PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6950 XT 16GB
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8G (rev. 2.0) LHR


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6950 XT 16GB and the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8G (rev. 2.0) LHR, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6950 XT 16GB is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT and has 5120 texture shaders and 80 execution units.

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8G (rev. 2.0) LHR is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 LHR, which has 5888 shaders and 46 execution units.
PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6950 XT 16GB GPU GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8G (rev. 2.0) LHR
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 LHR
Navi 21 KXTX GPU Chip GA104-302-A1
RDNA 2 Architecture Ampere
80 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
5120 Shader 5888
128 Render Output Units 96
320 Texture Units 184
80 Raytracing Cores 46

Memory

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6950 XT 16GB has 16 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 576 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8G (rev. 2.0) LHR can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

16 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.250 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
18.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
576 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6950 XT 16GB clocks in the base with up to 1.925 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8G (rev. 2.0) LHR is 1.500 GHz.

1.925 GHz Base Clock 1.500 GHz
2.435 GHz Boost Clock 1.815 GHz
2.23 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6950 XT 16GB is 335 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 3 x 8-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8G (rev. 2.0) LHR has a TDP of 240 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

335 W TDP 240 W
-- TDP (up) 250 W
100 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
3 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6950 XT 16GB has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8G (rev. 2.0) LHR has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
1 x 90 mm Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 39-42 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 PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6950 XT 16GB.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8G (rev. 2.0) LHR 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 PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6950 XT 16GB supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8G (rev. 2.0) LHR is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Addressable LED 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 / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6950 XT 16GB is 320 mm long, 135 mm high and 62 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8G (rev. 2.0) LHR is 286 mm long, 115 mm high and 51 mm wide.

320 mm Length 286 mm
135 mm Height 115 mm
62 mm Width 51 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6950 XT 16GB was released in Q2/2022 at a price of 1,099 $ (Reference).

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8G (rev. 2.0) LHR was introduced in Q2/2021 at a price of 669 $.

AXRX 6950 XT 16GBD6-3DHE/OC Part-no GV-N3070GAMING OC-8GD
Q2/2022 Release date Q2/2021
1,099 $ (Reference) Launch Price 669 $
7 nm Structure size 8 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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