TFLOPS
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BF16
30.87 TFLOPS
61.74 TFLOPS Tensor
123.47 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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TF32
30.87 TFLOPS Tensor
61.73 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT8
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246.94 TOPS Tensor
493.88 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT32
30.87 TOPS
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Ray Tracing
93.6 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
160.768 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
297.472 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
482.304 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
743.68 GTexel/s
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L0
32KB/WGP
L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
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128KB/Array
L2
40MB Shared
L2
4MB Shared
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L3
128MB Shared
1.66TB/s
12GB
GDDR7
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16GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
192Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
2210MHz
Transfer Rate
28GT/s
Bandwidth
672GB/s
Clock
2250MHz
Transfer Rate
18GT/s
Bandwidth
576GB/s
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TDP
250W
TDP
335W
Temp
85°C Max
Temp
110°C Max
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3x DisplayPort 2.1
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1x HDMI 2.1
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2x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
1x USB-C + DP
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
-
Variable Refresh Rate
-
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
NVENC 9
Model
VCN 3.0
Codec
-
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
-
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
NVDEC 6
Model
VCN 3.0
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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-
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_3
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.8
CUDA
12.8
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PureVideo HD
VP13
VDPAU
Feature Set M
Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
10.3
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2x Fans
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3x Fans
Power Connectors
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1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Slots Required
2.1
PCIe Version
5.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.5
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Bridgeless
Height
112 mm (4.41 in)
Width
242 mm (9.53 in)
Depth
42 mm (1.65 in)
Height
120 mm (4.72 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
50 mm (1.97 in)
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