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Radeon RX 6950 XT against GeForce RTX 5070

GeForce RTX 5070 leads on the overall index. The price beside each button is the Amazon US reading where ScoutPrices has one; the comparison below is worked on typical prices.

Which one for what

Office & everyday

GeForce RTX 5070right

54 vs 62 for snappy single-core speed, quiet running, and a card that drives two or three screens without fuss.

Coding & development

GeForce RTX 5070right

46 vs 57 for cores for builds and containers, plenty of memory, fast storage, and a card for several screens or a local model.

Light gaming

GeForce RTX 5070right

61 vs 65 for 1080p frame rates per dollar.

Gaming

GeForce RTX 5070right

54 vs 58 for 1440p frame rates, with a CPU that will not hold the card back.

Heavy gaming

GeForce RTX 5070right

44 vs 49 for the strongest graphics card the budget allows.

Content creation

GeForce RTX 5070right

44 vs 57 for export times: many cores, a card with good encoders, lots of memory.

3D & rendering

GeForce RTX 5070right

43 vs 57 for all-core throughput and render speed.

Gaming & streaming

GeForce RTX 5070right

49 vs 57 for frame rates with headroom for the encoder and the chat.

AI & local models

GeForce RTX 5070right

45 vs 51 for video memory first, then card speed, then system memory.

Head to head

Scores

Indices out of 100 on ScoutSpecs' own scale, one per kind of work. They are not frames per second and not a measurement of any one sample.

  • Spec score

    Radeon RX 6950 XT: 52

    GeForce RTX 5070: 58

    6 ptsto the right

  • Games at 1080p

    Radeon RX 6950 XT: 61

    GeForce RTX 5070: 65

    4 ptsto the right

  • Games at 1440p

    Radeon RX 6950 XT: 54

    GeForce RTX 5070: 58

    4 ptsto the right

  • Games at 4K

    Radeon RX 6950 XT: 44

    GeForce RTX 5070: 49

    5 ptsto the right

  • Rendering and video

    Radeon RX 6950 XT: 38

    GeForce RTX 5070: 56

    18 ptsto the right

Price and value

Worked on typical prices, the figures the comparison is built on.

  • Value, points per $100

    Radeon RX 6950 XT: 8

    GeForce RTX 5070: 7

    14%to the left

  • Typical price

    Radeon RX 6950 XT: $649

    GeForce RTX 5070: $827

    $178to the left

From the spec sheets

  • Video memory

    Radeon RX 6950 XT: 16 GB

    GeForce RTX 5070: 12 GB

    33%to the left

  • Board power

    Radeon RX 6950 XT: 335 W

    GeForce RTX 5070: 250 W

    34%to the right

  • Length

    Radeon RX 6950 XT: 320 mm

    GeForce RTX 5070: 245 mm

    31%to the right

The verdict

  • The RTX 5070 is 7% faster at 1440p.
  • At 4K the gap is 11% in the RTX 5070's favour.
  • RX 6950 XT carries 16 GB of video memory against 12 GB.
  • The RX 6950 XT typically costs $178 less.
  • Per dollar, the RX 6950 XT is the better buy: 8 points per $100 against 7.

Specifications

SpecRadeon RX 6950 XTGeForce RTX 5070
Video memory16 GB (better)12 GB
Board power335 W250 W (better)
Length320 mm245 mm (better)
Power connectorPCIe 8-pin12V-2x6 (16-pin)
BrandAMDNvidia
Released20222025 (better)
Typical price$649 (better)$827

The better figure of each pair is in green, with a tick.

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