MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ti VENTUS 3X 8G OC
vs
GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6950 XT XTREME WATERFORCE WB 16G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ti VENTUS 3X 8G OC and the GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6950 XT XTREME WATERFORCE WB 16G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ti VENTUS 3X 8G OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti and has 6144 texture shaders and 48 execution units.

GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6950 XT XTREME WATERFORCE WB 16G is based on AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT, which has 5120 shaders and 80 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ti VENTUS 3X 8G OC GPU GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6950 XT XTREME WATERFORCE WB 16G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Based on AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
GA104-400-A1 GPU Chip Navi 21 KXTX
Ampere Architecture RDNA 2
48 Streaming Multiprocessors 80
6144 Shader 5120
96 Render Output Units 128
192 Texture Units 320
48 Raytracing Cores 80

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ti VENTUS 3X 8G OC has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 608 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6950 XT XTREME WATERFORCE WB 16G can access 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 576 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR6
1.188 GHz Memory Clock 2.250 GHz
19.0 Gbps Memory Speed 18.0 Gbps
608 GB/s Memory bandwidth 576 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ti VENTUS 3X 8G OC clocks in the base with up to 1.580 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6950 XT XTREME WATERFORCE WB 16G is 1.925 GHz.

1.580 GHz Base Clock 1.925 GHz
1.800 GHz Boost Clock 2.565 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.34 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ti VENTUS 3X 8G OC is 290 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6950 XT XTREME WATERFORCE WB 16G has a TDP of 335 W and is supplied with the required energy via 3 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

290 W TDP 335 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 3 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ti VENTUS 3X 8G OC has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6950 XT XTREME WATERFORCE WB 16G has 0 0 fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type 0
3 x 90 mm Fan 1 --
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Water cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 0 dB

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ti VENTUS 3X 8G OC.

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6950 XT XTREME WATERFORCE WB 16G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ti VENTUS 3X 8G OC supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6950 XT XTREME WATERFORCE WB 16G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ti VENTUS 3X 8G OC is 316 mm long, 121 mm high and 56 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6950 XT XTREME WATERFORCE WB 16G is 282 mm long, 146 mm high and 28 mm wide.

316 mm Length 282 mm
121 mm Height 146 mm
56 mm Width 28 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1160 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ti VENTUS 3X 8G OC was released in Q2/2021 at a price of 599 $ (Reference).

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6950 XT XTREME WATERFORCE WB 16G was introduced in Q2/2022 at a price of 1,099 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no GV-R695XTAORUSX WB-16GD
Q2/2021 Release date Q2/2022
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 1,099 $ (Reference)
8 nm Structure size 7 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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