Which is better, AMD Radeon 6000 RX 6950 XT or AMD Radeon 9000 RX 9070 XT?

The AMD Radeon 9000 RX 9070 XT wins in 6 out of 8 comparable specs against the AMD Radeon 6000 RX 6950 XT.

RX 6950 XT vs RX 9070 XT

AMD

RX 6950 XT

AMD

RX 9070 XT

Specifications

Spec	RX 6950 XT	RX 9070 XT
Performance
FP32 Performance	23.7 TFLOPS	48.7 TFLOPS+51%
Stream Processors	5,120+25%	4,096
Boost Clock	2,310 MHz	2,970 MHz+22%
Base Clock	1,925 MHz+16%	1,660 MHz
Memory
VRAM	16 GB	16 GB
VRAM Type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Memory Bus	256-bit	256-bit
Memory Clock	2,250 MHz	2,500 MHz+10%
Memory Bandwidth	576	640+10%
Power
TDP	335W	304W+10%
Process Node	7 nm FF (TSMC N7)	4 nm
Features
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	RDNA 4.0
GPU Chip	Navi 21 KXTX (Navi 21)	Navi 48 XTX (NAVI 48)
Ray Tracing	N/A	Ray Accelerators (64)
Tensor Cores	N/A	128
Display Outputs	2x DisplayPort, 1x HDMI	3x DisplayPort, 1x HDMI
Price
MSRP	$1,099	$599+83%

Verdict

The AMD Radeon 9000 RX 9070 XT wins in 6 out of 10 comparable specs. Its biggest advantage is FP32 Performance (105% better). The RX 6950 XT wins in 2 specs, with its biggest advantage in Shader Units (25% better).

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RX 6950 XT

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